Avenue Scotch Recipe
A tropical Scotch sour: malt and a little smoke against tart passion fruit, a full measure of lime and the slow heat of ginger syrup.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Coupe glass
- ABV: 14%
- Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- Scotch whisky45 ml (1.5 oz)
- Fresh lime juice30 ml (1 oz)
- Passion fruit syrup15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Ginger syrup15 ml (0.5 oz)
How to Make It
- Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice.
- Shake until well chilled.
- Double-strain into a chilled Nick and Nora or small coupe.
- Garnish with a small sprig of thyme.
Garnish
Thyme sprig
What it tastes like
The citrus acidity leads, fruit notes come forward and there is pineapple and passion fruit in it.
The technique
Shaking. Anything with juice, syrup, egg white or cream gets shaken: the shaker chills the drink and adds roughly 20% water, and that water is what takes the edge off. Twelve to fifteen seconds, until the tin frosts over. Under-shaking leaves the drink harsh because it never got enough dilution.
Glass and ice
A stemmed, shallow coupe. The stem keeps your hand's warmth away from the drink, and the wide bowl carries the aroma to your nose. Served without ice.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Scotch whisky
- Scotch. Blends are soft and grainy, single malts have more character. Unless the recipe says Islay, picking a smoky bottle will throw the drink out of balance.
- Fresh lime juice
- Freshly squeezed lime. Bottled lime tastes cooked and flat; one lime gives about 30 ml. If you have none, half lemon and half grapefruit juice comes closest.
- Passion fruit syrup
- Passion fruit syrup. The seedy pulp is balanced with sugar; it is high in acid, so recipes that use it usually pull back on the lemon.
- Ginger syrup
- Ginger syrup — grated fresh ginger steeped with equal parts sugar and water, then strained. In a pinch use ginger beer, but then cut the sugar elsewhere in the recipe.
The Story
A modern sour that carries Scotch into tiki territory; whisky with ginger is an old pairing, passion fruit the newer twist.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Avenue Scotch mixed?
- It is shaken and served in a coupe.
- How strong is a Avenue Scotch?
- Roughly 14% ABV as served — right around a glass of wine — an aperitif or an early-evening drink.
- Can a Avenue Scotch be made without alcohol?
- Simply leaving the spirit out does not work — the body and the bitterness go with it. The 86 alcohol-free recipes in the catalogue are built to hit that balance from the start.
- Is a Avenue Scotch hard to make?
- Easy. No bar kit required — a measure, ice and a jar will do.
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