Name: Quintessential Drop
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Scotch whisky; 30 ml Red bitter liqueur; 30 ml Cynar/carciofo amaro; 2 dash Absinthe

Quintessential Drop
Jump to

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Blended Scotch whisky
1 oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
1 oz	Cynar or other carciofo amaro
2 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe

Read about cocktail measures and measuring

How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of dehydrated lime wheel & Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

More cocktails with similar strength and taste profile

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.

View readers' comments

History:

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

More cocktails by Luca Missaglia

Nutrition:

One serving of Quintessential Drop contains 188 calories

Alcohol content:

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

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.

Join the discussion

Showing 3 comments for Quintessential Drop.
See discussion in the Forum

Please log in to make a comment

John Hinojos

25th June 2023 at 00:12

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.

James Kempster

18th November 2022 at 20:16

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.