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Knock Almond Highball

Name: Knock Almond Highball
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Peated malt whisky; 25 ml Amaretto liqueur; 75 ml Ginger ale

Difford’s Guide

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Peated single malt whisky
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Adriatico Amaretto Liqueur
2 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Thomas Henry Ginger Ale

How to make

Glass

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Method

Select and pre-chill a HIGHBALL (MAX 10OZ/300ML) GLASS.
Prepare garnish of ginger biscuit balanced across rim.
POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass.
Briefly STIR.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Knock Almond Highball contains 221 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
14.31% alc./vol. (28.62° proof)
20.8 grams of pure alcohol

History

I named this riff on the Loch Almond after Knock Castle, also known as Caisteal Chamuis (Castle Camus), the former stronghold of the MacDonalds. Now in ruins, the castle stands on the east coast of Sleat, some five miles north of Armadale on the Isle of Skye.

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Review

Rich almond and delicate ginger spice mellow the whisky's peaty strength.

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Wes O'Morrow 1y

Choice of peated whisky might require a tweak in the proportions, but it’s a nice drink.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 2y

I used a really pedestrian amaretto and this was still magnifico. Having just made the Loch Almond, my idea of adding 2 dashes of ginger bitters paid off in this one. Do what you wish.

Tony Jones 2y

Islay whisky, amaretto and ginger ale are thugs who are used to being the main event. But in this case, they all play nicely together and everything is good.

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