Despite its name, you’ll be relieved to know that Lost Plane is a remarkably easy cocktail to land. Built of equal parts rum, Aperol, amaro and fresh lemon juice, all it requires further is a dash of sugar syrup. Give it some turbulence (that’s pilot for ‘shake with ice’), pour and enjoy. All that’s left to do is practise your ‘this is your captain speaking’ routine.
Lost Plane, created by Emily Gosling of Gosling’s Black Seal Rum, is a riff on Australian bartender Sam Ross’ contemporary classic the Paper Plane. Sam first made the Paper Plane at Chicago’s The Violet Hour in 2005, a few years after he invented the Penicillin at New York’s Milk & Honey.
The original Paper Plane calls for bourbon, whereas Lost Plane favours dark rum, specifically, the Bermudan Gosling’s Black Seal Rum. In case the altitude is making this hard to follow, the name Lost Plane is a clever play on the hero spirit's origin amid the infamous Bermuda triangle.
Lost Plane’s use of Gosling’s Black Seal Rum broadens the Paper Plane into a subtly richer cocktail, while also bringing the amaro to the fore. Speaking of amaro, for more bitterness, and sweetness, the Lost opts for Amaro Montenegro, over the Paper’s Nonino, which is fortuitous since we find Montenegro’s wormwood notes to be the perfect match for Aperol’s grapefruit bitterness.
Now, please take a moment to review the safety card in the seat pocket in front of you – that’s flight attendant for ‘read on for our top tips’ – and once again, thank you for choosing Dan’s Daily.
