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Los Christmos · cocktail of the month
Cocktail of the month
Los Christmos
With the cheery season of goodwill about to descend upon
us we thought it the perfect time for a Christmas themed
UIforwardRun the Gauntlet
cocktail – and what a delightfully monikered one it is too.
There’s not many people out there who
Using Suaza’s Hornitos tequila as it base, this drink brings a
don’t like enjoying a beer of a Friday
evening. There’s no exceptions to that
bit of the exotic to the Scottish winter.
rule over at OTS Towers so there were
glees of delight when we answered the
door to this month’s challengers.
Ingredients
Competing against each other were
two beers from Scottish brewer Innis &
35ml Hornitos (Plata or
Gunn. For the first time in Run The
Reposado)
Gauntlet’s illustrious history we actually
15ml Cherry Brandy
had competing products with red and
60ml Pineapple Juice
blue labels, finally providing the
15ml Passion fruit syrup
opportunity to squeeze numerous boxing
and a dash lemon juice.
metaphors into the column.
Method
In the red corner we had the 6.6% abv
Innis & Gunn Original, an oak aged beer
Shake and pour in to high
that is one of OTS’ favourite brews, and
ball glass filled with Ice.
in the blue corner, we had its lesser
Garnish with wedge of lime
spotted cousin, the 7.2% limited edition
and a pineapple leaf.
Innis & Gunn Triple Matured Oak Aged
Beer.
Both beers clearly pack a punch and
given their similar fighting styles there
was a marked difference in the products
with the triple matured beer having a
more malty, dried fruity flavour than the
Original, which itself has hints of sweet
toffee and caramel.
Seconds away and onto the main
event then and with no beer able to
deliver a knock out blow we had to go to
points. The final verdict was a narrow
victory for the Original, however it was
noted that if there was a one bottle limit
the Triple Matured would be perfect. With
beer this good though, one bottle is never
enough.
Fancy having your cocktail featured
on this page? Or do you have some
drinks you’d like to run the gauntlet
with? Then let Kevin know –
kscott@55north.com
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