Garnish:
Olive on stick
How to make:
STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.
1 1/2 fl oz | Blended Scotch whisky |
3/4 fl oz | Mentzendorff Kümmel liqueur |
3/4 fl oz | Strucchi Dry Vermouth |
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Review:
Plenty of dilution is key to this caraway and Scotch dominated cocktail that is sure to appeal to Kummel fanciers.
History:
Adapted from a recipe created by Arthur Tarling and first published in his brother's (William James "Billy" Tarling) 1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book
HIGH KICK
William J. Tarling, Café Royal Bar Book, 1937
Invented by A. A. Tarling
1/2 Whisky.
1/4 Kummel.
1/4 French Vermouth.
Good dash of Absinthe.
Mix.
Alcohol content:
- 1.9 standard drinks
- 28.81% alc./vol. (57.62° proof)
- 25.9 grams of pure alcohol
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