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What A Pear

Name: What A Pear
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Pear and cognac liqueur; 15 ml Poire William; 10 ml Peated malt whisky; 10 ml Lemon juice; 22.5 ml; 4 drop Saline solution 4:1

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (4)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz	Belle de Brillet pear liqueur
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Poire William eau-de-vie
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Peated single malt whisky
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Pear juice (freshly pressed)
4 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Coley Coupe 6oz

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of pear wedge.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with pear wedge on rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of What A Pear contains 176 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
17.14% alc./vol. (34.28° proof)
17.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created in September 2024 by yours truly.

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Review

Peated whisky lifts my Pear Drop cocktail from being a sweetie to being more a cocktail suited to an old salt. (I nearly named this Pear Drop in the Ocean.)

Belle de Brillet pear liqueur 700ml - makes 17.5 cocktails
$39.99 $2.29 per cocktail

Lagavulin 16yo Islay single malt whisky 750ml - makes 75 cocktails
$89.99 $1.20 per cocktail

Lagavulin 16yo Islay single malt whisky image

$3.49 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 17.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Ignacio Seligra 1y

Shouldn't be the pear liqueur / eau-de-vie proportions reversed? A 4:1 ratio between liqueur & lemon juice seems cloyingly sweet in the final result. Not to talk about the addition of pear juice to the mix.

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