Ingredients

  • 1½ ozirish-whiskey
  • ¾ ozsloe-gin
  • ¾ ozdry-vermouth
  • 2 dashesangostura-bitters
  • 🍋Lemon twist(garnish)

🔧 Tools

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Instructions

  1. Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice.
  2. Stir for 30 seconds until well chilled.
  3. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
  4. Express lemon twist over the drink and drop in.

📜 History

A pre-Prohibition classic named after the blackthorn bush whose fruit is used to make sloe gin. Multiple variations exist but this Irish whiskey version is the most elegant.

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