Fernandito
The Fernandito is an IBA New Era Drink: 2 ingredients, built in the glass and served in a rocks glass. That makes 126 ml in the glass, soda included: a middling measure.
MethodBuilt in the glass
GlassRocks glass
In the glass126 ml
Strength15.4%
Ingredients
- 50 mlFernet
- top upcola
Method
- Pour the Fernet Branca into a double old fashioned glass with ice, fill the glass up with Cola. Gently stir.
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- Bitterness leads: 4.4 out of 10, carried by Fernet. That makes it the 2nd most bitter of 186.
- round → sour
- It tends round: 123rd of 186 for acidity, and what little acid there is comes from cola.
- light → strong
- 15.4% after dilution: the middle band, 79th of 186.
Its closest neighbour is the Negroni Sbagliato: 89 out of 100 for similarity.
Five that come close
- Negroni SbagliatoSweeter and with less bitterness in it.
- BiciclettaSweeter and 5 degrees lighter.
- Trinidad SourSweeter, more sour and 3 degrees stronger.
- PirloSweeter and more sour.
- Milano-TorinoRounder and with Campari in place of cola.
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Recipe source: IBA · checked on 30 October 2026