Your New Favorite Fall Cocktails Are Here
A bartender’s best kept secret—Fernet-Branca—is a secret no more. We’ve rounded up some of the best Fernet-Branca cocktails—and recipes!—to try this fall.

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Fernet-Branca Cocktail
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By Harry Craddock
Ingredients: 1.5 oz London Dry Gin.75 oz Carpano Antica Formula.75 oz Fernet-Branca
Glass: Cocktail
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Directions: Add all the ingredients to a shaker and fill with ice. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass.
Hanky Panky Cocktail

By Ada Coleman
Ingredients:1.5 oz London Dry Gin1.5 oz Carpano Antica Formula.25 oz Fernet-Branca
Glass: Cocktail
Garnish: Orange peel
Directions:Add all the ingredients to a mixing glass and fill with ice. Stir and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange peel.
Frisco Club

By Thomas Waugh
Ingredients: 2 oz London Dry Gin .25 oz Fernet-Branca 5 oz Blood Orange Liqueur.75 oz Grapefruit juice .25 oz Lime juice 5 parts Simple syrup (one part sugar, one part water)
Glass: Coupe
Garnish: Grapefruit twist
Directions: Add all the ingredients to a shaker and fill with ice. Shake and strain into a coupe. Squeeze the grapefruit twist over the drink and discard.
Fernando

By Jason Kosmas and Dushan Zaric
Ingredients:
1.75 oz Carpano Bianco Vermouth1.25 oz Fernet-Branca .75 oz Galliano
Glass: Cocktail
Garnish: Mint sprig
Directions:Add all the ingredients to a mixing glass and fill with ice. Stir and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a mint sprig.
This drink appeared in Speakeasy by Jason Kosmas and Dushan Zaric.
Southpaw

By Joseph Boley
Ingredients:1 oz Bourbon.5 oz Punt e Mes.5 oz Campari1 tsp. Fernet-Branca2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters
Glass: Cocktail
Garnish: Orange twist
Directions:Add all the ingredients to a mixing glass and fill with ice. Stir and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange twist.
This drink appeared in Negroni by Gary Regan.
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