Category: Cocktails

Our second cocktail is the Gold Fashioned, which is a a variant of the Old Fashioned which is created to Aberfeldy themselves and uses their 12 Year old Single Malt Scotch.

We’ve used a few variants of the Old Fashioned since we started this site.

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Our first cocktail is the The Scofflaw. This is a modern variant, created by Gary Regan, of the original 1924 Scoff-law cocktail, which increases the bourbon and decreases the grenadine.

There are quite a few modern variants which “re-balance” them for modern palettes which usually means increasing the base alcohol and reducing other elements, as is the case here.

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Our third and final cocktail is the Red Hook. A Manhattan variant, which uses rye whiskey, maraschino liqueur and Punt e Mes, an Italian vermouth whose name translates to “point and a half,” referring to the bottle containing one point of sweetness and one point of bitterness.

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Our second cocktail is the The Pimmlet, which is a Gimlet variant which replaced lime cordial with Pimm’s No. 1 Cup and Lime Juice..

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Our first cocktail is the Ruby Negroni. This cocktail was created by Beefeater Gin to showcase their Beefeater 24 London Dry Gin; this variant of the Negroni will suit those not used to the bitter taste of Campari.

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Our third and final cocktail is the Red Breast, a Scotch, lime and ginger beer cocktail, flavoured with raspberry. Created by Wayne Collins in 2004.

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Our second cocktail is the Passion Fruit Margarita. A fruity, tangy drink ideal for summer.

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Our first cocktail is the Crimson Cocktail which combines gin from England and ruby port from Portugal, along with lime juice and grenadine syrup.

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Our third and final cocktail is the Brunswick. A rye whiskey variant of the New York Sour.

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Our second cocktail is the Cosmopolitan (1934). There are a few recipes for Cosmopolitans floating around, but, as we tend to prefer more classic versions of cocktails, we’ve gone for a Cosmopolitan recipe dating back to 1934.

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