Beals Cocktail

I chose a recipe for a cocktail from page 38 in the Bartender's Guide (listed right after last night's drink). We were invited out for dinner with friends at our new neighborhood golf course restaurant, so I mixed our nightly cocktail before we went out.

The drink was 'Beals Cocktail', no idea where the name originated. It was a scotch-based drink, similar to the Beadlestone Cocktail from last night. It made use of different proportions and types of vermouth.

The recipe:

1 1/2 oz Scotch (Dewar's White Label)
1/2 oz Dry Vermouth (Noilly Prat)
1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth (Dolin)

Sir with ice and strain into cocktail glass.

The drink was not as good as the Beadlestone; the sweet vermouth muted the scotch taste so much it was difficult to tell it was scotch! It is not on our repeat list.

Cheers!