Name: 25th Hour
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 37.5 ml Peated malt whisky; 22.5 ml Tawny port; 15 ml Amaro Lucano; 5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 2 dash Aromatic bitters

25th Hour
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₄ oz	Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
³⁄₄ oz	Cockburn's Tawny Eyes Port
¹⁄₂ oz	Lucano amaro
¹⁄₆ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Tawny port - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A delicious bittersweet digestivo or late-night contemplative sipper.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2021 by Sandy de Almeida at The Drake Hotel in Toronto, Canada. (Originally made with Bowmore 12-year-old Islay scotch and Nonino Amaro.)

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Nutrition:

One serving of 25th Hour contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
26.92% alc./vol. (26.92° proof)
21.7 grams of pure alcohol

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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!

John CARR

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.

Chris Brislawn

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.

John CARR

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!