Cameron's Kick

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz Blended Scotch whisky
1 oz Irish whiskey
1⁄3 oz Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 oz Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer or Aquafaba or Vegan egg white alternative optional
3 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

  • Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup (2:1) - Nuts
  • Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs

Strength & taste guide:

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

Faintly peaty honeyed whisky with a cleansing hint of lemon, rounded by almond. Classically, egg white is not used, but like many sours, the Cameron's Kick is better with egg white.

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Variant:

Strained into a Collins glass filled with crushed ice and swizzled.

History:

The Cameron's Kick first appears in Harry MacElhone's 1922 ABC of Mixing Cocktails and is repeated in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

CAMERON'S KICK COCKTAIL.
1/3 Scotch Whisky.
1/3 Irish Whisky.
1/6 Lemon Juice.
1/6 Orgeat Syrup.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

Harry Craddock, 1930
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Nutrition:

One serving of Cameron's Kick contains 176 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 17.63% alc./vol. (17.63° proof)
  • 17.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Peter McCarthy’s Avatar Peter McCarthy
14th August 2024 at 05:40
As others have mentioned, this is a nice drink, but kind of unremarkable? Everything just kind of blends together. It's smooth and tasty, but I feel like there are more interesting drinks one could make with similar ingredients?
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Fredie Martineau’s Avatar Fredie Martineau
27th April 2024 at 18:10
Tried as per recipe. Looks really good with the foam!
Nothing special taste wise. I would recommend the Roman Twist cocktail instead.
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Andre Derailleur’s Avatar Andre Derailleur
12th April 2024 at 10:28
Now I have tried just with scotch, no Irish, and I do like it better. A more interesting drink and the peatiness and almond meld well.
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Andre Derailleur’s Avatar Andre Derailleur
11th April 2024 at 12:47
Made it Boston sour style with egg white. Nice and rounded with the orgeat. Like others I am not sure what mixing scotch and Irish brings, but a pleasant drink.
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Avery Garnett’s Avatar Avery Garnett
23rd February 2024 at 19:45
HOF 5/291. Wanted to step it up a bit and used Redbreast 12 and 3-1 Singleton 12 + Laphroaig Select. It's quite good, but it's nothing special.
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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
31st August 2023 at 00:28
Used Dewar's 12 and Bushmills. Came out balanced. with a predominance Whiskey flavour with just a slight hint of smoky from the Scotch Whisky. Found the lemon and orgeat blended with the Whiskies to give a faint apricot taste. Really liked it as an afternoon sipper or before dinner cocktail
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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
4th August 2023 at 21:04
I just made this twice, first time using Dewar's White Label, second time Ardbeg Wee Beastie. Clontart was the control. Two quite divergent flavor profiles. The Dewar's version was ok, but overpowered by the orgeat. And I'm not sure why one would blend blended Scotch and Irish whiskey. The Ardbeg, however, brought out much more flavor nuances, most notably conjuring roasty and nutty flavors from the orgeat... What is meant by 'Scotch' in 1930? I must investigate.
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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
4th August 2023 at 21:04
*Clontarf
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Stephen Curtin’s Avatar Stephen Curtin
4th May 2023 at 09:03
Tried this with Bruichladdich classic laddie Scotch and Blue Spot Irish Single Pot Still. Even though Blue Spot is one of the most flavourful Irish Whiskies I've every tasted I think it gets overpowered by the Scotch. I'm thinking that the 50/50 split, though convenient easy to remember, is probably not the best way of mixing different spirits. I'll have to try again some time with a different ratio.
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Jeremy Harrold’s Avatar Jeremy Harrold
23rd August 2021 at 16:58
A sour with almond flavours. It’s nice but I cannot say I’ll ever have one again.
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