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Rusty Nail in a rocks glass

Rusty Nail

A warming Scotch and honey liqueur combination.

ClassicHoneyHerbalWarming

Ingredients

  • Scotch Whisky1.5 oz (45 ml)
  • Drambuie0.75 oz (22.5 ml)

How to make it

  1. Stir both ingredients with ice.
  2. Strain over a large cube.

Glass: Rocks

May contain: Gluten. Always check your own bottles.

History

The Rusty Nail — Scotch and the honeyed Scotch liqueur Drambuie — came together over the first half of the 20th century but took its enduring name and fame in the early 1960s, when it became associated with the Rat Pack and New York's '21' Club.

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