Isle of Islay

The Isle of Islay is a tropical, tiki-inspired cocktail that uses scotch as the base spirit, bringing a healthy amount of interest and complexity to a fruit-forward drink.  An excellent cocktail for late Summer!

Ingredients:

• ½ oz Tropical Passionfruit Syrup
• 1 ½ oz blended scotch
• ½ oz single malt scotch, preferably Islay
• ½ oz cinnamon syrup
• 1 oz lemon juice

Instructions:

• Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker
• Add ice and shake hard for 20 seconds
• Strain over crushed ice in a highball glass
• Garnish with a pineapple sage sprig (optional)

Glass:

• highball
  

Garnish:

• pineapple sage sprig (optional)
  

Photo:

Scott Kallstrand