Name: Black Sabbath
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Whisky - Islay single malt Scotch whisky; 22.5 ml Amaro - Averna; 2.5 ml Absinthe verte (green); 1 Orange bitters

Serve in a

Nick & Nora glass

Photographed in an

UB Nick and Nora Gold 6oz

Garnish:

Orange zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Islay single malt (peated) Scotch whisky
3/4 fl oz	Averna Amaro
1/12 fl oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
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Lagavulin 16yo Islay single malt whisky, 70cl

£ 81.75 £ 5.27 per cocktail, makes 15.5 Averna amaro, 70cl

£ 21.95 £ 0.71 per cocktail, makes 31 La Fée Parisienne absinthe, 70cl

£ 46.95 £ 0.17 per cocktail, makes 281

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Review:

Smoky peaty notes from Islay single malt whisky dominate this spirit-forward and bittersweet sipper of a cocktail.

History:

Adapted from a recipe (originally based on Laphroaig 10yo) created in 2012 by Alex Smith at Honor Kitchen & Cocktails in Emeryville, California, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of Black Sabbath contains 185 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
33.34% alc./vol. (66.68° proof)
23.4 grams of pure alcohol

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