Alice Mine No. 2

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (6 ratings)

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
34 oz Blended Scotch whisky
34 oz Kummel liqueur
34 oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
× 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.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10

Review:

You'll need to appreciate kummel to enjoy this long-lost classic. However, if you do, the only question is, do you like this cocktail with more or less Scotch whisky?

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

ALICE MINE COCKTAIL.
½ Italian Vermouth.
½ Russian Kummel.
2 Dashes Scotch Whisky.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

In his 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide, Stanley M. Jones lists the Alice Mine with bourbon whiskey with the Scotch whisky version listed as simply "Alice".

ALICE
Cocktail Glass
Stir
3/4 oz Scotch
3/4 oz Kummel
3/4 oz sweet vermouth

ALICE MINE
Cocktail Glass
Stir
1 oz Grand Marnier
3/4 gin
1/2 dry vermouth
1/4 sweet vermouth
1 dash Angostura bitters

Variation

3/4 oz Bourbon
3/4 oz Kummel
3/4 oz sweet vermouth

Stanley M. Jones, Jones' Complete Barguide, 1977

Nutrition:

One serving of Alice Mine No. 2 contains 149 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.2 standard drinks
  • 24.67% alc./vol. (24.67° proof)
  • 16.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Justine Fehley’s Avatar Justine Fehley
28th June 2024 at 22:08
This is the much better of the Alice Mine variants, but is still... just ok.

I used Monkey Shoulder, Gilka, and Mancino Rosso.