Garnish:
Cherry and lemon twist.
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.
1/2 fl oz | Caisteal Chamuis peated scotch whisky |
1 1/6 fl oz | Rutte Dry Gin |
1/2 fl oz | Cherry Heering cherry brandy liqueur |
1/3 fl oz | Crème de violette liqueur |
1/2 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
1/2 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°brix) |
Read about cocktail measures and measuring.

History:
Created by Grant Murray from Scotch and Rye, Inverness, UK for the 2016 Cherry Heering Classic Challenge.
Alcohol content:
- 1.6 standard drinks
- 21.54% alc./vol. (43.08° proof)
- 22.6 grams of pure alcohol
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