Gastown swizzle

Name: Gastown swizzle
Ingredients: 3 tbsp dark rum, preferably Appleton; 1 tbsp Aperol; 2 tbsp fresh lime juice; 1/4 cup passion fruit juice; 1 tsp Fernet Branca

By Chatelaine

Photo by Roberto Caruso

Head bartender at Vancouver’s L’Abattoir Shaun Layton whips up a bittersweet sipper just in time for patio drinking

Ingredients

3 tbsp dark rum, preferably Appleton
1 tbsp Aperol
2 tbsp fresh lime juice
1/4 cup passion fruit juice
1 tsp Fernet Branca

Instructions

Stir all ingredients except Fernet Branca in a Collins glass. Top with crushed ice. Spoon Fernet Branca over ice. Garnish with lime zest.

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