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Praying Mantis

Name: Praying Mantis
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Peated malt whisky; 22.5 ml Amber bitter liqueur; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 22.5 ml Homemade ginger syrup; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Ingredients
³⁄₄ fl oz	Peated single malt whisky
³⁄₄ fl oz	Amber bitter liqueur
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Ginger syrup (equal parts ginger juice to caster sugar by weight
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered crystallised ginger.

Method

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

Garnish

Garnish with skewered crystallised ginger.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Praying Mantis contains 163 calories

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
13.04% alc./vol. (26.08° proof)
12.6 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created by Brandon Bramhall at Attaboy in Nashville, Tennessee. Brandon's original recipe calls for equal parts Islay whisky, Gran Classico, lemon juice, and ginger juice syrup.

More cocktails by Brandon Bramhall

Review

A riff on Sam Ross' Mosquito with smoky, peaty whisky going head-to-head with bitter liqueur and fiery ginger. Lemon juice plays peacemaker, bringing the other muscular ingredients together into a harmonious yet assertive cocktail.

AKA: Sandfly

Variations/similar cocktails

Made with a red bitter liqueur, this becomes a Sandfly.
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Mosquito (by Sam Ross)

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Zenoni Predez 1y

Also known as a Sandfly if i'm not mistaken.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 22w

Thanks, Zenoni. I've added a reference to the Sandfly above. I believe this is made with red bitter liqueur, while the Praying Mantis is made with amber bitter liqueur.

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