Sir Winston

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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Blended Scotch whisky
1⁄2 oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1⁄2 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
1⁄6 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
  5. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

Whisky usually sits better with lemon rather than lime, but I've tried both in this recipe and lime's distinctive zesty freshness adds to this cocktail, so long as you go easy. Some use as much as 15ml lime but I view 10ml as the limit and 5ml ideal.

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AKA: Churchill Manhattan

Variant:

Same recipe but served straight-up; William Porter; Man O' War

History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Joe Gilmore at The American Bar at London's Savoy Hotel in honour of Winston Churchill, whose mother is often wrongly said to have been present at the Manhattan cocktail's inception.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Sir Winston contains 158 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 24.27% alc./vol. (24.27° proof)
  • 19.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Wesley Useche’s Avatar Wesley Useche
21st January 2023 at 23:55
This is better with double the lime juice and some simple syrup
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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
18th December 2022 at 04:20
Amazing evening cocktail. Using the 5 ml of lime allowed for the whisky to shine. Hint of smoky, but very refreshing and settling after a nice supper.
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Ellen Olerud’s Avatar Ellen Olerud
29th August 2022 at 15:34
I have tried this cocktail with both 5 ml and 10 ml lime juice: Both very tasty, but I prefer the version with 10 ml lime - very fresh!
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Doris Magnus’ Avatar Doris Magnus
10th January 2022 at 00:17
Made a little detour. I smoked the glasses with some Monte Cristo cigar tobacco. WOW! will defiantly try this with other drinks also. The drink itself is very good, slight sweet from vermouth, but very tasty!!
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