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

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Peated single malt whisky

3/4 fl oz

Honey herbal liqueur (e.g. Drambuie)

1/2 fl oz

Cherry (brandy) liqueur

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Rusty Compass cocktail contains 224 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
31.78% alc./vol. (63.56° proof)
26.3 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Robert Holen 44w

If you like this one, try replacing the Drambuie with Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey. Wildly different flavour, but I can honestly don't say which one I prefer.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 1y

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 3y

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

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

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.

Jamie Holland 5y

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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Rusty Compass cocktail