Name: Peaty Monte
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Peated malt whisky; 40 ml Amaro

Peaty Monte
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Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Amaro Montenegro

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Amaro (e.g. Montenegro) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Peated whisky replaces mezcal in this riff on the bartenders' favourite M&M.

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History:

Created by Asher Günther who, on Christmas Day 2022, left this comment on our M&M page; "I've tried this drink a few times and very much enjoyed it. Tonight I thought I'd try subbing the mezcal for the other smokey bottle in my cabinet - an Islay single malt. Oh man. Someone needs to give this a name and get it on a menu ASAP." I've tentatively named this delicious combo "Peaty Monte" but I'm sure somebody will come up with a better name.

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
27.13% alc./vol. (27.13° proof)
21.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Daniel Jones

14th January 2024 at 09:03

I recently got a bottle of amaro Montenegro and have been searching for cocktails to use it in, and this one as well as 'Lost in Translation' are my favorite so far. I did 2:1 Talisker 10 to Montenegro Up, knowing I prefer things a little less sweet, and it turned out perfect in the Spirit to sweet flavor. The Montenegro comes through the most of any cocktail I've had it in, yet balanced in the 2:1 ratio

Yorey C

31st December 2023 at 06:05

i didn't like this. sum is worse than its parts. paired with laphroiag

Asher Günther

24th November 2023 at 11:42

Also if I can suggest an addendum to this amazing recipe, a couple of dashes of Bogart's Bitters (I measured ⅛cl with the incredible Easy Jigger) are a very welcome addition

Asher Günther

28th October 2023 at 04:45

Was looking for a drink to try a new bottle of Tomintoul's peated Speyside and was surprised to see my name in the history haha, never noticed this page was created. Can confirm the drink is as good as ever and works beautifully with a malted whisky too.

Ignacio Seligra

4th February 2023 at 17:37

Amazing - even if not surprising - and very fit for the winter season. I'd call this a L&M to acknowledge the M&M origin, and since the two great Islay competitors both start their name with a "L".

Simon Difford

5th February 2023 at 10:18

A good name for a very tasty cocktail.

Stephan Stoeckl

30th January 2023 at 23:31

This is great! I don't have (and have a hard time locating) the suggested whisky, so I used an Ardbeg Ten - which I adore and built it in the glass with a big ice cube. So simple and so delicious!

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