Name: Nessie cocktail
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Whisky - Scotch whisky (blended); 7.5 ml Whisky - Islay single malt Scotch whisky; 22.5 ml Vermouth - Rosso/rouge (sweet) vermouth; 7.5 ml Walnut liqueur; 5 ml Sherry - Pedro Ximénez; 2 Whiskey barrel aged bitters

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Orange zest twist curled to resemble Nessie

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Dewar's 12 Year Old Scotch whisky
1/4 fl oz	Islay single malt (peated) Scotch whisky
3/4 fl oz	Martini Rosso sweet vermouth
1/4 fl oz	Nocello walnut liqueur
1/6 fl oz	Pedro Ximénez sherry
2 dash	Whiskey barrel aged bitters
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Dewar's 12 Year Old Scotch whisky, 70cl

£ 34.95 £ 2.25 per cocktail, makes 15.5 Lagavulin 16yo Islay single malt whisky, 70cl

£ 81.75 £ 0.88 per cocktail, makes 93 Martini Rosso sweet vermouth, 75cl

£ 10.45 £ 0.32 per cocktail, makes 33 Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel Aged bitters, 15cl

£ 24.25 £ 0.65 per cocktail, makes 37.5

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Review:

A Rob Roy (Scotch Manhattan) with walnut liqueur and Pedro Ximénez sherry.

History:

Created in January 2015 by yours truly in tribute to the Loch Ness Monster, a.k.a. Nessie, who reputedly inhabits Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Nessie cocktail contains 181 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
26.4% alc./vol. (52.8° proof)
23.3 grams of pure alcohol

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