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Hot drink · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 1/5

Whiskey Skin

Kappeler notes Whiskey Skin and Columbia Skin as the same drink under different names.

warm · citrus · dry · winter · nightcap · casual

Served in Whiskey glass.

Family

Variants (2)

Modern American Drinks by George J. Kappeler (1895, p.103) — George J. Kappeler 1895

lemon peel — twisted lemon-peelacid
1 jiggerWhiskey — whiskeybase
water — hot waterdilution
  1. Prepare the drink in the same manner as Columbia Skin.

Garnish: Twisted lemon peel

Nose
Warm whiskey and lemon peel define the aroma at once.
Palate
This entry matters because it explicitly records naming duplication inside the hot-service family rather than pretending every name marks a different drink.
Finish
The finish is warm, direct, and lightly citric.
Summary
A duplicate-named skin entry that helps document how the hot-service family was actually called for.

The Up-to-Date Bartender's Guide by Harry Montague (1913, p.40) — Scotch

1 piecelemon peel — Twisted on top.acid
0.25 whiskey glasshot water — Fill one-quarter full.base
1 jiggerScotch whisky — Scotch whiskeybase
  1. Substitute Scotch whiskey for brandy and proceed as for Brandy Skin.
  2. Serve hot with twisted lemon peel.

Garnish: Lemon peel

Source is explicitly substitution-based.

See also: Brandy Skin, Gin Skin

Source says to substitute Scotch whiskey for brandy and proceed as for Brandy Skin.