Name: The Jackal
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Tennessee whiskey; 15 ml Mexican corn whisky; 5 ml Peated malt whisky; 5 ml Popcorn sugar syrup; 2.5 ml Chili liqueur; 2 dash Creole bitters; 7.5 ml Chilled water; 2.5 ml Crème de cassis

The Jackal
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Tennessee whiskey
¹⁄₂ oz	Mexican corn whisky
¹⁄₆ oz	Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
¹⁄₆ oz	Popcorn sugar syrup
¹⁄₁₂ oz	Chili liqueur
2 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
¹⁄₄ oz	Chilled water omit if using wet ice
¹⁄₁₂ oz	Joseph Cartron Double Crème de Cassis de Bourgogne

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Garnish: Flamed orange zest twist expressed & discarded

How to make:

STIR first 6 ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass. POUR crème de cassis into centre of cocktail (it should sink to form a red base).

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

An expressive riff on an Old Fashioned with a hit of spiced popcorn, served straight-up.

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History:

Created in November 2023 by yours truly and inspired by The Jackal from Ronny Jordan's 1993 album The Quiet Revolution and the 1973 thriller movie The Day of The Jackal based on the 1971 Frederick Forsyth novel of the same name.

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Nutrition:

One serving of The Jackal contains 176 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
26.94% alc./vol. (26.94° proof)
22.4 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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