Blackthorn Cocktail

As you know Monday was Robert Burns Day and of course we had an evening tipple to toast the late Scottish poet. The Blackthorn Cocktail is a lovely sipping cocktail and may be enjoyed before or after dinner. Usually I am not one for whisky however the combination of flavours do work well here and produce an impressively smooth cocktail. 

Blackthorn Cocktail

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ICE CUBES

2 ounces Scotch Whisky 

1 ounce Sweet Vermouth

1/4 ounce Absinthe

3 dashes Angostura Bitters

lemon twist, for garnish

1. Fill a cocktail shaker halfway full with ice cubes. Add the whisky, sweet vermouth, absinthe, and bitters. Shake well.

2. Strain into a cocktail glass. Twist the lemon twist over the glass and let it drop in. 

It is as simple as that! 

An Irish Whiskey would probably be fine too. 

Hope everyone had a good weekend. We did! The past couple of days I have been battling this cold/flu virus that is going around. Feeling a bit better today which is a bonus although not 100 percent. - JD