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The Jackal

Name: The Jackal
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Tennessee whiskey; 15 ml Mexican corn whisky; 5 ml Peated malt whisky; 5 ml Popcorn sugar syrup; 2.5 ml Chilli liqueur; 2 dash Creole bitters; 7.5 ml Chilled water; 2.5 ml Crème de cassis

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (5)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Tennessee whiskey
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Mexican corn whisky
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Peated single malt whisky
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Popcorn sugar syrup
¹⁄₁₂ fl oz	Chilli liqueur
2 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)
¹⁄₁₂ fl oz	Crème de cassis liqueur

How to make

Glass

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Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR first 6 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.
POUR crème de cassis into centre of cocktail (it should sink to form a red base).

Garnish

EXPRESS flamed orange zest twist over cocktail, then use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of The Jackal contains 176 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
26.86% alc./vol. (53.72° proof)
22.4 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created in November 2023 by yours truly and inspired by The Jackal from Ronny Jordan's 1993 album The Quiet Revolution and the 1973 thriller movie The Day of the Jackal based on the 1971 Frederick Forsyth novel of the same name.

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Review

An expressive riff on an Old Fashioned with a hit of spiced popcorn, served straight-up.

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Comments & Discussion

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John Reddersen 4w

I'm not sure what popcorn simple syrup is, so I used cinnamon. I also didn't have Mexican corn whiskey, so I used Vago Elote Mezcal. The result had notes of corn from the Elote and the George Dickel Tennessee Sour Mash No.12, was mostly hidden, so it served my purpose.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4w

I used Monin Popcorn Syrup.

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