Cameron's Kick
The Cameron's Kick is a balanced sweet and sour drink mixed with blended scotch and vanilla bitters.

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ingredients
- 50ml Blended Scotch (blended scotch)
- 10ml Giffard Orgeat (almond syrup)
- 10 Simple Syrup (sugar syrup)
- 30ml Lemon Juice Fresh (citrus juice)
- 3drop Vanilla Bitter (cocktailbitters)
glassware:
Coupette
technique:
shake / doublestrain
garnish:
1x orange zest
mixing instructions
- Add all ingredients into the shaker.
- Shake until chilled and fine-strain into a serving glass, with no ice inside.
- Add your garnish.
- Prepare your garnish.
- Prepare your bottle setup.
- Chill the serving glass with either crushed ice or ice cubes. Or place it in a fridge or freezer.
- Add all ingredients into the shaker.
- Add around 6 to 7 ice cubes into the shaker.
- Shake for about 30 seconds.
- Take the chilled glass out of the fridge/freezer. If you used ice to chill the serving glass, remove everything from the glass.
- Double-Strain the mixed liquid into the chilled serving glass with no ice inside.
- Add your garnish.
- Clean up your working station.
how to garnish
- 1x orange zest, Cut the orange zest into a diamond shape. Place it onto the rim of the glass.
mixing tips
Mise En Place
- Keep all equipment and ingredients within range. It will be easier and faster to mix the drink.
Technique
- While pressing the citrus fruit, for example, lemon or lime. You could use the pressed fruit and give it into the shaker as a fragrant ingredient. It will release some of the oils while shaking the drink. After you better double-strain it.
Garnish
- Be careful and confident if you want to zest a citrus fruit with a zest peeler!
flavour and texture
Aroma:
almond, banana, orange
Flavour:
almond, cedarwood, citrus
Texture:
clean, light bodied, lively
editor recipe notes
Some years ago, I discovered this recipe construction in a book. But unfortunately, I can not remember the Book Title.
The drink was called “Cameron’s Kick” and what I really like about it is the combination of Blended Scotch and Almond Syrup. I have never tried it before, and even if you use 5cl of Whisky, the Drinks are really smooth. The Barrel-Aged Vanilla Oak Bitter gives a slightly creamy touch to the tongue and a subtle aftertaste.
You can use different Blended Scotch for this drink, and as an Almond Syrup, we just used the Orgeat from Giffard. So, this recipe is a no-brainer and easy to recreate.