Silent Third
Ingredients
- 1 2⁄3 oz Dewar's 12 Year Old Scotch whisky
- 1⁄2 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
- 1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
- 1⁄3 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) optional
- 2 drop Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s optional
Method
Glassware:
Serve in a Nick & Nora glass
Prepare:
- Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
Method:
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish:
- EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
Nutrition:
One serving of Silent Third contains 181 calories
History:
The recipe for the Silent Third appears in two 1937 books: William James "Billy" Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Bar Book and Approved Cocktails by The United Kingdom Bartenders' Guild to which Tarling was one of the contributors. The recipe in one book is expressed in fractions and the other as percentages, otherwise they are identical.
Review:
Citrus sourness drowns the Scotch whisky in the original equal parts recipe of this Sidecar made with Scotch in place of cognac (although, I suspect the likes of Cointreau used to contain more sugar so with a time machine the original spec. may have been balanced, and perhaps rather tasty).
