Scoff-Law

Scoff-Law
Yields1 Serving
Prep Time2 mins

Created by a bartender called Jock at Harry's New York Bar in 1924, following a competition by the Boston Herald to find an epithet for those who would try to flout the rules of Prohibition; the winning epithet was "scoff-law".

 30 ml Canadian whiskey
 30 ml dry vermouth
 15 ml grendadine
 15 ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
 1 dash Angostura Orange Bitters
1

Half fill a cocktail shaker with ice.

2

Add all ingredients and shake until well-chilled.

3

Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

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Ingredients

 30 ml Canadian whiskey
 30 ml dry vermouth
 15 ml grendadine
 15 ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
 1 dash Angostura Orange Bitters

Directions

1

Half fill a cocktail shaker with ice.

2

Add all ingredients and shake until well-chilled.

3

Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Scoff-Law

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