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Sep 20Liked by Peter Suderman

If you have Lillet but not cochi American just straight sub?

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Sub the Lillet but then add a single dash of Angostura aromatic bitters. It won’t be a precise replica but you’ll be in the same neighborhood

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Thanks. I was thinking of a drop of saline to counter the sweeter lillet. Going to use your suggestion instead.

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Another White Negroni variation I like is Jim Meehan’s Brown Bomber:

2 oz Dickel Tennessee Whiskey

3/4 oz Lillet

1/2 oz Suze

Stir with ice, serve in a coupe.

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How long do these bottles of fortified wine last? I have many of them and not that much room in my fridge. I do have a pump-out-air system for table wine.

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Conventional wisdom is: a week or so on the shelf, a month or so in the fridge, with sweeter bottles lasting longer.

My definitely-not-conventional opinion is that most of these bottles last many months — easily 3, maybe 6 — if stored in the fridge.

And sweet vermouth or sweeter fortified wines should be OK for 2-3 weeks on the shelf. Dry vermouth should really be refrigerated immediately.

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Tried this tonight and it was just as delicious as advertised. I loved the finishing note of slight bitterness from the Suze. Will definitely make again and also try this out with gin!

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This loosk amazing.

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What other recipes call for Suze? Worth getting a bottle?

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Really enjoying the various riffs on the Negroni theme. Being from central Texas, we have an excellent sotol distillery near us, Desert Door in Driftwood. I feel like sotol is a significant improvement on mezcal, but would be interested to hear what you think and how you would recommend fine-tuning these cocktails to make the most of our great local product.

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