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Quintessential Drop

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (37)
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 fl oz Blended Scotch whisky
1 fl oz Italian red bitter liqueur
1 fl oz Cynar or other carciofo amaro
2 dash La Fée Parisienne absinthe

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Method

  1. Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of dehydrated lime wheel & Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 10/10

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Quintessential Drop contains 188 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 21.61% alc./vol. (43.23° proof)
  • 19.6 grams of pure alcohol
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History

Created in 2017 by Luca Missaglia at Aqua Shard, London, England.

Review

This Scotch-based riff on the classic Negroni is dry and bitter and benefits from the extra dilution afforded by an additional stir while drinking - Gary "gaz" Regan style.

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Comments & Discussion

John Hinojos Premium Member
This cocktail is nice. Not outstanding. It is well balanced, but there is no standout flavour. The Whisky and Absinthe are a bit lost with the bitters. Was nice as an aperitif.
score: 1
James Kempster
Wanted something in which to use cynar and this turned out to to be a great option. None of the ingredients overpowers the others and stirred well over ice it makes for a great cocktail.
score: 1
Stephan Gröhn
As a counterpart of the powerful flavours of absinthe I added a couple of dashes of smokey Islay malt scotch.
score: 1
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$3.66 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 12.5 cocktails.
Shipping and applicable tax calculated at checkout.


Orders are processed by a licensed Fulproof retailer. The buy now button is added simply for convenience.

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* May not include all ingredients. Price per cocktail is an estimate based on cost of one cocktail with ingredients shown above and does not include shipping.