Here is a cocktail I designed almost 8 years ago which combines Cask Strength Peated Scotch Whisky with London Dry Gin. Recently I refined the serving by removing one unnecessary ingredient (Vermouth) and simplifying the garnish; thus turning the serving into a Gin and Whisky Old Fashioned of sorts. Sometimes less is more which was certainly the case here.
What Rough Beast
3/4 oz Bowmore Tempest
3/8 oz Bulldog London Dry Gin
1/4 oz Orange Curacao
2-3 dashes Angostura Orange Bitters
Ice-cubes
Orange Peel Coil
Add Bowmore Tempest and Bulldog London Dry Gin to a Rocks Glass with Ice.
Add a touch of Curacao and a few dashes of Angostura Orange Bitters
Garnish with an Orange Peel Coil
Enjoy Responsibly!
Note: If you are interested in more of my original cocktail recipes, please click this link (Cocktails and Recipes) for more of my mixed drink recipes!
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In case you are wondering about the name of the serving, it is from The Second Coming, written by W. B. Yeats in 1919. A poem written in the aftermath of the First World War; but which seems to have an uncanny ring to our current political and economic climate. (Gosh I hope I’m wrong.)
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