TDN: Around the World in a Kilt

Another week, another Thursday Drink Night!

Tonight’s theme was Scotch, which I was a bit unsure about, not making use of a lot of scotch in cocktails here at home: however, after a taste of Talisker/Benedictine/Green Chartreuse thanks to Kaiser Penguin, in which I was smitten with scotch, I was a little more optimistic about my options for coming up with something tasty.

Sometimes, the best laid plans … With a few single malts in the liquor cabinet, I was thinking along the lines of the Blood and Sand, with orange as a nice pairing, but, when I started rooting through the fridge, there was nary an orange to be found!!!  I did, however, have a couple of nice looking pink grapefruits (originally destined to be dessert with sabayon, but, Thursday Drink Night demands a sacrifice on occasion!)

So, here we go — Arran Malt Fino Sherry Cask is a complex, less smoky scotch — we’ve used it as an after-dinner sipping scotch.  If you dont have this particular one, use a good quality blended scotch — a more restrained hand on the smoke please.  It still tastes scotchy, but is light enough that if you felt like another it wouldn’t be too much of a boozy burden!  The sweetness of the Sortelage picks up the caramel flavours from the Arran Malt, but is tempered with a bit of bitterness from the grapefruit.

Around the World in a Kilt

Around the World in a Kilt

  • 1.5 oz. Arran Malt Fino Sherry Cask
  • 0.5 oz. Sortelage.
  • 1.0 oz. pink grapefruit juice
  • 3-4 dashes Angostura bitters

Shake with ice, and double strain into a chilled cocktail glass.  Garnish with a pink grapefruit twist

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