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Whiskey Six

After dinner/digestif · Aperitivo/aperitif · Bittersweet (e.g. Negroni)

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Ingredients

1/2 oz Rye whiskey 50% abv
1/2 oz Cherry brandy
1/2 oz Red bitter liqueur
1/2 oz Red quinquina e.g. Dubonnet, Byrrh
1/2 oz Dry vermouth
1/2 oz Rosso/sweet vermouth

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

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

Method

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

Garnish

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

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Flavour profile

50.0% alc./vol. · 1.2 standard drinks · 174 calories

History

This equal-parts cocktail, inspired by a straight six combustion engine, performs best with high-octane straight rye whiskey.

Powerful six-cylinder automobiles, such as the McLaughlin K-6-45 Extra Special Master Six, were favored by rumrunners during the Prohibition era and became known as "Whiskey Sixes." Their light construction and speed made them well-suited for smuggling alcohol from Canadian whisky distilleries across the frozen Detroit River, which is barely half a mile wide, and other borders.