Mexican Nail

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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Patrón Reposado tequila
1 oz Honey herbal liqueur (e.g. Drambuie)
1⁄6 oz Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
4 drop Chocolate bitters
1⁄3 oz Chilled water
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
  5. Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

Complex with obvious peated whisky and tequila notes, made more interesting with subtle spice and chocolaty notes.

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History:

Created in 2010 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Mexican Nail contains 204 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.8 standard drinks
  • 28.22% alc./vol. (28.22° proof)
  • 25.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Caspian Berggren’s Avatar Caspian Berggren
13th February at 19:32
It's actually one of the better Nail riffs. The tequila and peated scotch combo is genius. It takes the agave and peppery notes from the tequila in a completely different direction than Mezcal would. The chocolate bitters aren't really present on the palate as "chocolate" but I think they help the scotch and tequila go together. Sweet, obviously, like all Nail cocktails tend to be, but not too sweet. Dilution is absolutely key.
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Jeremy Harrold’s Avatar Jeremy Harrold
24th June 2024 at 21:10
This was very good. A lovely blend of all the components each one adding its own distinctive flavour.
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18th November 2021 at 17:38
I made a variation of this with 1 1/2 oz Del Maguey Vida 1/2 oz Ancho Reyes 1 oz Drambuie and 1 dash Xocolatl mole bitters. Very very nice.
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