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

Knock Almond Highball
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Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
⁵⁄₆ oz	Disaronno amaretto
2 ¹⁄₂ oz	Thomas Henry Ginger Ale

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How to make:

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.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

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

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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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Nutrition:

One serving of Knock Almond Highball contains 221 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
15.02% alc./vol. (15.02° proof)
21.8 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese

11th March 2024 at 19:15

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.

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Tony Jones

19th November 2023 at 23:53

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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