Misty Auld Fashioned

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Discerning Drinkers (4 ratings)

Photographed in an Urban Bar Freddo Old Fashioned

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Blended Scotch whisky
23 oz Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
12 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
16 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
8 drop Bob's Ginger Bitters
3 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
  2. Prepare atomizer of peated whisky.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
  5. MIST with 3 sprays of peated whisky.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

A splash of lemon juice mystifies this peated whisky Old Fashioned with delicate warming ginger spice.

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History:

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

Nutrition:

One serving of Misty Auld Fashioned contains 195 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 25.19% alc./vol. (25.19° proof)
  • 21.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Shogi Redbrook’s Avatar Shogi Redbrook
17th November 2024 at 22:57
Tried this with lemon oleo in place of the sugar syrup. Very tasty - probably throws the balance a bit more fruity but I reckon it works.
Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
14th June 2024 at 12:38
Beautifully poised. We go with Lagavulin.