Which spirit is mixed with Drambuie to make the cocktail known as 'A Rusty Nail'?
Rusty Nail (cocktail) Rusty Nail (cocktail) A Rusty Nail is made by mixing Drambuie and Scotch whisky. The drink was included in Difford's Guide Top 100 Cocktails. A Rusty Nail can be served in an old-fashioned glass on the rocks, neat, or "up" in a stemmed glass. It is most commonly served over ice. A Rusty Nail served without ice is sometimes called a Straight Up Nail. Versions of the drink can be made using any aged spirit, though blended Scotch whisky is traditional. Other variations include: According to cocktail historian David Wondrich, "the Rusty Nail took a while to find its proper
Rusty Nail (cocktail) at USAF Officers' Clubs in Thailand and the Republic of Viet-Nam, it's a Mig-21, while in the upper Midwest it's a Knucklehead." The cocktail authority Dale DeGroff notes, "the Rusty Nail is often credited to the clever bartenders at the 21 Club in Manhattan sometime in the early 1960s." The cocktail's name was finally cemented in 1963, when Gina MacKinnon, the chairwoman of the Drambuie Liqueur Company, gave the Rusty Nail her endorsement in "The New York Times". DeGroff observes that in the early 1960s "the Rat Pack was enamored of the drink, which may have been responsible for the