Paper Plane
Four equal parts, invented in 2008 and already a classic.
Ingredients
Method
Shake hard, double strain into a chilled coupe.
- Glass
- Coupe
- Ice
- None in the glass — served up, chilled
- Garnish
- None needed
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Takes
- About 3 minutes
- Strength
- Medium
- Style
- Sour
- Tastes
- bitter and citrus-forward
If you're missing something
- Bourbon → Rye whiskey — drier and spicier; a common and accepted swap in stirred drinks and sours
- Aperol → Campari — considerably more bitter and twice the strength, so cut the measure
Where it comes from
Sam Ross, 2008, built for The Violet Hour in Chicago and named after the M.I.A. song. Four equal parts, in the lineage of the Last Word.
About this recipe
Charlie Tyler — Editor, Drinki
Specs cross-checked against standard published recipes and IBA measures.
Specs last checked .