Cocktails with Blanc Quinquina
Blanc Quinquina is a pale, wine-based aperitif flavored with quinine from cinchona bark.
ABV16–18%
Substitutes for Blanc Quinquina
Cocchi Americano or Kina L'Aéro d'Or
The closest matches, used one for one. Cocchi Americano has cinchona among its botanicals.
Lillet Blanc
Softer and drier, with less quinine. Swap it straight in, and add a dash of orange bitters per 45 ml to bring the bitterness back.
Bianco or dry vermouth
Flavored with wormwood rather than quinine, so the cocktail comes out less bitter. Bianco is closer in sweetness, while a dry vermouth yields a much drier result.
On the label
- Lillet Blanc
- Sold as Kina Lillet until 1986, when the recipe was reworked and the quinine cut sharply. Today it is the mildest bottle in the category.
- Cocchi Americano
- The usual modern stand-in for pre-1986 Kina Lillet, with gentian and quinine still forward. It is noticeably more bitter than today's Lillet.
- quinquina vs americano
