Name: Smokestack Lightning
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 52.5 ml Tequila reposado; 7.5 ml Whisky - Islay single malt Scotch whisky; 15 ml Agave syrup; 22.5 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 4 Margarita bitters (optional)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Lime wedge on rim

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain with ice.

1 3/4 fl oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
1/4 fl oz	Islay single malt (peated) Scotch whisky
1/2 fl oz	Agave syrup
3/4 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
4 drop	Difford's Margarita Bitters (optional)
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Patrón Reposado tequila, 70cl

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Review:

Margarita-like with a wisp of Islay smoke.

Gentle

Boozy

Sweet

Dry/sour

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History:

Created in 2009 by yours truly for The Cocktail Hour at Tales of the Cocktail that year.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Smokestack Lightning contains 180 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
20.04% alc./vol. (40.08° proof)
19.6 grams of pure alcohol

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