Name: Death & Taxes
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Whisk(e)y - Scotch whisky (blended); 30 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Vermouth - Punt E Mes or other full-bodied vermouth; 7.5 ml Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur; 2 Orange bitters

Serve in a

Nick & Nora glass

Photographed in a

Nude Savage Pony glass

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 fl oz	Blended Scotch whisky
1 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
3/4 fl oz	Punt E Mes or other full-bodied vermouth
1/4 fl oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
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£ 16.25 £ 0.49 per cocktail, makes 33 Bénédictine D.O.M., 70cl

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Variant:

Brooklyn; Income Tax Cocktail

History:

Adapted from a recipe created 2011 by Michael Madrusan while at Milk & Honey in New York City but made famous at his The Everleigh in Melbourne, Australia.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Death & Taxes contains 191 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
29.12% alc./vol. (58.24° proof)
26.4 grams of pure alcohol

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