Name: The Scott
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Scotch whisky; 12.5 ml Honey herbal liqueur; 20 ml Dry vermouth; 7.5 ml Chilled water

The Scott
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Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Blended Scotch whisky
0.42 oz	Honey herbal liqueur (e.g. Drambuie)
²⁄₃ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₄ oz	Chilled water omit if using wet ice

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This golden drink is dry and sophisticated, yet honeyed and approachable.

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History:

Adapted from a cocktail discovered in 2006 at The Clift Hotel in San Francisco, USA.

My original recipe for this cocktail was 60ml (2oz) Scotch whisky, 15ml (½oz) Drambuie, and 30ml (1oz) dry vermouth which seemed to be liked with 5 ratings at 5/5. However, it was boozy so in June 2020, I reduced the volume of each ingredient to the above with the liqueur ratio very slightly increased and a dash of water added to aid dilution. Or, omit the water and serve over ice.

Nutrition:

One serving of The Scott contains 162 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
24.64% alc./vol. (24.64° proof)
20.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Charlie Forbes

1st October 2024 at 18:58

The "cocktail of the day" intro names Sept 30th, 1912, as an auspicious day in the Robert Scott tragedy. However, his attempt to walk out of Antartica began on actually began on January 19th. He walked the first 300 miles by February 7th. 20 days later, they still had 300 miles to go and reached the spot where they died on March 19th. It is estimated that he died 10-11 days later.

Simon Difford

2nd October 2024 at 12:46

I think you are referring to Scott. However, on our Cocktail of the Day page, we are referring to the party of 6, “Northern Party”, who were left in the vicinity of “Evans Cove” on the 4th of January, and they were meant to be picked up on Feb the 18th. But due to heavy pack ice the ship never made it. There was an attempt to relieve the “Northern Party” on 17th of April however they were beaten by the weather. Their walk back to base camp started on 30th September, and they reached Cape Evans on 7th of November.

John Hinojos

14th September 2023 at 03:10

Tried this again with the original recipe and no water. Poured over medium ice cubes. Found it a bit more powerful, but also with a different balance of flavours. I think I do like the original measurements; although, it is strong.

Richard Christmas

17th January 2023 at 18:11

This is wonderful! I do not understand why it has such a low rating (I almost gave it 5+). Noilly Prat (like Campari) seems to have the ability to transform whatever it comes into contact with. This has got to be the best substitute for a Wet Martini during the winter months.

Anonymous

5th December 2021 at 14:29

Not a fan of anything w/ smoke but I applied the recipe A-Z and did not substitute the Dewars. Very good. Great effect of vermouth.

John Hinojos

24th November 2021 at 00:47

Great cocktail. Nice balance of the smoky and honey. Vermouth seems to even everything out.

Jeremy Harrold

28th July 2021 at 13:19

I used the original ratios using Dolin Dry vermouth and Monkey Shoulder whisky. I was surprised how easy it was to drink. Not overtly herbal and with a pleasant honeyed smoothness.