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No. 45 · Christmas Classics with a Twist
Santa's Slay
The classic sidecar, dashing through the Scotch.
Serves1
GlassChilled coupe, half sugar rim
Difficulty1 of 3
Sweet / Strong3 / 3
CostMid
Make-aheadRim coupes 1 hour ahead
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz blended Scotch
- 0.5 oz Drambuie
- 0.5 oz orange liqueur
- 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice
- Rim: 2 parts demerara sugar to 1 part ground cinnamon
- Garnish: wide orange peel
Build
- Wet half the rim of a chilled coupe with lemon and roll it in the cinnamon sugar.
- Shake Scotch, Drambuie, orange liqueur and lemon hard with ice for 12 seconds.
- Strain into the coupe.
- Express the orange peel over the drink and rest it on the rim.
Zero-proof twin
2 oz strong black tea, chilled, 0.75 oz orange juice, 0.5 oz lemon, 0.5 oz honey syrup, same rim.Batch for 8. 12 oz Scotch, 4 oz Drambuie, 4 oz orange liqueur, 6 oz lemon; chill and shake 3.25 oz per drink.
Swap. no Drambuie? Use 0.25 oz honey syrup (1:1 honey and warm water).