Name: Smoke of Scotland
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Peated malt whisky; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 15 ml Elderflower liqueur; 5 ml Cynar/carciofo amaro

Smoke of Scotland
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Glass:

Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
2 fl oz	Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Elderflower liqueur
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Cynar or other carciofo amaro

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist (flamed).

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

EXPRESS flamed grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Review:

Smoky, with floral and tropical fruit notes from the elderflower liqueur and added complexity from the vermouth and Cynar.

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History:

Created in 2007 by Vincenzo Marianella at Providence in Los Angeles, California.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Smoke of Scotland contains 197 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
28.24% alc./vol. (56.48° proof)
26.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Robert Holen

17th February at 15:49

Tastes a lot better and more balanced than you'd expect with this amount of peated whisky.
In my experience the more expensive peated whiskies tends to not do so well in cocktails.
So for this, I used "For Peat's sake" which is heavy on the smoke, but fairly neutral otherwise 4,5.

Jeremy Harrold

31st October 2024 at 17:40

I like a peated whisky but this didn’t quite work. I thought something was clashing with the whisky. I admit I did add a couple of drops of Absinthe (as Gabriel de Tuya’s suggestion) which did help 👍

Yorey C

12th February 2024 at 08:10

Laphroiag | Dolin ... good and complex, tastes like the scotch you put in it i think and 'froyg has a lot of attitude

John Hinojos

28th May 2023 at 00:26

Not being a fan of overly smoky Whisky, decided to try this one for the Highland Games which occur every last weekend of May. This was wonderful Perfect for before dinner. Liked as per the recipe, but did also try Gabriel de Tuya's recommendation for a little Absinthe. Did about 5 sprays and it was a different cocktail, but also very good.