Smoky Mountain Rain

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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
5⁄6 oz Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
2⁄3 oz La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1⁄4 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
7 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
4 oz Chilled water
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Rosemary sprig

How to make:

POUR all ingredients into glass. Fill with ice and briefly stir.

Strength & taste guide:

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

An unlikely but very tasty combination of peated whisky and absinthe.

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History:

Created in March 2023 by yours truly at The Clocktower, Rye, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Smoky Mountain Rain contains 159 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 11.45% alc./vol. (11.45° proof)
  • 19.8 grams of pure alcohol

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CHUEN ALVIN’s Avatar CHUEN ALVIN
23rd April 2023 at 16:26
It's just like a normal absinthe + chilled water
The absinthe is too dominating
maybe a higher ppm peated whisky next time
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Peter Shaw’s Avatar Peter Shaw
8th April 2023 at 07:54
Unlikely bedfellows - but it works!! Interesting that it doesn’t turn white… The pungency of both the peated malt and absinthe are balanced out in this combination making a smooth, long aperitivo.
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