Name: Ballroom
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Scotch whisky; 22.5 ml Coffee liqueur; 7.5 ml Chilled water; 2 dash Chocolate bitters

Ballroom
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Glass:

Photographed in an UB Coley Coupe 1910 6oz

Ingredients:
2 oz	Blended Scotch whisky
³⁄₄ oz	Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Chilled water
2 dash	Chocolate bitters

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

As the creator of this scotch and coffee cocktail says, it's "redolent of a freshly polished ballroom floor (in a good way!)"

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2019 by J. E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Ballroom contains 205 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
26.72% alc./vol. (26.72° proof)
24.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Vera Lycaon

29th November 2024 at 13:10

Ballantine's Finest, Tia Maria and Angostura cocoa bitters, along with what little syrup stuck to my bar spoon after lifting the cherry out of the jar - earthy and fairly dry in a way that highlights the common ground between the scotch, coffee and chocolate, but with just enough sweetness to round them out. Lovely!

Yorey C

27th June 2024 at 18:30

made with cheap kirkland scotch which i dont normally like but it was good

Colby Dempsey

16th February 2024 at 03:31

Tried with Monkey Shoulder and Mr Black. This drink is like a more complex revolver that highlights the darker chocolate notes. 10/10 for me.

Jon Solberg

31st March 2023 at 00:12

Used Mr black for coffe liqueur and homemade chocolate and coffee bitters. Probably quite a bit dryer than the above version; but I generally find drinks with Kahlua far too sweet.

However, with a bit of maraschino jar syrup too taste it is truly a very palatable cocktail.

Jeremy Harrold

12th January 2023 at 01:29

I used Shackleton Whisky which has a bit of peat which complimented the coffee and chocolate notes. Greater than the sum of its parts.

George Ireland

20th February 2022 at 09:56

Tried this one using the new Tempus Fugit coffee liqueur and Jonny Walker Black. A simple drink that needs premium ingredients, but absolutely spot on. Hooray!