Weeski Cocktail

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 2⁄3 oz Irish whiskey
1 oz Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)
1⁄4 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
1 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Irish whiskey with herbal complexity and zesty orange.

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History:

Created in 2004 by David Wondrich in Brooklyn, New York City, USA. By popular demand (well, an email and one comment on this website) in June 2020, I reduced the whiskey in this recipe from 60ml to 50ml. (Hope you don't mind David?). However, my own preference is for the original 60ml whiskey but with 15ml Lillet Blanc, 15ml Americano Bianco, and 1 dash orange bitters.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Weeski Cocktail contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.6 standard drinks
  • 25.41% alc./vol. (25.41° proof)
  • 22.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Calvin Grant’s Avatar Calvin Grant
13th June 2024 at 02:27
Out of Irish, excellent with Jonnie Walker Black, went with 60ml.
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Calvin Grant’s Avatar Calvin Grant
2nd January at 01:37
Great with Bushmill's also.
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Michael Zürcher’s Avatar Michael Zürcher
27th October 2021 at 22:36
A nice crisp Manhatten twist - orange suits the Irish whiskey quite well.
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Ian Burns’ Avatar Ian Burns
18th November 2020 at 08:05
A nice alternative to a Rusty Nail.
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Tom McCreary’s Avatar Tom McCreary
13th November 2020 at 21:54
Anything with whiskey invented by Dave Wondrich is worth a try. A bit on the sweet side for me but I’ll tweak it next time.
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Andrew Gelb’s Avatar Andrew Gelb
20th June 2020 at 02:24
It's quite nice, but the herbal and orange notes seem a bit too subtle. The whiskey is tempered, but still very prominent. Perhaps the proportions might be adjusted a bit?
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
11th July 2020 at 11:34
Thanks for bringing to my attention, I've amended the above recipe accordingly.
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