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Atholl Brose Cocktail Recipe

A Scotch-based cocktail made with honey syrup, milk infused with roasted oats, and cold-brew coffee concentrate.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Atholl Brose Cocktail Recipe

Why it works: Sugar and syrup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,842 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Atholl Brose Cocktail Recipe

1 cocktail, plus honey syrup and oat-infused milk for several more
Prep20 min
Cook55 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

428Calories
14 gProtein
11 gFat
70 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 10 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Scotch Whiskynot in our table0
Syrupnot in our table0
Coffeenot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Honey + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,336 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  3. Milk + coffeetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,202 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

  4. Honey + oatstop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together634 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Oats + nutmegtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together588 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (honey, oats, milk, sugar, scotch whisky, syrup, coffee):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Gingerfits better
  3. Nutmegthe original
  4. Clovefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against honey, oats, milk, sugar, scotch whisky, syrup, coffee. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.