Name: Clandestine
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Scotch whisky; 15 ml Gentian liqueur; 10 ml Rosolio Bergamotto; 5 ml Honey and water syrup

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Blended Scotch whisky

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Italicus liqueur

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Clandestine contains 158 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
24.15% alc./vol. (48.31° proof)
18.1 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Mike Fahrney 3w

Late to the party here, but just made this cocktail using the specific ingredients listed and I really enjoyed this cocktail. I did want to try use Drambuie in lieu of the honey syrup and with a few little changes, I found Drambuie to work quite well here. I left the scotch and gentian the same (I used Suze) then I increased the Italicus to 15 ml and added 10 ml of Drambuie. The flavors of the Drambuie brought out a very nice taste in this cocktail.

Jacques Gaudin Premium Member 2w

My thoughts exactly regarding Drambuie which disolves better in ice. I'm tempted to get a bottle of mead to try this sort of substitutions too. I should have brought one from my holiday in Britanny 🤦

Peter Pagano 1y

I made this with Nikka Taketsuru pure malt, Suze, and Italicus and it came out great! Wonderful mix of smoke, herbs, honey and citrus.

Morten Carlsbaek Premium Member 2y

A good cocktail, indeed. Why not make a lighter version - like the Americano being the light version of a Negroni.
Try this, which could be name 'Innocent Clandestine':
30 ml Italicus, 10 ml Suze, 30 ml club soda, a dash of lemon juice, in an Old Fashion glass over a block of ice, stirred and cheers.

Paul Holdsworth Premium Member 3y

Just made this with Fierfield Birch Spirit (a botanical Irish whiskey) - it developed a distinct coffee note - remarkable how this sort of thing happens! Great drink, wonderfully complex, and worth using great quality honey (we did!)

Calvin Grant Premium Member 4y

Great cocktail. The Italicus pairs so well with Salers Gentian and provides a wonderfully subtle pepper/ginger bite. This was good with Glen Grant 12yr old Speyside.

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Clandestine