Original Recipe: Highland Split

If it feels just like the world is awash in craft cocktail recipes, that’s as a result of it’s. With so many alternative choices for vermouths, amari, bitters, tinctures, and every thing else that may acceptably be combined with alcohol, the sky is the restrict. And also you don’t must get wildly inventive to assemble your personal distinctive cocktail recipe. Skilled bartenders, together with most of the perfect, take their inspiration from others, usually merely tweaking a recipe in small, however impactful, methods. What’s to maintain the house bartender from doing the identical?

I discover myself doing this extra steadily now that bars are fortunately now not biohazards. Lately, inspiration hit me on a visit to San Francisco’s Chilly Drinks Bar, a incredible single malt-centric watering gap within the metropolis’s Chinatown neighborhood. The drink I ordered was dubbed All the time Survivor, and whereas it was completely pleasant as their expert bartenders supposed, I couldn’t assist fascinated about methods to mess around with the recipe.

The unique cocktail is actually a tackle a Rob Roy, utilizing the estimable Glen Grant 12 Year Old as the bottom and a light-weight and fruity mixture of Giffard Banana liqueur and Aperol (half measures every), plus a barspoon of Benedictine and a mixture of Angostura and orange bitters. I received’t declare my model is any higher, however it’s totally different. And I personally get pleasure from it only a bit extra. Rather than the Glen Grant, I selected as an alternative the punchier, nuttier GlenDronach 12 12 months Previous with its added taste dimension from PX ending. So as to add a little bit extra citrus sweetness than the unique, I substituted Aperol for the much less bitter, extra vinous Cappelletti whereas omitting the splash of Benedictine altogether to maintain issues from skewing too saccharine. The banana liqueur and bitters stayed as is. The identify, whereas not as inspirational because the drink that impressed it, is a nod to its defining elements, Scotch and banana liqueur. Take pleasure in!

Highland Cut up
2 oz. GlenDronach 12 Years Previous
½ oz. Cappelletti
½ oz. Giffard Banana liqueur
2 dashes orange bitters
2 dashes Angostura bitters
 
Mix all components in a mixing glass over ice and stir till well-chilled. Pressure into a relaxing coup and garnish with a lemon twist.

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Drew Beard

Drew Beard is Assistant Editor and Social Media Supervisor for Drinkhacker. He has studied and written about beer, whisk(e)y, and different spirits since he first began ingesting them, incomes a number of booze-related benefit badges alongside the way in which, together with Licensed Specialist in Spirits and Government Bourbon Steward. A recovering Federal authorities worker, he’s pleased to have lastly discovered a profession the place it’s acceptable to drink on the job.

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