Name: Smoke and Mirrors No.1
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Peated malt whisky; 22.5 ml Scotch whisky; 15 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 15 ml Byrrh; 3 dash Aromatic bitters

Smoke and Mirrors No.1
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
³⁄₄ oz	Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
³⁄₄ oz	Blended Scotch whisky
¹⁄₂ oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Byrrh aperitif aromatised wine
3 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This spirit-forward cocktail has subtle smoky peatiness with herbal complexity provided by Bénédictine and Byrrh.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2011 by Erik Lorincz at the Savoy's The American Bar in London, England where it was made with 45ml (1½) Speyside single malt Scotch whisky (and no peated whisky) and 'smoked' in a decanter in front of the customer and served at the table.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Smoke and Mirrors No.1 contains 166 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
29.5% alc./vol. (29.5° proof)
22.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Ian Fenton

22nd March 2023 at 10:12

Instead of going through the rigmarole of smoking a cocktail for home consumption, and in my typical fashion of making a screwdriver but substituing the orange juice for tomato and the vodka for gin, I substituted the Speyside with an ounce each of Ardbeg 10 and Chivas Regal Extra (my go to blended mixer). It's very promising but I think cutting the Ardbeg down to a half oz or less would probably qualify it as "subtle" smoke - nothing subtle about it right now! Further research to come.