Recipes · Forgotten classics · no. 2
Bamboo
Like a Martini, but with sherry.
Equal parts amontillado sherry and dry vermouth, with two dashes of orange bitters and one of aromatic. No hard liquor, about 15% ABV, stirred like a Martini.
Ingredients
- 1½ oz 45 mlAmontillado sherry
- 1½ oz 45 mlDry vermouth
- 2 dashesOrange bitters
- 1 dashAromatic bitters
- stirred
- coupe
- Lemon twist
Method
- Add Amontillado sherry, dry vermouth, orange bitters and aromatic bitters to a mixing glass.
- Stir with ice for 20 seconds.
- Strain into a chilled coupe.
- Garnish with a lemon peel. Squeeze it over the top.
Taste
How the Bamboo tastes
It's mostly herbal and bitter. In the app, your own taste shows on top of this chart as a dashed line.
If you like it
Drinks like the Bamboo
Each chart shows the drink in orange over the Bamboo in dashed blue.
-
Chrysanthemum
86% match · herbal
Dry vermouth, Bénédictine, Absinthe
-
Affinity
79% match · herbal
Scotch, Dry vermouth, Sweet vermouth, Aromatic bitters
-
Old Pal
75% match · herbal, bitter
Rye, Dry vermouth, Campari
-
Hanky Panky
70% match · herbal, bitter
Gin, Sweet vermouth, Fernet Branca








