Rusty Compass cocktail

Rusty Compass cocktail image
Serve in
an Old-fashioned glass...
1½ shot Islay single malt Scotch whisky
¾ shot Drambuie liqueur BUY
½ shot Cherry Heering Liqueur BUY
  • Display recipe in:
How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass.

Garnish:

Orange zest twist

Comment:

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.

Origin:

Based on a drink originally made with Compass Box The Peat Monster Malt Scotch Whisky and served straight-up in coupe.

More about this cocktail

strain

How to strain a cocktail

When straining a shaken drink, a Hawthorn strainer tends to be used, but when straining a stirred drink it is traditional to use a Julep strainer. Both designs of strainer allow the liquid to be...

Stir

Stirrers & How to stir a cocktail

Stirring is the most basic way of mixing a cocktail. You might not give much thought to a technique used to stir a cup of tea or even a pot of paint, but cocktails deserve a little more reverence.

Scotch whisky

Scotch whisky

In accordance with the Scotch Whisky Act of 1988, for a whisky to be termed a ‘Scotch whisky’ it must be distilled in Scotland from fermented cereal grains, yeast and water. Maturation must also...

cherry brandy

Cherry brandy & cherry (cerise) liqueurs

Cherry 'brandy' is traditionally the largest category of cherry liqueurs. A confusing term as most of these liqueurs are actually made by macerating cherries in neutral spirit (vodka) rather than...

Brandy

Brandy

Brandy is distilled from fermented fruit (not grain). The name brandy comes from northern Europe, where ‘brand’ means to burn, and is a reference to the heat used in distillation. Most brandies...

Also enjoy

Blood and Sand (Difford's recipe) image

Blood and Sand (Difford's recipe)

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Smoky Martini #1 image

Smoky Martini #1

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

Fumigator Flip image

Fumigator Flip

WASH chilled glass with whisky (swirl to coat inside and shake to discard excess). SHAKE other ingredients with ice and fine strain into whisky coated chilled glass.

Looks Familiar image

Looks Familiar

STIR malt with ice and then strain and discard excess to leave the ice and mixing glass coated. Add other ingredients and STIR with the coated ice. Strain into ice-filled glass.

Articles

Rum cocktails image

Rum cocktails

Rum is the most exciting and diverse of spirits categories, offering clear clean light delicate rums through to dark full-bodied pungent estery rums and

Trademarking cocktails image

Trademarking cocktails

Trademarking cocktails is a contentious business. Are you trademarking the name, the recipe, or both? Are you in breach of trademark when you make a drink

Red Lion Cocktail image

Red Lion Cocktail

The Red Lion is one of those cocktails from the 1930s that has proved enduring. Originally promoted by Booth’s Gin and more recently by Grand Marnier,

Beer cocktails or 'Beertails' image

Beer cocktails or 'Beertails'

Into a pint glass doubles of the following are poured: gin, whisky, rum, port and brandy. A small bottle of stout is added, and the whole topped up with

×
  • Welcome to
  • Receive updates packed
    with drinks, bars and
    cocktails content
  • Please confirm you are over 21 years old and enter your email
  • No thanks, continue to diffordsguide.com
CSS revision 1474019063