Name: Mary Queen of Scots
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Whisk(e)y - Scotch whisky (blended); 20 ml Chartreuse Green; 20 ml Drambuie liqueur

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Photographed in an

UB 1910 Old Fashioned 10.5oz

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass.

1 1/3 fl oz	Blended Scotch whisky
2/3 fl oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
2/3 fl oz	Drambuie liqueur
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AKA:

Le Rusty Nail

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Review:

Slightly sweet herbal influenced riff on the Rusty Nail.

History:

Adapted from a shaken and straight-up cocktail served in a sugar-rimmed glass with a cherry discovered in 2006 on Kyle Branch's Cocktail Hotel blog.

Mary Stuart, Mary Queen of Scots, was born 8th December 1542 at Linlithgow Place in West Lothian. On February 8th 1587, she was executed in the Great Hall of Fotheringhay.

Nutrition:

One serving of Mary Queen of Scots contains 222 calories.

Alcohol content:

2.1 standard drinks
37.08% alc./vol. (74.16° proof)
29.7 grams of pure alcohol

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