Wildest Redhead

1 1⁄2 oz Blended Scotch (Pig's Nose)
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄4 oz Allspice Dram, St Elizabeth
3⁄4 oz Honey syrup (1:1, or 1/2 oz of 3:1 syrup)
1⁄4 oz Cherry Liqueur, Cherry Heering
Instructions

Shake first four ingredients with ice. Strain into rocks glass containing one large ice cube. Drizzle heering over the ice cube.

History

Inspired by the Wild Redhead, in Stan Jones's Complete Barguide (1977).

Cocktail summary
Created by
Meaghan Dorman, Lantern's Keep, New York, New York (USA)
Year
2011
Is an
altered recipe
Reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2013/09/wildest-redhead.html

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  • To be fair, I shook the Heering into the drink. But I found this cocktail to taste remarkably like a Tootsie Roll! It had me googling whether Tootsie Rolls were truly chocolate. What curious alchemy!
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  • The cherry heering slipped right off the ice and sunk to the bottom--so presentation won't win any awards. Tasty, accessible, sweet drink though.
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Comments

following the recipe to a t, and I found it too sweet. I upped the Pigs Nose to 2 oz and used 1/2 oz of 1:1 honey syrup and voila! A great cocktail in my opinion.

Curated to add date and inspiration, found in Robert Simonson, Modern Classic Cocktails, p. 155.