Scottish Gypsy

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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄3 oz Blended Scotch whisky
2⁄3 oz Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
2 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora 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:

Scotch and Bénédictine complement each other in this herbal cocktail which is balanced by the addition of bitters.

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Variant:

Rusty Nail

Nutrition:

One serving of Scottish Gypsy contains 154 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 31.53% alc./vol. (31.53° proof)
  • 19.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Olga María Gómez Henderson’s Avatar Olga María Gómez Henderson
30th June 2024 at 13:27
The Bénédictine gives the exact amount of sweetness without hiding the whisky (I used Duncan Taylor blended Black Bull Kyloe). Amazing cocktail.
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Yossi Burg’s Avatar Yossi Burg
1st January 2024 at 13:05
Used JW Black Label - it teams well with Benedictine and Ango' bitters. Could sip on this every evening after dinner- but like Jim I'm try Bogarts.
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Jim Plante’s Avatar Jim Plante
4th April 2023 at 23:50
I substituted The Bitter Truth’s Bogart Bitters, it’s a great cocktail.
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