Name: Rusty Compass cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Peated malt whisky; 22.5 ml Honey herbal liqueur; 15 ml Cherry brandy

Rusty Compass cocktail
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
³⁄₄ oz	Honey herbal liqueur (e.g. Drambuie)
¹⁄₂ oz	Heering Cherry Liqueur

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Peaty Islay single malt whisky lightly sweetened and flavoured with heather honey herbal whisky liqueur and cherry brandy, stirred and served on-the-rocks with an orange zest twist adding zestiness.

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History:

Based on a cocktail originally made with Compass Box The Peat Monster Malt Scotch Whisky and served straight-up in a coupe.

Nutrition:

One serving of Rusty Compass cocktail contains 224 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
31.74% alc./vol. (31.74° proof)
26.2 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese

9th April at 17:47

One really has to love peaty Scotch (in my case, Laphroaig) and Drambuie to be satisfied by this - and I definitely did enjoy it. But I can barely taste the Sangue Morlacco, however, if at all. So I upped it equal measure with the Drambuie, and yes it was better. Gets a little lost in the aftertaste, but a cherry pit flavor seems to linger on the palate. Not a perfect recipe, by any stretch. Next time, I might try to cut some of the Islay with a fruity Speyside single malt. Funny, with the honey and cherry, not so fruity-sweet a drink.

Jim Cameron

18th February 2023 at 21:08

Just made this with Loch Lomond peated grain whisky. Got cherry bubblegum. I quite enjoyed it.

John Hinojos

26th September 2021 at 03:24

Not being a big fan of Scotch which is too smoky, used single malt from Speyside and the midlands. There was just enough smoky taste to be interesting, but not overwhelm the cocktail. If you like the smoky, I would use the Islay.

Anonymous

14th January 2021 at 00:36

Nope, not for me! Lacks moreish quality and the peat is too forward which puts the whole drink out of kilter. Some Fee Bros orange bitters helped a tad bit but not enough.

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