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Name this drink!

A friend described something that Rye is doing with Averna, rosso vermouth, and (she remembers / presumes) rye as “brown and grown-up … the kind of thing drunk by crusty British professor types in the 1930s – you know, one glass of claret with dinner (roast beef), one glass of spirits afterward, and to bed at 9:30pm.” I got so far as the rye and the Averna, and knew I’d agree: too much brown, heavy stuff, not enough balance. So here’s what I’m actually having as my last drink before bed, which I like very much and would like to serve to other people, which probably means it needs a Name, on which I’m coming up blank:

2 oz rye (I used Old Overholt)
¾ oz Averna amaro
¾ oz Cinzano bianco (note: not dry, the sweet, white type of vermouth)

Stir in a mixing glass on ice, strain over cubes in a Collins, top with soda, garnish with a flamed orange peel (and discard the peel).