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Dutch Highlander

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

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Serves:

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

How to make

Glass

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Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Dutch Highlander contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
33.26% alc./vol. (66.53° proof)
22.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2022 by J. E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails.

More cocktails by J. E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails

Review

As 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.

J&B Rare 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$24.99 $1.51 per cocktail J&B Rare image

Batavia Arrack van Oosten 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$74.99 $1.50 per cocktail Batavia Arrack van Oosten image

Benedictine D.O.M. 750ml - makes 100 cocktails
$37.99 $0.38 per cocktail Benedictine D.O.M. image

Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 192 cocktails
$13.99 $0.07 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

$3.46 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Alex Grieb 2y

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.

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