Debonair

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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Speyside single malt Scotch whisky
5⁄6 oz Ginger liqueur
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 5/10
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Review:

Rich and indeed sophisticated, this Scotch-based drink has a zing of ginger spice with a zest of citrus from the garnish.

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History:

Created in the 1990s by Gary "gaz" Regan who in his San Francisco Chronicle 'The Cocktailian' column wrote of this drink, "I gave the formula a series of silly names, and eventually I got really frustrated with it so I looked up "sophisticated" in Roget's Thesaurus.. The Debonair was born."

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Alcohol content:

  • 1.7 standard drinks
  • 27.33% alc./vol. (27.33° proof)
  • 23.2 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
26th April at 20:22
No Speyside on hand. Made this with McConnell's Irish Whiskey and Barrow's Intense Ginger. Not too bad of a combo, but leaves me wanting to try with a more bolder whiskey. Did make it again, cutting the whiskey to 50 ml while adding a 5 ml 'rinse' of Laphroaig to the glass. That did it for me. Just gotta replace the Irish with the Scotch next time.
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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
18th March 2024 at 03:40
Very nice after-dinner cocktail. A bit sweet and would reduce the Ginger Liqueur to 15ml. Use a good Scotch Whisky.
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Yorey C’s Avatar Yorey C
13th February at 05:05
agreed, definitely needs a pungent potent distinctive whisky, as called for. i used a mid-shelf kirkland and its very bland
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