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

Ingredients

⁵⁄₆ fl oz

Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Peated single malt whisky

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Kummel liqueur

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Lustau San Emilio Pedro Ximénez Sherry

4 drop

Liquorice bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.

Prepare garnish of star anise.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with star anise floated on surface.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Kummel Ye Faithful contains 115 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
30.11% alc./vol. (60.23° proof)
16.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Pedro Ximénez sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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

Comments & Discussion

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Carolyn Rush 22w

I love the specificity of when to enjoy this!

Is there a way to search in the Cocktail Finder for a mood or setting (e.g. Christmas night, Backyard Summer Quencher, Let's Get This Party Started, etc)?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 22w

Yes, in Cocktail Finder, you can search for recipes by style (e.g., Long drinks or Highballs), Time of Day (e.g. aperitivo), and Occasion or Season (e.g. Spring or Halloween).

John CARR Premium Member 1y

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…

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

Still can't find any kümmel in Seattle.

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Yah as usual with anything slightly unusual I had to buy online, and could only find one lonesome brand available here 🙄. And I suspect it’s not the best example of its kind, tho I haven’t tried others to compare - I like caraway flavour, but was broadly underwhelmed by this product. Good luck with your hunt for Fine and Rare Spirits!

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John CARR Premium Member 1y

Thanks for bringing this back to my attention. I have some really nice akvavit so might see if I can fettle something along the lines of this recipe.

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Carol Smith 2y

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.

Dee Stump 3y

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!

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 3y

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.