Denny & Eleni

Serve in a Coupe glass...
1½	fl oz	Dewar's 12 Year Old 'The Ancestor' blended Scotch whisky
1	fl oz	Skinos Mastiha
⅛	fl oz	Lagavulin 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
1	fl oz	Birch water
8	drop	Bob's Liquorice bitters

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How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Mint leaf

Comment:

Named after Denny Kallivoka and Eleni Nikoloulia, our favourite Greek drinks writers, this whisky based cocktail has a healthy glug of mastiha with birch water. It finishes with liquorice and Islay whisky.

About:

Created in August 2015 by yours truly (Simon Difford) at the Cabinet Room, London, England.

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