Man’s first duty is to remain alive. And only then follows what people call honor.
Vito Corleone
The Godfather cocktail lives up to its name. The Scottish blend embodies a masculine, strong character, diluted with the bright taste of Italian Amaretto. A worthy mix for the head of a mafia clan from Sicily. Like most IBA mixed drinks, Godfather has only a legend of its origin and no documented historical facts. Most likely, the cocktail was invented for the release of the Oscar-winning adaptation of the novel The Godfather in 1972 – it was in the 80s that the peak of popularity of the classic “two” falls. There is also a hypothesis that Marlon Brando, who played Don Vito Corleone, liked to drink such a combination, but this is only a hypothesis.
The Godfather is a very simple and uncomplicated cocktail, like most bar classics. In terms of composition, it is not richer than the same Screwdriver or Old Fashion, however, the name of the cult novel played a role here. This is a typical after dinner cocktail (after dinner), a digestif that will help you cope with a hearty dinner and arrange for a pleasant conversation. Expensive single malt scotch or premium blend are superfluous here – all their richness of taste will simply dissolve in the sugary almond sweetness of Amaretto. The usual red Jonik is quite enough here.
According to the International Bartending Association, the recipe for the drink is as follows:
Cocktail recipe Godfather
- 35 ml scotch whiskey
- 35 ml Amaretto almond liqueur
Put 2-3 large ice cubes into an old fashion glass, pour whiskey and Amaretto. Stir lightly with a bar spoon and serve without garnish. Skoch is often replaced with good bourbon.
Nothing is so alien to me in this life as carelessness. Women and children can afford to live carelessly, men cannot.
Vito Corleone
Godmother (Godmother) and other representatives of the dynasty
Oddly enough, but the simplest cocktail gave rise to a whole dynasty of “godparents”. However, if you remember, many mixed drinks became the progenitors of a whole family: Alexander with his brothers and sisters, various variations of Daiquiri, etc. Among the classic drinks, only the mother settled down, in which, for some reason, scotch was replaced with vodka. There is an opinion that this cocktail was invented by a female bartender, as opposed to the don, in order to defend the rights of the weaker sex.
- 35 ml of vodka
- 35 ml Amaretto liqueur
Pour all the ingredients into a rocks glass, after placing a couple of large pieces of ice there. Stir with a bar spoon and serve without garnish. Be sure to use vodka with a neutral taste.
This is a good digestif that almond lovers should definitely like. Nothing more. The third most popular in the dynasty is Godchild, a mixture of scotch, almond liqueur and cream in one spring, or 3 parts Amaretto, 2 parts vodka and 2 parts whipped cream in another. There is also a French Connection cocktail – 2 parts cognac and 1 part Amaretto, while some sources recommend replacing almond liqueur with Grand Marnier. The choice of liquor here is justified by a logical combination, but Amaretto is more suitable, since the French Connection is a heroin smuggling scheme from Turkey to France and further to the USA, which was used by all the same Sicilian mafiosi under the strict guidance of Paul Carbone.
On this, perhaps, everything.
Do you live in a bad area?
– Not that word. Once a police car with two policemen was stolen from our street. Thieves come into the house all the time. Every time I try to close the window, I pinch someone’s fingers.
“Godfather”