Name: Nessie cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Scotch whisky; 7.5 ml Peated malt whisky; 22.5 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 7.5 ml Walnut liqueur; 5 ml Pedro Ximénez sherry; 2 dash Barrel-aged bitters

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Blended Scotch whisky

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Peated single malt whisky

³⁄₄ fl oz

Strucchi Rosso Vermouth

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Lustau San Emilio Pedro Ximénez Sherry

2 dash

Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel Aged bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist curled to resemble Nessie.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Nessie cocktail contains 176 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
25.19% alc./vol. (50.37° proof)
22.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino), Pedro Ximénez sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Walnut (Nocino) liqueur — Nuts

Comments & Discussion

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Peter Pendergest Premium Member 6w

Another one of those cocktails that improves once it’s sat for a bit, giving the flavors a chance to harmonize. Used an Arbeg (which is really just liquid smoke), with JW Green. The Green lowers the intensity of the Arbeg, but it’s extreme smokiness still provides a bit of a backbone. Not my favorite (apologies Mr Diffird), but still enjoyable.

John CARR Premium Member 25w

Didn’t have the barrel aged bitters but can easily imagine the match … really loved the other flavours so might have to invest just for this! Subbed with two dashes bokers and several drops walnut bitters. Perfectly balanced, as one has to come to expect from Simon, yet somehow still pleasantly surprised 😉. Chairs!

John CARR Premium Member 25w

Second version with Johnnie Walker double black 50ml, two dash BT aromatic bitters. Tempted to up the PX to 7.5 but either way Superb. 5 stars 🌟.

Matt Premium Member 41w

Dee Stump summed it up best - in comment below from 2022. Very nice scotch cocktail, smokey but still on the approachable side. I think the use of Nux with barrell aged bitters is excellent.

Ruth Harvey 42w

Lost a wonderful Scottish Friend last night. I made this in his honour...I'm sure he would approve. Rest in peace dear Murray.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

It's a lovely, serious cocktail. On a whim, because some monsters can be fun, we substituted 15ml Luxardo Aperitivo for the Rosso Vermouth and dialled the peated whisky down to 5ml. And we did it in a Nick and Nora glass in acknowledgement of Nessie's quiet elegance.

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Perfect mixture of ingredients. Although my mother was from Scotland, I am not a big fan of the smoky. Decided to try this as it was one of the cocktails of the day. What a delightful surprise to see the ingredients work together. There is still a hint of smoky, but it is not overpowering. Loved it.