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Looks Familiar

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (22)
Looks Familiar image
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1⁄2 fl oz Peated single malt whisky
2 fl oz Blanco tequila
1⁄2 fl oz Agave syrup (agave nectar)
2 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters
1⁄4 fl oz Amer Picon

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Garnish: Orange zest twist

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Method:

STIR malt with ice and then strain and discard excess to leave the ice and mixing glass coated. Add other ingredients and STIR with the coated ice. Strain into ice-filled glass.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Looks Familiar contains 236 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.8 standard drinks
  • 25.92% alc./vol. (51.85° proof)
  • 25.5 grams of pure alcohol

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

History

Created by Jake Burger at Jake's Bar, Leeds, England.

More cocktails by Jake Burger

Review

I defy you not to love this herbal bittersweet tequila-laced concoction.

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Comments & Discussion

richard levet
Discard single malt - NEVER.
score: 1
Simon Sedgley Premium Member
It's gorgeous. But we thought that the final instruction in the "How to make", which is "Strain into ice-filled glass" is redundant. We simply did everything, from start to finish, in the Rocks Glass that we were to drink from. And our peated whisky "discard" went into a dainty little sherry glass as a chaser.
score: 0
Robert Holen
Not sure how much of a sin I committed by substituting the Amer Picon with Aperol, but the result turned out very well.
score: 0
Garcia Bronson
I need to report this! You will BURN IN HELL!
Joke)))
score: 0
Andy Parnell-Hopkinson
It's good but... slightly dial down the agave and serve it up. Oh my! :-)
score: 3
Simon Sedgley Premium Member
Yes, up in a Coupe glass.
score: 1
Simon Sedgley Premium Member
"...discard excess...". Sacrilege! 🙂
score: 3
Mark Shah
Very tasty but very sweet. I'm going to experiment with less syrup and see how that is.
score: 2
Bucket List
Love an agavulin
score: 1

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Makes a minimum of 6 cocktails.
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