Name: Homely Smoke
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Amaretto liqueur; 7.5 ml Peated malt whisky; 1 barspoon Honey and water syrup; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Homely Smoke
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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
¹⁄₂ oz	Disaronno amaretto
¹⁄₄ oz	Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
1 barspoon	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Honey and amaretto's rich almond flavours brilliantly balance and marry with cognac and Islay single malt whisky.

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History:

Adapted from a drink created in 2015 by Sam Fraser for the menu at The Lickfold Inn in West Sussex, England

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Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Dan Casselman

16th January at 01:02

Balanced, interesting, nothing gets lost. I'll do this one again. An exceptional cocktail. IMHO.

edgard reymann

22nd September 2024 at 14:49

my new favorite drink

John CARR

8th September 2024 at 13:52

The amaretto and honey are up front, though not without balance to the spirits. I’d be tempted to tweak as per some of the others’ suggestions. Very rich, though wonderfully balanced by the lemon twist.

John CARR

8th September 2024 at 14:22

Asher’s idea of bumping up the non- amaretto ingredients seemed a good idea to me. Certainly increasing the cognac to 60ml is good I think.

Katy DiNatale

10th June 2023 at 02:22

I switched the amaretto and scotch specs to keep the sweetness in check. Very nice!

Peter McCarthy

22nd October 2024 at 06:48

FWIW, 7.5 ml of Lagavulin 16 was *plenty*, imo, so this may depend on which Islay you're using.

Asher Günther

15th December 2022 at 11:13

Lovely late night digestif. Personally I found the Amaretto just a little overpowering, so I ended up increasing every other ingredient 33% and I enjoyed it more. Final spec was 6cl cognac, 1.5cl Amaretto, 1cl Islay, short .75cl honey, 2 dashes Angostura, 3 drops saline

Nathalie O'Flynn

1st October 2022 at 12:39

Homely Smoke !!! That was a great new cocktails which will be part of our recurring list. I will however cut down on the Ardbeg by a couple of mils. Cheers

John Hinojos

23rd June 2022 at 00:26

Was a bit concerned about this one, as I am not a fan of smokey, but it is wonderful. The strong flavour of almond is enhanced by the honey syrup. The smoke is in the background, but adds an interesting touch.

Scott Noonan

22nd June 2022 at 08:28

Boozy but very tempered by the honey, amaretto and dare I say the smoke of the whiskey. A lovely drink with some scope to tailor to individual taste.

Kelley Reece

11th September 2021 at 02:45

Delicious! I apologize, I generally don’t like Islay Scotch Whisky (or any Scotch). I imagine its comparable to how some people are genetically wired to taste metal when they eat cilantro. To me scotch tastes like how a box of bandaids smells. That said - as someone who doesn’t care for Scotch - when added in this cocktail it really brings the whole recipe home. The smoky notes of the Islay brings all the flavors together in an extraordinary way. So delicious! I will be making this again.