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Auld Alliance

Name: Auld Alliance
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Scotch whisky; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Triple sec; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 50 ml Lemonade

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Blended Scotch whisky
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Lemonade English-style

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel.

Method

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
TOP with lemonade and briefly stir.

Garnish

Garnish with lemon slice.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Auld Alliance contains 173 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
12.61% alc./vol. (25.21° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

Review

An orange-influenced Scotch Sour served long and refreshing.

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$2.54 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Tom W 5y

A good, summery whisky sour. Increasing the triple sec at the expense of the whisky works well.

Sam Armstrong 6y

Very good with a fire during lock down...

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