Name: The Prospector
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Whisk(e)y - Speyside single malt Scotch whisky; 7.5 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 7.5 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 20 ml Honey syrup (3 honey to 1 water); 10 ml Chilled water

Serve in

Coupe glass

Photographed in

UB Retro Coupe Gold 7.75oz

Garnish:

None

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

2 fl oz	Speyburn 10yo Speyside single malt
1/4 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
2/3 fl oz	Honey syrup (3 honey to 1 water)
1/3 fl oz	Chilled water
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Review:

Three ingredients combine brilliantly in this deliciously simple cocktail.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2020 by Lewis Cooke at Black Pearl in Melbourne, Australia. Originally based on The Glenlivet 12 Year Old Speyside single malt Scotch whisky.

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
16.81% alc./vol. (33.62° proof)
17.6 grams of pure alcohol

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