Garnish:
Orange zest twist
How to make:
STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.
1 2/3 fl oz | Blended Scotch whisky |
2/3 fl oz | Tawny port |
1/2 fl oz | Strucchi Dry Vermouth |
1 dash | Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters |
1/12 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
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Review:
Complex and sophisticated Scotch with fruity notes.
History:
This classic cocktail most likely originated in London and is named in the "Supplementary List" of cocktails that "space forbids giving the recipes" in William James "Billy" Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Bar Book.
The Chancellor also appears in Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide.
CHANCELLOR COCKTAIL
Stanley M. Jones, 1977
Cocktail Glass Stir
1-3/4 oz Scotch
1/2 oz dry vermouth
1/2 oz port
1 dash Peychaud's bitters
Nutrition:
One serving of Chancellor contains 166 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.6 standard drinks
- 25.89% alc./vol. (51.78° proof)
- 22.7 grams of pure alcohol
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