Tapered Nail

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (39 ratings)

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
34 oz Honey herbal liqueur (e.g. Drambuie)
14 oz Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
3 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Pineapple wedge cut into nail-like shards

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass (cubes rather than a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10

Review:

Rum takes over from Scotch as the base spirit in this riff on a Rusty Nail, but peated single malt adds interest and keeps it a true Nail (a cocktail with Drambuie and Scotch whisky).

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History:

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

Nutrition:

One serving of Tapered Nail contains 215 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.7 standard drinks
  • 31.93% alc./vol. (31.93° proof)
  • 24 grams of pure alcohol

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Ben S’ Avatar Ben S
24th February 2024 at 01:41
A sweet, enjoyable drink. I feel the rum stands apart perhaps a bit too much, but every few sips the smokey Islay whiskey shines through to offer a pleasant counterpoint to the Rum and Drambuie sweetness.
Peter McCarthy’s Avatar Peter McCarthy
15th August 2024 at 06:21
I'm curious which rum & Islay you used. I used Bacardi 8 year & Lagavulin 16 year and it was basically a smokey, sweet drink (in a good way), with the smoke very present in every sip.