Scotch Mist

A Mist is simply straight liquor poured over crushed ice, in this case Scotch, for a SCOTCH MIST. So why do it? Won’t it make the whisky watery? Actually, the crushed ice doesn’t dilute the whisky’s flavor…unless you drink it 3 hours later. The whisky’s underlying taste will seem more vibrant than if you were to gulp it down straight. But where crushed ice awaits, you should use a full-bodied 12-year Scotch from the Highlands so that it envelopes you in fragrant layers of flavor, not a watered-down fog more suited to an amusement park thirst-quencher. The same holds true for pouring a quality aged bourbon, rye or rum over crushed ice.

Requirements: 12+year Scotch, lemon peel, crushed ice

• 3 oz. Scotch
• lemon peel

Fill an old-fashioned glass with crushed ice and pour in Scotch. Twist lemon peel over drink and drop in glass.

Comments: In the 1946 film The Big Sleep, Lauren Bacall orders a Scotch Mist from a bar, the “femme fatale’s drink of choice”. It’s not the more commonly ordered bar drink of 2023, but it’s certainly easy to make at home. And that’s the reason I’ve posted this here, in addition to it’s ability to lift a good whisky or rum to its best without the interference of mixers.

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