Looks Familiar

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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1⁄2 oz Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
2 oz Patrón Silver blanco tequila
1⁄2 oz Agave syrup
2 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters
1⁄4 oz Amer Picon
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Orange zest twist

How to make:

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.

Review:

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

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History:

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

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Nutrition:

One serving of Looks Familiar contains 236 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.8 standard drinks
  • 26.28% alc./vol. (26.28° proof)
  • 25.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Robert Holen’s Avatar Robert Holen
22nd November 2024 at 16:55
Not sure how much of a sin I committed by substituting the Amer Picon with Aperol, but the result turned out very well.
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Andy Parnell-Hopkinson’s Avatar Andy Parnell-Hopkinson
23rd August 2024 at 17:38
It's good but... slightly dial down the agave and serve it up. Oh my! :-)
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Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
27th June 2024 at 05:55
"...discard excess...". Sacrilege! 🙂
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Mark Shah’s Avatar Mark Shah
22nd February 2021 at 14:48
Very tasty but very sweet. I'm going to experiment with less syrup and see how that is.
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Bucket List’s Avatar Bucket List
1st January 2021 at 14:25
Love an agavulin
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