Rusty Nail

Happy Thirsty Thursday everyone!

Drink:

Rusty Nail

Recipe:

1 shot Scotch Whisky
½ shot Drambuie
1 Lemon Twist

Fill an Old Fashioned glass with ice. Add Scotch Whisky and Drambuie. Stir gently until glass appears frosty. Garnish with Lemon Twist and serve.

Description:

Delicious

A solid and simple drink, the Rusty Nail is made with two fairly common spirits, few frills, and absolutely no bullshit. The warmth of the Scotch plays well off of the sweetness of the Drambuie, leaving you with a drink that can please a wide range of drinkers. These properties make the Rusty Nail a fantastic staple drink for most folks, as you would be hard pressed to find a bar so poorly stocked as to not have the ingredients or a bartender inept enough to mess it up.

And you don't even need to have your shots up to date to drink it, making it superior to it's namesake in almost every way.

Variants: 

Served "Up":

Want to class up this cocktail? Why? It's called a Rusty Nail for fuck's sake. Regardless, those that have a misplaced sense of propriety and "class" like to order this drink served in a stemmed cocktail glass.

Ice:

A lot of recipes call for crushed ice instead of ice cubes, or even for the drink to be served straight up (without ice). Really a matter of personal preference and availability.

Donald Sutherland:

The Canadian version of the Rusty Nail, the Donald Sutherland replaces Scotch Whisky with Canadian Rye Whisky. Which is kind of hilarious, considering Donald Sutherland is of Scottish decent.