Name: Silent Seven
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Tennessee whiskey; 20 ml Triple sec; 20 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Silent Seven
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Glass:

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
2 fl oz	Tennessee whiskey
²⁄₃ fl oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
²⁄₃ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish:

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

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History:

A riff on the classic 'Silent Third' cocktail first published in the 1937 Cafe Royal Cocktail Book. Originally made with Scotch whisky but perhaps not so silent with rock 'n' roll Tennessee whiskey.

Nutrition:

One serving of Silent Seven contains 205 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
21.89% alc./vol. (43.78° proof)
25.2 grams of pure alcohol

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