Name: The Prospector
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Single malt Scotch whisky; 7.5 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Lemon juice; 20 ml Honey and water syrup; 10 ml Chilled water

The Prospector
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Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe Gold 7.75oz

Ingredients:
2 fl oz	Single malt Scotch whisky (Speyside)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
²⁄₃ fl oz	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Chilled water

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Three ingredients combine brilliantly in this deliciously simple cocktail.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2020 by Lewis Cooke at Black Pearl in Melbourne, Australia. Originally based on The Glenlivet 12 Year Old Speyside single malt Scotch whisky.

Nutrition:

One serving of The Prospector contains 183 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
16.81% alc./vol. (33.61° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese

26th January at 00:44

Kind of a Penicillin with a skosh of Daiquiri splashed in? The lime is present but not intrusive. I made this with Laphroaig Oak Select (not Islay-apex smoky). I love the Penicillin, but I'd be more than willing to make this again in the event I don't have any ginger syrup on hand and/or am too lazy to make it. I just ran out of that Laphroaig, but I'm now wondering if some ginger bitters would satisfy my inclinations... This is not a sweet drink though, so I doubt bitters would be appropriate.

Chris Dimal

28th July 2023 at 11:08

I wish I could feel the brilliance. I made it with the original Scotch utilised, the Glenlivet 12. A strange mustiness (the malt probably) ruined the entire balance of the drink, with that being the starting point, rounded out by the much more pleasant honey and lime. Strange drink.

Chris Dimal

9th August 2023 at 19:53

@Simon Difford Tried it again with this new recipe. Much, much better. It makes more sense now. I think the lemon pairs better than the lime with the Speyside Single Malt.