Name: There It Is...
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Scotch whisky; 30 ml Oude genever; 15 ml Maraschino liqueur; 30 ml Blood orange juice

There It Is...
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Blended Scotch whisky
1 oz	Oude genever
¹⁄₂ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1 oz	Blood orange juice

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of blood orange slice wheel.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish with orange slice.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Genever is basically a blend of whiskey and gin and in this drink combines wonderfully with Scotch as a base to which maraschino and blood orange flavour lengthen.

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History:

Created by yours truly in March 2014 at the Cabinet Room in London, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of There It Is... contains 165 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20.17% alc./vol. (20.17° proof)
21.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Justine Fehley

6th April at 19:34

Interesting combination. Maraschino flavor was a bit strong for my liking here. Would reduce this if I made it again. However, it becomes a better drink with more dilution as it sits. I used Bols, Monkey Shoulder, and Luxardo.

Egg McKenzie

1st March at 21:19

this is superb.

Miguel Perales

29th April 2023 at 22:19

A mild, even tasting cocktail. The Luxardo is fairly prominent upfront and then the blood orange and Genever come in at the end. Blended Scotch is a little noticeable at the end also. Very nice and refreshing.

John Hinojos

25th March 2023 at 00:15

This was great. Refreshing, herbal, and a little hint of smoky.
Did not have old Genever only Bols. So I mixed a California St. George dry rye gin and the Bols to get a more complex flavour of a malted product. Did a 50/50 mix. Worked very well.
Thanks Simon for another wonderful cocktail.

William Smith

10th February 2022 at 03:43

This was good. I didn't have any genever, so I used our local, San Diego Cutwater Barrel Rested Gin. A meh single malt from Trader Joe's. My go-to maraschino, Maraska. Fresh blood oranges, and Bob's your uncle. Next time, I might add a little float of some smoky Islay, and a little less maraschino.

Michael Westbrook

8th April 2021 at 20:07

I was wondering how much the blood orange flavour should be colouring this. Mine was having real trouble fighting its way through the Maraschino - which on its own was playing very nicely with the Bols genever and infinity bottle blended scotch. But the whole thing was flat. I added citric acid, saline solution and a spray of blood orange peel - and it's very delicious, but I have no idea if this is the right flavour profile.

Simon Difford

9th April 2021 at 06:56

I think the issue is the use of Bols Genever. Much better with an oude genever rather than a jonge. I use Rutte Old Simon Genever.

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Matthew French

7th February 2021 at 20:52

Having purchasrd some blood oranges, I've been working my way through the list of best cocktails with what I have available. Tried this using a Highland malt, Dalmore 12 year old, a delicious concoction, just the ticket as the Beast from the East II strikes.