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Scotch Whisky Fruit Cup (Difford's Cup No.2)

Name: Scotch Whisky Fruit Cup (Difford's Cup No.2)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 25 ml Scotch whisky; 25 ml Orange Curaçao; 25 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 2 dash Aromatic bitters; 50 ml Ginger ale; 50 ml Cola

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (28)

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Blended Scotch whisky
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Ferrand Dry Curaçao liqueur
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Thomas Henry Ginger Ale
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Cola

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Koto Collins 35cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon, orange & strawberry slices, mint sprig & borage.

Method

POUR all ingredients into glass.
Half fill glass with ice.
Add a citrus slice and a couple of mint leaves from garnish
Fill to brim with ice.

Garnish

Finish with rest of garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Scotch Whisky Fruit Cup (Difford's Cup No.2) contains 213 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
12.57% alc./vol. (25.14° proof)
19.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Created in June 2017 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England. For more recipes and history see Fruit Cups and Pimm's.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

Perhaps Pimm's chose the number '2' for the Scotch whisky based version of their summer cup because it was the second best – Scotch is certainly one of the best base spirits in a fruit cup.

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Ferrand Dry Curacao 750ml - makes 30 cocktails
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Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 192 cocktails
$13.99 $0.07 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

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Comments & Discussion

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Graham Goodman 1y

Half way through making, realised I didn’t have any cola. So just missed it out. Still amazing.

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