Dear Diary

Name: Dear Diary
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz Monkey Shoulder Blended Scotch; 1/2 oz Talasker Single Malt Scotch Whisky; 1/2 oz Creme De Banane; 3/4 oz Fig Cordial (Homemade); 1/4 oz Simple Syrup (recipe); 1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice; 1 bar spoon Pernod Absinthe Superieure; 1 dash Fee Brothers Black Walnut; 1 dash Angostura Orange Bitters; 1 Egg White

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By Ava Navarrete

4.0 Submitted on: March 17, 2021

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Cocktail Diary: January 12th, 2019. 12:00am “I’ve been obsessed with mixing scotch and banana. Tonight, I made my picky coworker gasp and say “WOW.”

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz
Monkey Shoulder Blended Scotch

1/2 oz
Talasker Single Malt Scotch Whisky

1/2 oz
Creme De Banane

3/4 oz
Fig Cordial (Homemade)

1/4 oz
Simple Syrup (recipe)

1 oz
Fresh Lemon Juice

1 bar spoon
Pernod Absinthe Superieure

1 dash
Fee Brothers Black Walnut

1 dash
Angostura Orange Bitters

1
Egg White

Tools

Boston Shaker

Instructions

Garnish

Fresh Grated Nutmeg

Build

Shake & Double Strain

Glass

Sour Coupe

Estimated strength

About 18% ABV (estimate)

By Ava Navarrete

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Technique: Build in a Boston shaker Dry shake, then wet shake Double Strain Suggested Glass: Sour glass or coupe Garnish: Fresh Grated Nutmeg

Editor's Note

Scotch meets tropical banana and earthy fig in this complex, velvety sour. A dash of absinthe and black walnut bitters provides a lingering, aromatic finish.