Name: Islander
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 22.5 ml Scotch whisky; 5 ml Aniseed liqueur

Islander
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
³⁄₄ oz	Blended Scotch whisky
¹⁄₆ oz	Aniseed (anise) liqueur

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Vermouth-based and bittersweet with anise and fennel, and depending on your scotch, also faint smokiness.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe by Gary "gaz" Regan, New York, USA.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Islander contains 158 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
18.53% alc./vol. (18.53° proof)
16.2 grams of pure alcohol

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28th March at 06:07

Hi Simon, can you tell me something about this glass? I tried searching with the image, but couldn't find anybrands or links.

G. M. Genovese

4th January at 15:53

Kind of echoing some of the other comments (anise prominent, surprisingly delightful), but this combo was turned out nice: Cocchi di Torino, Dewar's White Label, Ricard Pastis.

Yorey C

28th July 2024 at 03:29

interesting that the pernod shows through so strong

Olga María Gómez Henderson

21st July 2024 at 11:35

It's a good cocktail, albeit it's a bit difficult to appreciate the whisky.

Jeremy Harrold

4th July 2023 at 05:25

So simple but an astounding cocktail.
Possibly one of the least expensive cocktails I have made in a long time as well!
I used Ricard, Cinzano Rosso and M&S 8 year blended whisky.

Thomas Wederus

7th June 2022 at 19:25

Lovely drink. I find good anise based cocktails to be hard to come by, so this was a great find.

Aimee Lysaght

5th November 2021 at 01:35

Added one 1/6 ounce of lemon juice to this and used Irish whiskey as my husband is from Ireland and we don’t have any scotch whiskey in the house lol! Was outstanding!

Luca Viviani

27th September 2020 at 12:08

An excellent drink. Being out of Pernod, I replaced it with 5 ml Anisetta Meletti. This made the cocktail a bit too sweet for an aperitif, in my opinion. But I think this would make a great digestif.

Rohaan Matmary

8th August 2020 at 13:49

Aah! No worries. Thanks for replying. Would you remember what vermouth did he used for you? I am really trying to recreate this recipe. Sounds delicious

Simon Difford

8th August 2020 at 16:39

Sorry. No idea which vermouth but worth remembering that back then there were fewer vermouths available so a high probability that is was Martini.

Rohaan Matmary

6th August 2020 at 10:55

Hi Simon, Could you please shed more light on the history of this drink?

Simon Difford

6th August 2020 at 13:38

I've looked at notes area that accompanies each cocktail on our database and sadly it's blank. Pretty much all I know is that it's a recipe from gaz. It must date back at least 12 years and I can't remember if something he made for me, sent me, or I purloined from something he'd written. Sorry. Hopefully, my note keeping has improved.

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