Name: Linstead
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Scotch whisky; 45 ml Pineapple juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 5 ml Absinthe; 4 drop Daiquiri bitters

Linstead
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Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe 1920 7.75oz

Ingredients:
2 oz	Blended Scotch whisky
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Pineapple juice
¹⁄₄ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
¹⁄₆ oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
4 drop	Difford's Daiquiri Bitters optional

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How to make:

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

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Absinthe and pineapple come through first, with Scotch last. A great medley of flavours.

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History:

Brought to our attention by Jason E. Clapham at the St. Edward's MCR at Oxford, this cocktail first appears in William Boothby's 1934 World Drinks and How to Mix Them.

LINSTEAD
Whisky... ½ jigger
Absinthe... 1 dash
Pineapple Syrup... ½ jigger
Shake well with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass, twist lemon peel over and serve.
William Boothby, 1934

Nutrition:

One serving of Linstead contains 201 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
17.15% alc./vol. (17.15° proof)
20.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Calvin Grant

4th July 2024 at 03:13

Likely will make this again. The Absinthe lead with mellowing dimentions from the pineapple and frankly Jonnie Walker Black kind'a disappeared in a good way. Used Difford's Daiquiri Bitters (good stuff).

John Hinojos

5th March 2023 at 00:40

This one didn't work for me. Have been trying to isolate as I like all the ingredients. Absinthe and whisky go well together. I think it was the pineapple which just gave the cocktail a strange flavour. I am Autistic and have some issues with some tastes. My issue may be with just my taste likes. It was just OK to me.