Saturday, December 21, 2024

crooked smile

1 1/2 oz Islay Mist Blended Scotch (1 1/4 oz Famous Grouse + 1/4 oz Ardbeg 10 Year)
3/4 oz Lemon Juice
3/4 oz Amaro Montenegro
1/2 oz Honey Syrup
2 dash Angostura Bitters

Shake with ice, strain into an old fashioned glass with ice, and garnish with an orange twist.
Two Sundays ago, I returned to the online recipe flashcards from Bourbon & Branch in San Francisco that were uploaded in 2017. There, I selected the Crooked Smile that was still being offered in 2019 as described in a Yelp review. The combination of Scotch, honey, Montenegro, and lemon reminded me of Matt Schrage's Smokin' Fanny at the Blue Room except with no egg white here (the Smokin' Fanny had Angostura as a garnish). Once prepped, the Crooked Smile went to the nose with orange, peat smoke, floral, and clove aromas. Next, lemon, honey, and clementine notes on the sip exhaled into smoky Scotch, clementine, honey, and clove flavors on the swallow.
posted by frederic at 8:00 AM
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1 comment:

djones206 said...

I made this cocktail on Sunday and, being a scotch lover, am always interested how scotch works with other flavors. The Crooked Smile was one of the more enjoyable scotch & citrus cocktails I've tasted. I used 1 1/4 oz Ballantine's + 1/4 oz Ardbeg Uigeadail. I felt the Ardbeg gave it a depth of flavor that made me want to keep it in the rotation & try other bottles of Islay. I've made many cocktails from your blogspot over the last three to four months, and am always interested to learn about new bottles from the original recipe or your substitutions.

December 26, 2024 at 7:14 AM

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