Tackle Drambuie shot, inhaling essence of herbs -- grand! (7,3)
I believe the answer is:
bermuda rig
'essence of herbs grand' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'tackle drambuie shot inhaling' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'tackle' could be 'rig' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'rig' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'bermuda' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bermuda rig that I've seen before include "Arrangement for yacht" , "Admire grub (anag) - having large mainsail with no gaff" , "Arrangement of sails" .)