And . . . Maybe We’ll Even Make It Correctly Next Time

The Shruffs End cocktail in the Mr. Boston guide (page 196) calls for Islay single malt scotch, apple brandy, Bénédictine and Peychaud’s bitters. We actually have Islay single malt scotch around most of the time; it’s something I like, one, so yeah, and also it’s something that a lot of good cocktails include, so we also have cheap versions of Islay single malt around. So actually there’s none left right now, only a Highlands single malt that from the label sounds like the opposite of Islay scotch (“never peated!”). Between using an inappropriate expensive single malt scotch in a cocktail and using a cheap-shit blend in a cocktail, 19 times out of 20 I’ll choose the latter. So of course I went for the triangular bottle of Grants.

And even in spite of all that, this is a good cocktail. Maybe we’ll make it correctly next time.