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Scotch whisky and sweet vermouth combine harmoniously with ouzo providing subtle and complementary aniseed notes
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Jeremy Harrold’s Avatar Jeremy Harrold
24th March at 17:53
I like Ouzo so a ‘decent slug’ is fine by me :-)
I would either up the Ouzo and Whiskey or lower the vermouth.
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Nick Stocks ’s Avatar Nick Stocks
24th May 2025 at 10:44
Cocktail bar in Santorini made an old fashioned with bourbon,vin santo wine and cherry bitters and it was very very good.
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Richard Moore’s Avatar Richard Moore
29th July 2023 at 21:19
Upgraded my rating from 3.5 to 4.5 using Carpano Atinca vermouth. A reverse Rob Roy with a kick. Ouzo is hardly noticeable. But it’s different w/o it.
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Matthew Tait’s Avatar Matthew Tait
10th December 2020 at 08:32
Well that's the thing, I do like ouzo! But as you say it is such a pervasive flavour. I wonder if it might work best as a rinse, a la absinthe. Anyway, I do like the sound of the Greek Martini, thanks for the suggestion. I don't have any mastiha unfortunately. But I'll continue to experiment!
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
10th December 2020 at 10:04
Mastiha is another big-flavoured product but is delicious. Please let me know if you come across any great ouzo cocktails.
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Matthew Tait’s Avatar Matthew Tait
9th December 2020 at 21:22
I wanted to love this one, but couldn't quite manage it I'm afraid Simon! I didn't hate it by any means, but even at .25 oz I found the ouzo pretty dominant. Maybe a more robust vermouth than Martini might stand up to it better. I may try again with Punt e Mes and more scotch one day.

I do feel like there must a drink out there that can make really great use of ouzo! I'm not sure if this is quite the one though.
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Richard Elgar’s Avatar Richard Elgar
10th April 2021 at 16:47
I created this ouzo cocktail. It's alright, I think, as a highly adapted Pernod & Black, now the Greek & Black:
https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/7976/greek-and-black
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
10th December 2020 at 07:51
Ouzo has a huge pervasive flavour so I guess you need to like ouzo to like a cocktail with a decent slug of ouzo in it. My other attempt at a cocktail with ouzo is a Greek Martini.
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