Name: Suzy and Peat
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 slice Cucumber (fresh); 50 ml Gentian liqueur; 5 ml Peated malt whisky; 15 ml Tarragon sugar syrup; 25 ml Lime juice

Suzy & Peat
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Glass:

Serve in a Double old-fashioned

Ingredients:
1 slice	Cucumber (fresh)
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
¹⁄₆ oz	Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
¹⁄₂ oz	Tarragon sugar syrup (2:1)
⁵⁄₆ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a DOUBLE OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of cucumber slice.

How to make:

MUDDLE cucumber in base of shaker.
Add other ingredients and SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with cucumber slice.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Cucumber vegetal freshness, bittersweet gentian liqueur and peated scotch characterise this aperitivo sour.

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History:

Created in 2017 by James Cunningham at Hawksmoor (Seven Dials), London, England. James says, "My head bartender told me that, much to her surprise, super pungent ingredients like Suze and peated scotch were actually great bedfellows. And so began the romance of Suze and peat.

When we put the drink up on the blackboard at Hawksmoor Seven Dials, it simply read: "Suze & Peat by Jim Cunningham", this made it sound like a) I authored a children's book and b) that it was definitely one with a happy ending. Suze and peat are a baller couple. The resultant drink is an amazing, strange mix of bitter and fresh palate cleansing flavours, the cucumber, tarragon, and lime really help to accent Suze's green, grassier notes but don't remove anything from that distinctive bitter kick."

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