Rusty Nail cocktail

Serve in Old-fashioned...
2	fl oz	Dewar's 12 Year Old 'The Ancestor' blended Scotch whisky
¾	fl oz	Drambuie liqueur

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How to make:

STIR ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass.

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

Comment:

The liqueur smooths and wonderfully combines with Scotch whisky. The proportions of Scotch to Drambuie vary wildly and are a matter of taste. However, somewhere around 3:1 appears to be preferred by most.

Origin:

Created in 1942 at a Hawaiian bar for the artist Theodore Anderson but popularized in the 1950s at Club 21 in New York City.

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