Witch Hunt Cocktail

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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Blended Scotch whisky
3⁄4 oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1⁄2 oz Liquore Strega
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Lemon zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass (preferably over chunk of block ice).

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

This boozy after-dinner sipper of a cocktail is also good, and considerably lighter, with the dilution that comes with serving over crushed ice.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Witch Hunt Cocktail contains 162 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.6 standard drinks
  • 26.77% alc./vol. (26.77° proof)
  • 22.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Morten Carlsbaek’s Avatar Morten Carlsbaek
30th July 2024 at 18:23
Inspired by John Hinojos and after tasting, I added some pastis 51 and some water. Loved the results. Should mention that I used Galliano L'Autentico (had no Strega and they are so similar).
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John Champion’s Avatar John Champion
13th October 2022 at 19:18
I made this with Lillet Blanc, as I had just run out of dry vermouth, and it was fantastic. The subtle sweetness of Strega paired perfectly with the scotch.
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Herbert Brant’s Avatar Herbert Brant
27th September 2022 at 19:17
The basic recipe is nice and restrained —dry, but with a slight zing from the Strega. For me, though it needed a touch of something to round it out, so I added a dash or two of orange bitters, and it was perfect —to my palate, at least.
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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
25th March 2021 at 03:31
Definitely boozy, but great balance. Added a splash of water as I was using a block of ice. Also did not have Strega, so I used yellow Chartreuse and a quarter teaspoon of Pernod
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