Rusty Nail鏽釘
Flavour
- Colour
- Yellow
- Style
- Short drink
Ingredients
Served
- Glass
- Rocks glass
- Ice
- One large cube
- Garnish
- Lemon twist
- Technique
- Build
Method
Build the whisky and Drambuie over a large cube in a rocks glass and stir gently. Twist a strip of lemon peel over the surface and drop it in.
About this drink
Two ingredients, whisky and the honeyed Scottish liqueur that rounds it off, so the ratio decides everything. The pairing caught on in mid-century American bars and was at its most fashionable in the 1960s. Accounts of the name differ; one has a bartender stirring it with a nail.