Name: Capercaillie
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Scotch whisky; 12.5 ml Triple sec; 10 ml Apricot liqueur; 25 ml Pineapple juice; 12.5 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Honey and water syrup

Capercaillie
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Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Blended Scotch whisky
0.42 oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
⁵⁄₆ oz	Pineapple juice
0.42 oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge on rim.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

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Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Scotch whisky adds a delicately malty backbone to this zesty and fruity, delicately honeyed anytime cocktail.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in the 1990s by London bartender Wayne Collins. This Scotch whisky-based cocktail is named after a variety of large woodland grouse and sadly UK's Capercaillie population has declined to such a degree that the bird is at risk of extinction.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Capercaillie contains 201 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
17.15% alc./vol. (17.15° proof)
20.6 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese

22nd March 2024 at 12:00

Usually with recipes demanding intricate specs, I expect greatness. This has been the best drink I've tried all day. Smells like pineapple death, but tastes like Drambuie in Tropicalia.

Chris Dimal

31st July 2023 at 09:53

Deliciously rich and fruity. Maybe veering towards after-dinner, but still nice and delicious. Every element is present and tasteful.

Jeremy Harrold

26th January 2023 at 02:58

A fruity delight. Not too sweet (remarkably) with a mild sour edge. I used a slightly peated blend which added another level. Interesting enough not to just glug.

letti pearce

12th August 2022 at 19:01

I’m not always a fan of whisky, or pineapple, based cocktails, but tried this cocktail of the day and really liked it. Lovely mix of fruit flavours and earthy whisky backnotes.