Name: Dutch Highlander
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Scotch whisky; 15 ml Batavia arrack; 7.5 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Dutch Highlander
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Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Blended Scotch whisky
¹⁄₂ oz	Batavia Arrack van Oosten
¹⁄₄ oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

As Jason, the originator of this cocktail, says, "A scotch with some backbone, such as Johnnie Walker Black, is required to stand up to the arrack." That said, you may want to cut the arrack back a tad and up the Bénédictine accordingly – perhaps to 10ml (1/3oz) of each.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe by Jason E. Clapham at the St. Edward's MCR at Oxford, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Dutch Highlander contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
33.26% alc./vol. (33.26° proof)
22.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Alex Grieb

30th July 2024 at 04:38

I'm not sure this is a good use of arrack - I used By the Dutch batavia arrack, and most of the complexity coming from the mash bill of sugarcane, date palm and rice was lost in this drink. It's also quite dry with such a small amount of benedictine. I would recommend just making an arrack old fashioned if you want to put the spirit to good use.