Mad March Days
4.2 18 ratings
Ingredients
How to make
Serve in a old-fashioned glass
Prepare
- 1 Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
- 2 Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
Method
- 3 STIR all ingredients with ice.
- 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
Garnish
- 5 EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
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Flavour profile
31.1% alc./vol. · 2 standard drinks · 218 calories
History
A gently bittersweet, herbal whiskey prepared in an old-fashioned style.
Ross Simmonds created this recipe in late-2023/early 2024 at the St. Edwards MCR in Oxford, England. He is known for reciting the poetry of John Masefield while enjoying a cocktail, and this drink was inspired by his poem "Cargoes," which reflects on the evolution of ships and their cargoes over centuries. Ross's original recipe uses 60ml (2oz) Jura single malt Scotch whisky (Bourbon Cask). The poem reads: "Cargoes Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine. Stately Spanish galleon coming from the Isthmus, Dipping through the Tropics by the palm-green shores, With a cargo of diamonds, Emeralds, amethysts, Topazes, and cinnamon, and gold moidores. Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack, Butting through the Channel in the mad March days, With a cargo of Tyne coal, Road-rails, pig-lead, Firewood, iron-ware, and cheap tin trays."
Created by Ross Simmonds