Name: Blood and Sand (Difford's recipe)
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Whisk(e)y - Scotch whisky (blended); 22.5 ml Cherry (brandy) liqueur; 22.5 ml Vermouth - Rosso/rouge (sweet) vermouth; 5 ml Whisk(e)y - Peated whisk(e)y (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	Blended Scotch whisky
3/4 fl oz	Heering Cherry Liqueur
3/4 fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1/6 fl oz	Caisteal Chamuis peated scotch whisky (optional)
1 fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
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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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Nutrition:

One serving of Blood and Sand (Difford's recipe) contains 191 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
17.08% alc./vol. (34.16° proof)
18.8 grams of pure alcohol

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