Gold

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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 2⁄3 oz Blended Scotch whisky
1⁄2 oz Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur
1⁄3 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
1⁄3 oz Chilled water
1 dash Boker's bitters
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

Scotch whisky with hints of ripe banana and zesty orange.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Gold contains 183 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.6 standard drinks
  • 25.73% alc./vol. (25.73° proof)
  • 21.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Jeremy Harrold’s Avatar Jeremy Harrold
22nd April at 17:05
It does tend to be a bit on the sweet side and adding another 10ml helps (you could drop the liqueurs…drink responsibly)
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Anton Efimov’s Avatar Anton Efimov
18th April 2024 at 20:55
С 12 чивас, куантро и жифар банана бразил прям зашло! В качестве биттера использовал деш персикового и шоколадного bitter truth. Получился многоступенчатый современный коктейль. Банан сменяется апельсином и потом все сменяется послевкусием сухофруктов от биттеров. База в виде виски отлично подходит.
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Frédéric Boulais’ Avatar Frédéric Boulais
24th October 2023 at 00:42
It is a lovely subtle fruity full bodied cocktail. A nice little cocktail for an aperitif.
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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
5th October 2023 at 17:14
This recipe is saccharine and mediocre, but intriguing... I made this at least five times, testing ratios... My favorite was 60 ml blended Scotch, 10 ml banana liqueur (Giffard's), 5 ml triple sec (Luxardo Triplum) (5 Oct 2023, 1:14p)
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Piers Tynan’s Avatar Piers Tynan
2nd May 2021 at 08:50
I swap out the scotch for dark rum and it's lovely.
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