Garnish:
Lemon zest twist
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 1 fl oz | Dewar's 12 Year Old Scotch whisky |
| 1 fl oz | The Busker Blended Irish Whiskey |
| 1/2 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/3 fl oz | Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup |
| 1/2 fl oz | Chilled water |
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Review:
Faintly peaty honeyed whisky with a cleansing hint of lemon, rounded by almond.
Variant:
Strained into a Collins glass filled with crushed ice and swizzled.
History:
This recipe appears in Harry MacElhone's 1922 ABC of Mixing Cocktails and is repeated in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.
CAMERON'S KICK COCKTAIL.
Harry Craddock, 1930
1/3 Scotch Whisky.
1/3 Irish Whisky.
1/6 Lemon Juice.
1/6 Orgeat Syrup.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Nutrition:
One serving of Cameron's Kick contains 168 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.4 standard drinks
- 19.35% alc./vol. (38.7° proof)
- 19.4 grams of pure alcohol
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