Name: Black Nail
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktails
Ingredients: 1 ½ oz Scotch whisky; ¾ oz Drambuie; ¼ oz Fernet-Branca

A darker cousin to the Rusty Nail stirring Scotch with Drambuie and a bracing dash of Fernet-Branca, where honeyed malt meets bitter-menthol herbaceousness for a bold digestif.

combine and stir

cocktail glass

Scotch whisky

Drambuie

Fernet-Branca

lemon twist

Black Nail

Cocktails with a pronounced bitter backbone, typically from amari, Campari, gentian, or bitters. Bitter drinks stimulate the appetite and pair especially well with other bold flavors.

Bitter

Spirit-forward cocktails where the alcohol is the main event, typically stirred builds on ice. Boozy drinks reward sipping.

Boozy

Cocktails with pronounced herbal or botanical character from mint, basil, sage, thyme, rosemary, Chartreuse, or herbal liqueurs. Herbal notes feel green, fresh, and aromatic.

Herbal

Cocktails with layered flavors that reveal themselves over multiple sips, often built from many modifiers or aged components.

Complex

Cocktails served after a meal to aid digestion, usually featuring amaro, brandy, or similarly rich spirits.

Black Nail

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