Classic Cocktails · Whiskey Cocktails
Blood and Sand
Unpeated or lightly peated Scotch lets fruit and vermouth remain clear. Use sweet cherry brandy-style liqueur, not maraschino.
- Base spirit
- Whiskey
- Origin
- Origin uncertain
- Period
- Printed 1930
Ingredients
Documented standard recipe
- Scotch whisky22.5 ml
- Sweet cherry liqueur22.5 ml
- Sweet red vermouth22.5 ml
- Fresh orange juice22.5 ml
- Glass
- Coupe
- Ice
- Chilled, served without ice
- Garnish
- Orange peel
- Technique
- Shaken
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Prep time
- 4 min
Method
- 01
Chill the coupe.
- 02
Shake all four liquids with ice.
- 03
Double strain into the coupe and garnish with orange peel.
Tasting Notes
- Aroma
- Orange, cherry and malt
- Finish
- Fruity and rounded
- Character
- An equal-parts classic of Scotch, cherry liqueur, vermouth and orange.
Tasting scores are MIXY editorial assessments.
History & Background
Named in connection with the 1922 film Blood and Sand. The recipe appears in the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book; the film date does not prove the date or inventor of the drink.
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