Name: William Porter
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Whisk(e)y - Scotch whisky (blended); 15 ml Vermouth - Rosso/rouge (sweet) vermouth; 7.5 ml Triple sec (e.g. Cointreau); 5 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 1 Orange bitters

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

None

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 2/3 fl oz	Blended Scotch whisky
1/2 fl oz	Rosso/rouge (sweet) vermouth
1/4 fl oz	Triple sec liqueur (40% alc./vol.)
1/6 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
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Review:

A tart, Manhattan-like combo of Scotch, sweet vermouth and triple sec.

Variant:

Sir Winston; Man O' War

History:

Named after William Trotter Porter (1809–1858), an American journalist and editor who founded the Spirit of the Times, a newspaper devoted to sports.

Nutrition:

One serving of William Porter contains 150 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
27.6% alc./vol. (55.2° proof)
21.5 grams of pure alcohol

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