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Vowel

After dinner/digestif · Classic/vintage · Herbal

3.9 12 ratings

Ingredients

1 1/4 oz Scotch whisky
1 oz Rosso/sweet vermouth
1/3 oz Kummel liqueur
1/2 oz Orange juice
1 dash Aromatic bitters

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. 5 EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour profile

18.8% alc./vol. · 1.3 standard drinks · 164 calories

History

Caraway from the kummel subtly flavours this Blood & Sand variation.

This drink is adapted from a recipe found in the "Cocktails Round Town" appendix of Harry McElhone and Wynn Holcomb's 1927 Barflies and Cocktails. Its modern revival owes much to its inclusion in Ted "Dr Cocktail" Haigh's 2009 book Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails. The anagrammatic name "Bill Henly" was devised for a "Vowel Cocktail" consisting of: Angostura bitters, a dash; Eckau kummel, 1/6; Italian vermouth, 1/3; Orange juice, 1/6; Usher's whiskey, 1/3.