Name: Blood and Sand (Difford's recipe)
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Whisky - Scotch whisky (blended); 22.5 ml Cherry brandy liqueur; 22.5 ml Vermouth - Rosso (sweet) vermouth; 5 ml Whisky - Islay single malt Scotch whisky (optional); 30 ml Orange juice (freshly squeezed)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Orange zest twist (discarded) & Luxardo Maraschino cherry

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 fl oz	Dewar's 12 Year Old Scotch whisky
3/4 fl oz	Cherry Heering cherry brandy liqueur
3/4 fl oz	Martini Rosso sweet vermouth
1/6 fl oz	Islay single malt (peated) Scotch whisky (optional)
1 fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
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Dewar's 12 Year Old Scotch whisky, 70cl

£ 34.95 £ 1.52 per cocktail, makes 23 Cherry Heering cherry brandy liqueur, 70cl

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£ 10.25 £ 0.31 per cocktail, makes 33 Lagavulin 16yo Islay single malt whisky, 70cl

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Review:

The equal parts Blood and Sand (scotch, cherry brandy, sweet vermouth, and orange juice) formula from the 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book is the accepted classic Blood & Sand recipe but results in a cocktail that's a tad sweet for hardened whisky drinkers. This formula, with slightly increased Scotch and orange juice, is dryer and fresher. Those with a taste for Scotch and a slightly drier drink may also appreciate the additional spoon of Islay malt.

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