Name: Mean Fiddler
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Whiskey - Single pot still Irish whiskey; 22.5 ml Chartreuse Green; 22.5 ml Vermouth - Rosso/rouge (sweet) vermouth; 15 ml Whisky - Islay single malt Scotch whisky; 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

Libbey 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 liqueur
3/4 fl oz	Martini Rosso sweet vermouth
1/2 fl oz	Islay single malt (peated) Scotch whisky
1/2 fl oz	Italian red bitter liqueur
1/6 fl oz	Cinnamon sugar syrup
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
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Green (Verte) Chartreuse liqueur, 70cl

£ 41.75 £ 1.35 per cocktail, makes 31 Martini Rosso sweet vermouth, 75cl

£ 10.45 £ 0.32 per cocktail, makes 33 Lagavulin 16yo Islay single malt whisky, 70cl

£ 74.95 £ 1.61 per cocktail, makes 46.5 Campari Bitter liqueur, 70cl

£ 17.45 £ 0.38 per cocktail, makes 46.5 Monin Cinnamon Syrup, 70cl

£ 7.45 £ 0.05 per cocktail, makes 140.5

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Review:

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

Gentle

Boozy

Sweet

Dry/sour

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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 233 calories.

Alcohol content:

2.4 standard drinks
30.27% alc./vol. (60.54° proof)
33.5 grams of pure alcohol

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