Name: Death and Taxes
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Scotch whisky; 30 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Vermouth amaro; 7.5 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 2 dash Orange bitters

Death & Taxes
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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Blended Scotch whisky
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ oz	Punt E Mes vermouth amaro
¹⁄₄ oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Vermouth amaro - robust & full (e.g. Punt E Mes) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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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 189 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
27.05% alc./vol. (27.05° proof)
24.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley

16th April at 13:07

This is a deep cocktail. More often than not, however, we substitute Reposado Tequila or Mezcal for the Scotch. Either way, when offering it to guests, we call it a 'Death in Texas'.

mregisterfl

8th March at 02:18

Excellent! Monkey Shoulder and Beefeater 47 are well balanced against the Punt e Mes, while the Benedictine brings a touch of honeyed sweetness. Very nice.

Bruce Ramsay

23rd May 2023 at 22:29

I don't know what the positive reviewers are hard at work tasting. I was hoping for some surprising alchemy here. Death & Taxes did not surprise or deliver. Next time, I'll try it with more gin and less scotch.

John Hinojos

6th April 2023 at 00:29

This was excellent. Perfect for an aperitif. Used Dewar's 12 and St. George (California) dry rye gin (90 proof). Everything works perfectly together to produce a flvourful and spirited cocktail.

Joe Cornwall

11th March 2023 at 17:30

I made this yesterday. I wanted a bit more "pop" so I used cask strength Aberlour single malt and London Dry Beefeater as the split base. Absolutely fabulous cocktail! Right up there with my another scotch favorite, the Drunk Uncle.

I'll certainly try this again using the Dewar's 12 (the new expression is marvelous) and Monkey 47 as suggested. I think this cocktail has a real promise to be "dialed in" by the use of different whisky and gin profiles.

Bravo!

Richard Christmas

14th February 2023 at 19:17

When I looked at the ingredients, I had some misgivings, but this is absolutely delicious - so much more than the sum of its parts. Now I can view both death and taxes in a much more positive light!

Nathalie O'Flynn

28th January 2022 at 21:03

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