Name: Zara
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Peated malt whisky; 20 ml Maraschino liqueur; 5 ml Absinthe; 4 dash Aromatic bitters

Ingredients

1 2/3 fl oz

Peated single malt whisky

2/3 fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

1/6 fl oz

La Fée Parisienne absinthe

4 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.

Garnish with skewered maraschino cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Zara contains 178 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
34.44% alc./vol. (68.89° proof)
26.3 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Tim Cull 13w

Definitely dial down the maraschino a tad. Somehow it managed to drown out the peat; still puzzled how that’s even possible.

G Atabek 44w

Incredibly delicious. I usually do not like sweeter cocktails but I will make an exception this time as I really like Maraschino. Next time I"ll dial it down to 15ml and skip the cherry though. Stir well as this drink really benefits from good dilution,

Angel Aguilera Premium Member 1y

The maraschino and absinthe impressively stand up against the Laphroig like Sitting Bull to Custer at the battle of Little Bighorn. Marvelous.

Tony Jones 4y

This worked great with Laphroig 10 - that TCP taste went very well with the absinthe!

Chef Easter 4y

This may be a success for fans of smokey Scotch, but for others, this needs a LOT more masking. I found it worked okay with equal parts Maraschino and Scotch and with some lemon juice to balance the sweetness. The absinthe is certainly a welcome addition.

Tuber Magnatum Premium Member 4y

I really enjoyed this. At first I found it a bit sweet and as I was sipping reading the history and comments, I saw the suggestion of adding some lemon to balance the sweetness. I just stirred in a little juice and I think it really elevates it. I'm guessing I used 1/12 oz.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

We enjoy this cocktail very much, as per the beautifully simple recipe. But, intrigued by your comment, we added 10ml Supasawa. We think it works better than juice to add a gentle sour note.