# Midnight Stinger

Bourbon and Fernet-Branca meet as equals in a lemon sour over crushed ice, turning the amaro's menthol force into something bracing, cooling, and unexpectedly easy to drink.

Strength: 23% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 30 ml [Bourbon](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/bourbon.md) — Use a full-flavoured or higher-proof bourbon.
- 30 ml [Fernet-Branca](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fernet-branca.md)
- 22.5 ml [Fresh lemon juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lemon-juice.md)
- 22.5 ml [Simple syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/simple-syrup.md) — Use a one-to-one syrup by weight.

## Glassware

Rocks glass

## Garnish

- Mint sprig — Clap several sprigs gently and arrange them as a mint bouquet beside a short straw.

## Method

1. Shake all ingredients hard with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled.
2. Strain into a chilled rocks glass filled with crushed ice.

## Related drinks

- [Industry Sour](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/industry-sour.md): Ted Kilgore's equal-parts modern classic turns Fernet-Branca and Green Chartreuse into a bracing, improbably balanced herbal sour.
- [Fernet Cup No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/fernet-cup-no-1.md): A bracing Fernet highball brightened with lime, sugar, and spicy ginger beer.
- [Whiskey Sour](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/whiskey-sour.md): Bourbon, lemon, and sugar with optional egg white for a soft, foamy texture.
- [Amaro Sour](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/amaro-sour.md): Averna takes the lead over a small bourbon spine in Brad Thomas Parsons’s plush, egg-white sour, balancing dark citrus and caramel with fresh lemon.
- [Toronto](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/toronto.md): A rye Old Fashioned sharpened by the bracing herbal bitterness of Fernet-Branca.
- [Too Soon?](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/too-soon.md): A regal shake with thin orange slices gives this gin-and-Cynar sour fragrant peel oils and soft fruit depth without muddling bitterness into the drink.
- [Iron Ranger](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/iron-ranger.md): Erick Castro's bourbon-led tropical drink, bringing pineapple and lemon into focus with falernum, sugar, spice, and serious whiskey weight.
- [Enzoni](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/enzoni.md): A bittersweet gin sour that folds muddled green grapes into the structure of a Negroni.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/midnight-stinger
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/midnight-stinger-fb917d7c.webp
- Recipe source: https://punchdrink.com/recipes/midnight-stinger/