Name: Little Italy
Total time: 7 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 ounce Rye Whiskey; as garnish Brandied Cherry; 1/2 ounce Cynar; 3/4 ounce Sweet Vermouth

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spirit-forward

Rye Whiskey

Brandied Cherry

Cynar

Sweet Vermouth

Make Little Italy, a cocktail associated with Milk & Honey, using Cocktail Gallery's visual recipe guide.

Little Italy Cocktail Recipe | Cocktail Gallery

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