Name: Wildest Redhead
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Scotch whisky; 20 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Honey and water syrup; 7.5 ml Pimento dram; 7.5 ml Cherry brandy

Wildest Redhead
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Blended Scotch whisky
²⁄₃ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
¹⁄₄ oz	St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Heering Cherry Liqueur

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How to make:

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large chunk/cube ice). DRIZZLE cherry brandy (which will fall through the cocktail to form a red base to the drink).

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Review:

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

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History:

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

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Nutrition:

One serving of Wildest Redhead contains 194 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
16.63% alc./vol. (16.63° proof)
15.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Will Ford

26th March 2024 at 21:40

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

Jason Dworkin

10th December 2022 at 02:11

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.

matt presley

2nd October 2022 at 16:24

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.

Jim Plante

29th May 2022 at 22:55

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.

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