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The oatmeal brose is prepared by steeping a volume of porridge oats overnight in three times as much cold water
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Strain the liquid (brose) from the oats, squeezing every drop out with the aid of a square of muslin acting as a bag for the oats.
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Don't throw the oats away, you can still make porridge from them!
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You can make your desired quantity of Atholl Brose by following this guide : 7 parts brose, 7 parts whisky, 5 parts cream and 1 part honey.
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Don't refrigerate or it may curdle, just keep it in a cool dark place.
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Best left for a 3 days for the flavour to develop before drinking
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Originally Atholl Brose didn't include any cream, or was only added on special occasions but it's just so delicious including it.
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The dessert version of this drink is called Cranachan which includes whipping the cream before adding whisky, honey and toasted oats.
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Gorgeous!
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Legend has it that Atholl Brose led to the capture of renegade Iain MacDonald, the Lord of the Isles who was leading a rebellion against the King.
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He was caught supping at a well that had been filled with whisky, oatmeal and honey at the order of the Earl of Atholl, who knew that MacDonald drank regularly from the small well.
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The Dukes recipe was the downfall of Iain MacDonald who stayed to enjoy the drink and was thus captured by Atholl in this cunning trap...
