Paper Plane
The Paper Plane is an IBA New Era Drink: 4 ingredients in equal parts, shaken and served in a coupe. That makes 152 ml in the glass: a middling measure.
MethodShaken
GlassCoupe
In the glass152 ml
Strength17.9%
Ingredients
- 30 mlbourbon whiskey
- 30 mlAmaro Nonino
- 30 mlAperol
- 30 mlfresh lemon juice
Method
- Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass.
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- Properly dry: the 20th least sweet of 186, and what stays in the mouth is the spirit.
- round → sour
- Citrus shows, but this is no sour: 38th of 186, and it comes from fresh lemon juice.
- light → strong
- 17.9% after dilution: the middle band, 61st of 186.
Among the five around it on the map it is the only one built on whisky.
Five that come close
- Naked and FamousBuilt on tequila and with mezcal in place of bourbon whiskey.
- Hemingway SpecialSweeter and with less bitterness in it.
- Salty Dog3 degrees lighter and with less bitterness in it.
- Greyhound3 degrees lighter and with less bitterness in it.
- Corpse Reviver #2Sweeter and with less bitterness in it.
Every drink near the Paper Plane on the map
Recipe source: IBA · checked on 30 October 2026