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A delicious bittersweet digestivo or late-night contemplative sipper
John CARR
12th June at 16:10
Revisiting and exactly to Simon’s spec this time: Lucano and stuck with Bowmore 12. If you like Smokey scotch this is a bona fide late night sipper, as indicated by the title!
13th June at 15:49
Had a fun evening playing with iterations of this including Laphraoig (I’d been stood in s bonfire for two hours, in a good way) and talisker 10 paired with Bitter Truth bitters (found tangled in a fishing net on the west coast of Skye, still in a good way, I think). Most pleasant.
28th September 2024 at 05:13
A very good peaty cocktail with a complex mix of flavors. Simon replaced Almeida's Bowmore and Nonino with ingredients I don't have so I used:
1 oz blended scotch (Isle of Skye 12-year-old)
1/2 oz Compass Box Peat Monster (could have used Laphroaig but wanted to try this blend)
3/4 oz blend of tawny and medium-dry Madeira (cause I ran out of tawny)
3/4 oz Nonino Amaro
1/6 oz maraschino
2 dashes Angostura
Served cold, over ice. Excellent, not too sweet, plenty going on in this drink.
1 oz blended scotch (Isle of Skye 12-year-old)
1/2 oz Compass Box Peat Monster (could have used Laphroaig but wanted to try this blend)
3/4 oz blend of tawny and medium-dry Madeira (cause I ran out of tawny)
3/4 oz Nonino Amaro
1/6 oz maraschino
2 dashes Angostura
Served cold, over ice. Excellent, not too sweet, plenty going on in this drink.
15th September 2024 at 13:34
Quite an intense experience! Interplay of the Smokey scotch and fruity port, supported by the amaro, was superb. Definitely improved as it warmed a little and allowed the sugar to be tasted, otherwise a little too bitter for my taste. Went with the original spec bowmore 12 and nonino as I’m not a massive Lucano fan, but curious to try Simon’s version now!