Virago

Name: Virago
Ingredients: 1 ounce Fernet Branca; 1 ounce Carpano Antica Formula; 3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice; 1/2 ounce ginger syrup (see note below); Soda water (optional); Crystallized ginger (optional)

6 ingredients

2 steps

Ingredients

1 ounce Fernet Branca
1 ounce Carpano Antica Formula
3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
1/2 ounce ginger syrup (see note below)
Soda water (optional)
Crystallized ginger (optional)

Directions

1

To make the ginger syrup: Juice ginger (we start with about 8 ounces of peeled ginger, but it's up to you) and combine equal parts ginger juice and sugar. Shake until all sugar is dissolved, and store in the refrigerator up to a week.
2

Combine all of the ingredients in a shaker, add ice, and shake for 5 to 10 seconds. Strain into a Hiball glass over ice and top with soda. Garnish with crystallized ginger if you like.