Moo'lata

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (27 ratings)

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Blended Scotch whisky
14 oz Dark crème de cacao liqueur
14 oz Dutch Cacao white crème de cacao
12 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
16 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
2 dash Angostura Cocoa Bitters
3 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with lime wedge.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

Scotch soured with lime (works better than lemon) and sweetened with a touch of chocolate liqueur.

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History:

Created in January 2011 by Yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England after mistakenly taking a bottle of Scotch from the speedwell to make a Mulata Daiquiri. It proved a tasty mistake.

Nutrition:

One serving of Moo'lata contains 196 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 21.5% alc./vol. (21.5° proof)
  • 20.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Angela Knox’s Avatar Angela Knox
7th August 2024 at 00:31
Wanted to make it less boozy so used half whiskey but 5mls each cacaos, a drizzle of syrup, 1 good dash bitters and 10ml lime. Decorated with a Luxardo cherry for a bit added sweetness
Vera Lycaon’s Avatar Vera Lycaon
24th February 2024 at 07:10
Didn't nix the sugar syrup, did add two dashes of cocoa bitters per people's tips here. Scotch, lime and chocolate make for odd bedfellows - but it works, and I like it.
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
24th February 2024 at 21:49
I've added the worthy addition of Cocoa Bitters and subtly tweaked my recipe. Many thanks.
Avery Garnett’s Avatar Avery Garnett
22nd October 2023 at 20:17
Lime and chocolate will always sit a bit strange with me.
Jim Plante’s Avatar Jim Plante
13th August 2023 at 22:18
I joined Sally and John, I made mine without the simple syrup and used 2 dashes of Angostura cocoa bitters! Very Nice, hey Simon the link to your Mulata Daquiri is broken. Thanks for everything!
Paloma Difford’s Avatar Paloma Difford
14th August 2023 at 07:34
oopsy, thanks for letting us know Jim, that link is now fixed
Sally Morgan’s Avatar Sally Morgan
19th February 2023 at 20:12
A tad too sweet for me- dropped the sugar syrup to 5ml and added 2 drops chocolate bitters and it upped it’s game considerably
John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
24th May 2021 at 00:25
Excellent mixture of Scotch and cacao. May try with a dash of chocolate bitters.
29th July 2020 at 04:43
Yeah, tasty. May have put the lime in twice, but if so, it worked. ;-)