Name: Celtic Margarita
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Scotch whisky; 22.5 ml Triple sec; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 4 drop Margarita Bitters

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Blended Scotch whisky

3/4 fl oz

Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur

3/4 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

1/4 fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

4 drop

Difford's Margarita Bitters (optional)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

RIM glass with salt (moisten outside edge with lime or orange juice and dip into salt).

Prepare garnish of lemon wedge.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with lemon wedge.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Celtic Margarita contains 179 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20.37% alc./vol. (40.73° proof)
21.3 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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jill andrews 28w

Oooh! Delicious. Salty rim and zingy lemon married to a peaty whisky and the gentleness of triple sec. Refreshing and sparky.

Yossi Burg 1y

Righto- 5ml rich syrup- and Compass Box Glasgow Blend a winner. The peatyness and lemon work well with the dryness of triple sec. CB Glasgow Blend is my favourite blend mixer. Hats off to John Glaser and co.

Yossi Burg 2y

I tried it...it worked. Like Chris I had a bottle of JW Black Label open (a great mixer with just about everything) and it was good. Didn't salt the rim but added 3-4 drops of saline solution- next time I'll drop the syrup down to 0-5ml as our lemons are quite sweet.

Sean Anderson 2y

I made this with Dewar's White Label and it was so-so — might be great with a less oaky whisky

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Excellent. Sort of a Margarita with a hint of smoky. Not being a fan of Mezcal, this cocktail gives you a nice alternative. Living close to the Mexico boarder I have had a lot of margaritas, this version is a real winner.

Chris Lamb Premium Member 4y

Made this with Johnnie Walker Black last night; worked pretty well. Has anyone tried it with a more opinionated scotch? Would be interested in how much the profile of the spirit remains.

Grant Lednor 2y

We made it with a Speyside single malt (Glenfiddich Perpetual Collection Vat 01) and while that probably isn't the most opinionated scotch it's certainly different to a blended. In terms of profile the nose was still very much single malt whisky, but the taste and flavour in combination with the other ingredients was very similar to a Reposado. I would certainly make it again.

Geoff B. 5y

Definitely works as noted! Salt rim is nice too. I’ll come back and over this when I want a scotch based cocktail.

David M. Premium Member 5y

Unusual! I used a 1960s bottle of J&B and this definitely highlighted the bit of peat it has. The salt definitely gives it the “margarita” experience.

Nik Hunnicutt 5y

Very nicely balanced. The scotch, and lemon juice is still there, but subtle. A perfect example of the sum of the parts delivering something new.

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Celtic Margarita

How to make

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Method

Garnish

Flavour Profile

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Celtic Margarita

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Method

Garnish

Flavour Profile

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

Alcohol content:

History

Review

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