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Rusty nail cocktail history.
And chums if you didn t know in the 60s.
The rusty nail.
Others insist the name came from the rusty nails that held the.
The combination of drambuie the most distinguished of scotch based liqueurs and the whisky it s made from is a natural one.
It s also unclear when and why the cocktail took its name.
There are a few stories as to where the name came from the most popular is that it was originally stirred with a rusty nail.
For decades one of the hottest cocktails was the rusty nail.
An early version first appeared in england in 1937 under the name bif short for british industries.
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The rusty nail combines a good quality whisky with the sweet palatable taste of drambuie.
The rusty nail moniker was the one that stuck however thanks to the chairwoman of drambuie gina mackinnon who publicly insisted that be the winner.
Flavored with honey herbs and spices the precise combination being a closely guarded secret has fallen off most bar menus and is rarely ordered by patrons.
Tracing the history of the rusty nail i found a cocktail with a serious identity crisis.
Like many cocktail stories the true origin of the rusty nail is lost to history there are speculations including that it was introduced in 1937 at the british industries fair along with a dash of bitters another account credits its invention to manhattan s 21 club possibly in the 60s where the b b is also said to have originated.
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This classic drambuie cocktail was the go to drink of the rat pack boys that s sinatra dean martin sammy davis jnr.
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Versions of the drink can be made using any aged.
But now the simple combination of scotch and scotch based liqueur drambuie a word derived from gaelic meaning the drink that satisfies.
A rusty nail can be served in an old fashioned glass on the rocks neat or up in a stemmed glass it is most commonly served over ice.
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The rusty nail took a while to find its proper place in the world.
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A rusty nail is made by mixing drambuie and scotch whisky the drink was included in difford s guide s top 100 cocktails.
A rusty nail served without ice is sometimes called a straight up nail.
We say risk it and risk it with the rusty nail.
There are a few stories as to where the name came from the most popular is that it was originally stirred with a rusty nail.
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The rusty nail is a timeless whisky cocktail and one that has to be appreciated and most importantly enjoyed.
