Name: Weeski Cocktail
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Irish whiskey; 30 ml Aromatized wine; 7.5 ml Triple sec; 1 dash Orange bitters

Ingredients

1 ²⁄₃ fl oz

Irish whiskey

1 fl oz

Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur

1 dash

Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled 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 Weeski Cocktail contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
25.27% alc./vol. (50.55° proof)
22.2 grams of pure alcohol

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.

Comments & Discussion

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Michael Cronin 46w

This is nice. I went with 60 ml of Writer Tears and 30 ml of Lillet, 7.5 ml of Couintreau and the organge bitters. That extra 10 ml of whiskey seemed to create a very nice balance with the whiskey forward and the orange following. I mistakenly added two dashes of bitters so it does have a more bitter finish than I think is meant.

I am curious what this would be like with an apple or pear liqueur in place of the Couintreau.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 2y

Out of Irish, excellent with Jonnie Walker Black, went with 60ml.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

Great with Bushmill's also.

Michael Zürcher 4y

A nice crisp Manhatten twist - orange suits the Irish whiskey quite well.

Ian Burns 5y

A nice alternative to a Rusty Nail.

Tom McCreary 5y

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.

Andrew Gelb Premium Member 6y

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?