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Serve in

a Coupe glass...
½ fl oz Lagavulin 16yo Islay single malt whisky
1⅙ fl oz Rutte Dry Gin
½ fl oz Cherry Heering Liqueur
⅓ fl oz Créme de violette liqueur
½ fl oz Freshly squeezed lemon juice
½ fl oz Sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
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How to make:

Pour whisky into ice filled shaker, stir and strain out liquid, leaving whisky coated ice. Add rest of ingredients, shake with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Cherry and lemon twist.

About:

Created by Grant Murray from Scotch and Rye, Inverness, UK for the 2016 Cherry Heering Classic Challenge.

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