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Tapered Nail

Name: Tapered Nail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 22.5 ml Honey herbal liqueur; 7.5 ml Peated malt whisky; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (49)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
3/4 fl oz	Honey herbal liqueur (e.g. Drambuie)
1/4 fl oz	Peated single malt whisky
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge cut into nail-like shards.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with pineapple shards.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Tapered Nail contains 215 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
31.94% alc./vol. (63.87° proof)
24 grams of pure alcohol

History

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

More cocktails by Simon Difford

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).

Comments & Discussion

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Mookie Premium Member 31w

I used the last of my El Dorado 12 (and Benriach Smoky 12 for the scotch) - not much not to like here. Next time I'll mist some of the scotch as a garnish as well.

Ben S 2y

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 M Premium Member 2y

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.