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Cue the Applause

This bourbon cocktail from the Garden & Gun Club plays a perfect melody on the palate

By Kinsey Gidick

November 6, 2024

Love a cocktail with a little bite? If you believe umbrella-shaded beverages only belong near the beach, then put this piquant number on your order. A pleasing blend of currant notes and an herbal Italian aperitif, the Bittersweet Symphony hits all the right notes. Served in a coupe with a hint of lemon juice, it’s a refreshing sip that keeps you coming back for more.


The Garden & Gun Club at the Battery Atlanta is open for lunch and dinner and accepts walk-in diners and reservations. Visit the Club’s website for more information.

Ingredients

  • Bittersweet Symphony (Yield: 1 Cocktail)

    • 1 oz. Blade and Bow Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

    • 1 oz. Amaro CioCiaro

    • 1 oz. Cassis Noir

    • 1 oz. lemon Juice

Preparation

  1. Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake for twenty seconds. Use a fine strainer and strain into a coupe glass.

Kinsey Gidick is a freelance writer based in Central Virginia. She previously served as editor in chief of Charleston City Paper in Charleston, South Carolina, and has been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Travel + Leisure, BBC, Atlas Obscura, and Anthony Bourdain’s Explore Parts Unknown, among others. When not writing, she spends her time traveling with her son and husband. Read her work at kinseygidick.com.

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