Name: Mean Fiddler
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Whisk(e)y - Single pot still Irish whiskey; 22.5 ml Chartreuse Green; 22.5 ml Vermouth - Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino); 15 ml Whisk(e)y - Peated whisk(e)y; 15 ml Campari or other red bitter liqueur; 5 ml Cinnamon syrup; 2 Angostura or other aromatic bitters

Serve in a

Nick & Nora glass

Photographed in a

Speakeasy Nick & Nora 4.75oz

Garnish:

Luxardo maraschino cherry

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 fl oz	The Busker Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
3/4 fl oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
3/4 fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1/2 fl oz	Caisteal Chamuis peated scotch whisky
1/2 fl oz	Strucchi Red Bitter Liqueur
1/6 fl oz	Cinnamon syrup
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
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Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strucchi Rosso Vermouth – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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Review:

A riff on a classic Tipperary, with Islay single malt and Italian red bitter liqueur adding complexity.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2015 by Jack McGarry at the Dead Rabbit, New York City, USA.

Jack originally based this cocktail on Green Spot single pot still Irish whiskey.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Mean Fiddler contains 262 calories.

Alcohol content:

2.3 standard drinks
28.61% alc./vol. (57.22° proof)
31.6 grams of pure alcohol

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