Name: Urbane Restorative
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Scotch whisky; 30 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Crème de cassis; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Urbane Restorative
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Ingredients:
2 oz	Blended Scotch whisky
1 oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Joseph Cartron Double Crème de Cassis de Bourgogne
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Double old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel/wedge, or blackcurrants/blackberries when in season.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Strength & taste guide:

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Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A Scotch Whisky Sour with rich blackcurrant.

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History:

A scotch whisky-based riff on Jeffrey Morgenthaler's Bourbon Renewal, created by Brett Luttrell, a fellow discerning drinker who, in April 2023, ran out of bourbon so decided to sub in Johnny Walker Black and found it "Still works!" "Thus, a new drink 'round my house was born: The Urbane Restorative – a homage to the late Christopher Hitchens, whose love of "Mr. Walker's Amber Restorative" was no secret."

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Nutrition:

One serving of Urbane Restorative contains 212 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
17.21% alc./vol. (17.21° proof)
19.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Derek J

10th December 2023 at 00:31

Works better with slightly more scotch, I think.

John Hinojos

31st May 2023 at 00:35

Was a bit unsure about the ingredients, but the resulting cocktail is wonderful. The smoky of the Whisky with fruit flavours and the bitters all worked perfectly together. Did cut the sugar syrup in half and it was a bit sour, but perfect for us.

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson

21st May 2023 at 20:25

Sweet enough without extra sugar IMO. Next time I shall also up the bitters.

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