Smoked Maple

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (25 ratings)

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
14 oz Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
14 oz Maple syrup
14 oz Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
3 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

This peaty-whisky-laced cocktail won't be to everybody's taste, but an Islay malt fan will most definitely approve.

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History:

Adapted from a cocktail discovered in 2009 at Dylanbar, Dublin, Ireland.

Nutrition:

One serving of Smoked Maple contains 182 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.6 standard drinks
  • 26.58% alc./vol. (26.58° proof)
  • 21.9 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
3rd February 2024 at 16:00
I made this 3 times, using different ratios of maple to apricot... The measure of maple should be the same as the apricot and orange. At 5 ml, the maple isn't enough. Bump the apricot to 10 ml, then that's too much... Wee Beastie was weak. Port Charlotte 10, superb... Remarkable changes depending on the specs.
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
3rd February 2024 at 19:54
Agreed. I ended up with 7.5ml (3/4oz) of each.
Michael Cronin’s Avatar Michael Cronin
26th November 2022 at 23:40
I was just a little heavy with the maple syrup, but this was a nice first cocktail with scotch as opposed to having it straight.