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Wildest Redhead

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (33)
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz Blended Scotch whisky
2/3 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
1/4 fl oz St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram liqueur
1/4 fl oz Cherry (brandy) liqueur

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. No garnish to prepare.

Method

  1. SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
  3. DRIZZLE cherry brandy (which will fall through the cocktail to form a red base).

Garnish

  1. Serve naked, without garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Wildest Redhead contains 194 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.2 standard drinks
  • 16.63% alc./vol. (33.26° proof)
  • 17 grams of pure alcohol
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History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2014 by Meaghan Dorman at Lantern's Keep bar in Manhattan, New York City.

Review

A honeyed Whisky Sour with allspice and a rich cherry base.

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$1.81 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

Will Ford
Nice sour variation, just bought a bottle of allspice dram and have been wanting to use it for other things besides tiki drinks.

Very fruity whisky sour, for obvious reasons. I will make it again
score: 1
Jason Dworkin
Seems a little sweet, maybe my honey is too rich. But this is a lovely drink. Smoky, layers of spice. Top notch sour variation. Will have again.
score: 1
matt presley
We tried this and my wife preferred it without the cherry brandy.

Then we subbed in Calvados and it quickly became a favorite autumnal drink. Very apple pie.
score: 2
Jim Plante
This is a wonderful sweet and sour cocktail, although I had to substitute a little on the formula. I didn’t have the pimento liqueur or the cherry brandy, so I used 1/2 oz of brandy and mixed it with 1/4 oz of Luxardo Cherry Syrup, and a dash of Angustura Bitters. I look forward to trying it as formulated.
score: 1
Difford’s Shop logo
$1.81 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
Shipping and applicable tax calculated at checkout.


Orders are processed by a licensed Fulproof retailer. The buy now button is added simply for convenience.

Checkout

* May not include all ingredients. Price per cocktail is an estimate based on cost of one cocktail with ingredients shown above and does not include shipping.