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Smoking Jacket

1 1⁄2 oz Blended Scotch, Grant and Sons
3⁄4 oz Cynar
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
1 ds Orange bitters
Instructions

Stir, strain, low ball, big cube

Cocktail summary
Posted by Dan on
Created by
Paul Manzelli, Craigie and Bergamot, Boston, MA
Year
2012
Is an
authentic recipe
Reference

901 Very Good Cocktails, Stew Ellington

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User rating
4 stars
(29 ratings)
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  • This was more complex than it at first appeared. It came together very easily. I tasted coffee. And chocolate. Weirdly. Plus the cynar came through. — ★★★★★
  • In this case, I favor the sweet vermouth version. I believe the Punt e Mes submerged the Cynar. Also, it works with reducing the Cynar to 0.5 oz. Using Antica emphasizes its IPA characteristics - not worth repeating.
  • Delicious. Made with bank note. — ★★★★
  • Double scotch and do 1/2 ea Cynar and vermouth
  • Bitter and sophisticated. Good even with my modest Famous Grouse. In the ballpark of the excellent Search for Delicious, which I think I'd prefer when a lemon is at hand. — ★★★★
  • let it melt a bit - caramel of macallen gold comes thru real nicely — ★★★★
  • Used Teachers as blended scotch.predinner
  • Excellent. I backed off the ratio for Robin to 1:1:1 and added a half part of dry vermouth. — ★★★★★
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Comments
Peyton commented on 3/08/2013:

Great drink and a nice Scotch spin on a Little Italy, but 1-2 dashes of orange bitters does the trick.

Dan commented on 3/08/2013:

Corrected: 1oz orange bitters -> 1 DASH orange bitters. Yikes!

mahastew commented on 3/13/2013:

Had to check the book to see if I made the error there. -Whew!-

lesliec commented on 4/16/2025:

A good drink, enhanced by some orange zest expressed over (which Fred's post mentions but Stew's seems not to). Flamed optional.