Name: Naughty Charles
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Scotch whisky; 10 ml Cherry brandy; 10 ml White crème de cacao; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 2 dash Orange bitters

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Blended Scotch whisky

1/3 fl oz

Cherry (brandy) liqueur

1/3 fl oz

Giffard White Crème de Cacao Liqueur

1/2 fl oz

Strucchi Dry Vermouth

2 dash

Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS a lemon zest over each cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Naughty Charles contains 181 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
25.17% alc./vol. (50.34° proof)
20.3 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Review

I first tried this cocktail whilst judging the Heering Classics Challenge 2018 Final and while I loved the flavours it struck me that it was just a smidgen on the sweet side. So, back at my own bar, I experimented with reducing the sweet components. The conclusion, Liam (the drink's creator) nailed it the first time and the proportions he used are the best to make the five ingredients shine. It's not sweet, but it wavers on the sweet side of balanced, so I'd recommend enjoying after a meal.

Comments & Discussion

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Jeffrey Moore 1y

Lovely sipper. I upped the Scotch to 1 3/4 oz. I like the Noilly Prat in this as well. I think Dolin would get lost.
You taste everything, every flavor in this, and it has good balance. It is a silky, easy drinking cocktail. Dangerously so!🍸

Ruth Harvey 1y

Another reminder how much I love cocktails with Heering Cherry Liquor! I was surprised that you could taste the crème de cacao...but it really was discernable amongst the other strong flavours.

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Lashed out and used balvenie. Very nice indeed. I can set Simon’s issue re balance. I’d be tempted to play a little as well.

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Second variation with monkey shoulder also excellent. Was slightly more generous with the bitters - bitter truth - and worked well.

Leslie Premium Member 2y

Nothing in my mind or experience suggests lemon as a garnish so I bounced that and replaced with maraschinos and then added a couple dashes of chocolate bitters - quite changed it and I quite loved it as a result!