Pineapple Blossom

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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 fl oz Blended Scotch whisky
1 fl oz Pineapple juice
1⁄2 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge.

How to make:

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

  1. Garnish with pineapple wedge on rim.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Richly flavoured but drier than you might expect.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Pineapple Blossom contains 201 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 14.71% alc./vol. (29.41° proof)
  • 18.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Olga María Gómez Henderson’s Avatar Olga María Gómez Henderson
29th March at 11:22
Good drink, fruity but not overwhelming.
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Edwin Satre’s Avatar Edwin Satre
7th February at 04:19
The flavors are surprisingly complimentary and make for a very palatable cocktail! Used a Bunnahabhain 12 year islay single malt and Trader Joe's canned pineapple juice and it could probably use less rich simple as it's almost too sweet.
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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
1st March 2025 at 13:54
Pleasantly surprised with how dynamic these flavors are. Dewar's White Label and Lakewood Organic pineapple juice. Pretty spectacular. Great template for testing Scotch brands.
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Andrew Gelb’s Avatar Andrew Gelb
25th May 2024 at 04:14
Tried the Bourbon version, with 3/4 lemon and 1/2 simple syrup rather than the 3/4 I saw online (the pineapple juice adds enough sweetness and body). Very nice! I'll try the Scotch version soon...
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Peter M’s Avatar Peter M
27th April 2024 at 03:40
Used Johnnie Walker Black. Delicious smoky pineapple.
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Marek Vranka’s Avatar Marek Vranka
11th February 2025 at 14:19
exactly!
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Jeremy Harrold’s Avatar Jeremy Harrold
9th January 2023 at 09:38
Not complex but the whisky (I used Shackleton Blended) gave it character. Easy to drink.
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Jose Cruz’s Avatar Jose Cruz
1st January 2023 at 16:56
great very balanced cocktail !
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Chris Dimal’s Avatar Chris Dimal
25th November 2022 at 21:21
2nd pineapple cocktail of the night, definitely much better. The malty backnote of the Scotch plays really well with the fruitiness of the pineapple.
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J M’s Avatar J M
19th December 2020 at 21:43
My goodness this is a good drink. Used chivas 12 as blended scotch
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