Name: Kummel Ye Faithful
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 25 ml Mezcal; 15 ml Peated malt whisky; 7.5 ml Kummel liqueur; 7.5 ml Pedro Ximénez sherry; 4 drop Liquorice bitters

Kummel Ye Faithful
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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
⁵⁄₆ oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
¹⁄₂ oz	Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
¹⁄₄ oz	Kummel liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Lustau San Emilio Pedro Ximénez Sherry
4 drop	Bob's Liquorice bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of star anise.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with star anise floated on surface.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Pedro Ximénez sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Intended to be the last drink of the night on Christmas Eve/Day, or indeed any night when you desire a cocktail to transport you to a comfy chair beside a warming fire.

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History:

Created on a beautifully warm blue-skied summer's evening in June 2022 by yours truly at the Clocktower in Rye, England. As I said, this is a transportive cocktail. Open fires are optional.

I've since discovered there is a cocktail named "The Kummel Ye Faithful" (made with equal parts gin, kummel, and cream) in the 1929 book Judge Jr. Here's How Again!.

The Kummel Ye Faithful
And how they will gather around if they know this is what they're going to get!
1/3 Gordon water
1/3 Kummel
1/3 Cream (thin)
Judge Jr., Here's How Again, 1929

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Nutrition:

One serving of Kummel Ye Faithful contains 115 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
30.78% alc./vol. (30.78° proof)
17 grams of pure alcohol

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John CARR

2nd May at 15:03

Very interesting combo - didn’t quite come together for me, but could be down to choice of ingredients? I used Perro e San Juan, Glamorganie, lustau PX, Oldesloer kümmel (only one Ive been able to get). No liquorice bitters so a small dash of fernet branca. I added a dash of cognac which seemed to make things more harmonious. Interested to hear others’ thoughts…

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Carol Smith

27th October 2023 at 23:17

I made the 1929 equal parts Kümmel Ye Faithful drink. It's a simple straight swig of creamy cumin. It needs something additional for depth. A touch of orange? Gonna play with it again sometime.

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Dee Stump

25th April 2023 at 22:45

Simon, what was the inspiration for this? I feel like you really have to be in tune with these ingredients to come up with this. It’s way more elegant and inviting than most of these ingredients show themselves to be. Well done, sir!

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Simon Difford

26th April 2023 at 11:19

I've no idea! Sometimes I make a cocktail with a couple of ingredients and that can lead me to switch some of the other ingredients to make a new, completely different cocktail. Other times I start from scratch. Now nearly a year on, I can't remember what lead to the Kummel Ye Faithful.

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