Auld Alliance

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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Blended Scotch whisky
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
1⁄4 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 2⁄3 oz Lemonade
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel.
  3. SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
  5. TOP with lemonade and briefly stir.
  6. Garnish with lemon slice.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

An orange-influenced Scotch Sour served long and refreshing.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Auld Alliance contains 173 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 12.61% alc./vol. (12.61° proof)
  • 17.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Tom W’s Avatar Tom W
29th June 2021 at 10:53
A good, summery whisky sour. Increasing the triple sec at the expense of the whisky works well.
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Sam Armstrong’s Avatar Sam Armstrong
24th April 2020 at 19:55
Very good with a fire during lock down...
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