The Six Best Whisky Cocktails To Make This World Whisky Day

Christmas has come early for whisky lovers all around the world.

It's World Whisky Day this weekend (Saturday May15) and to honour all the whisky lovers out there, we've teamed up with Cellarbrations to give you six very different, and very delicious whisky cocktail recipes to make at home.

Whether you like to drink your whisky neat or you enjoy experimenting with new types of whiskies, flavours and fresh ingredients, there's no 'wrong' way to mark this incredible day.

We're making our mark on World Whisky Day with two tasty cocktails for each of the following occasions: Happy Hour at Home, Friday Night in with Friends, and Saturday Night Entertaining.

However you enjoy your whisky, we've got you covered.

ROUND ONE: Happy Hour at Home? That calls for...

Irish Refresher

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Here's what you'll need:

• 60ml Jameson Irish Whiskey
• 15ml simple syrup
• 30ml lime juice
• 2 slices of cucumber
• 5 sprigs of fresh mint

Method:

1. Pour 60mL of Jameson Irish Whiskey into your glass.
2. Add in 30mL of freshly squeezed lime juice.
3. Cut the 2 slices of cucumber up in to smaller pieces & add them in to the glass with the whisky & lime juice.
4. Muddle all the ingredients together. If you don't have a muddler at home, you can use a spoon! Simply squash the cucumber to release the fresh flavour of the cucumber, and brighten & intensify the taste of the whisky & lime.
5. Once appropriately muddled, it's time to add the mint. To release the flavour of the mint, give it a clap between your hands before adding it to the glass.
6. Add in some ice.
7. Top the glass up with a splash of soda water, and mix everything together.
8. Garnish with a cucumber ribbon & a sprig of mint. To make a cucumber ribbon, simply peel off the top couple of layers of cucumber; once you've got a nice clean slice, create a ribbon shape & secure it with a toothpick.

Adam's Apple

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Here's what you'll need:

• 50ml Glenfiddich 12-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
• Approximately 70ml freshly pressed green apple juice (or cloudy apple juice as an alternative)
• 1 additional fresh green apple
• Cinnamon Sugar

Method:

1. Mix and shake the whisky and freshly squeezed apple juice in a glass. This ensures that all of the flavours are nicely combine and melt together.
2. Pour into a tumbler glass over ice. Give it a little stir to chill and bring all of the elements together.
3. To garnish add an Apple fan which you can create from a thin slice of green apple pierced through a skewer. Add a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar for an extra kick of spice.

ROUND ONE: Friday Night in with Friends? That calls for...

Aussie Whisky Hi-Ball

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Here's what you'll need:

• 60ml NED Australian Whisky
• 120-140ml Ginger Ale (or club soda)
• 1 Lemon
• 1 sprig of Rosemary

Method:

1. Pour 60mls of whisky into a tall Hi-Ball glass that's filled with Ice. This will start chilling the whisky while we move onto the next few steps
2. Top with 120-140ml Ginger Ale (or Club Soda) - the mix of the whisky and soda gives it a refreshing twist.
3. Garnish with lemon spiral and burnt rosemary. To create the lemon spiral, all you need is to peel a thin layer of lemon rind and twist into the shape of a spiral. For the burnt rosemary, gently run the sprig under a flame so that it starts to smoke just a bit and releases all of those native flavours.

Old Fashioned

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Here's what you'll need:

• 60ml Maker's Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky
• 1 teaspoon raw cane sugar
• 1 Orange
• 1 Maraschino cherry

Method:

1. Dissolve or muddle sugar with bitters and a splash of Maker's in an Old Fashioned glass. The Whisky and Bitters will help melt away that sugar and form a flavoursome syrup for the rest of the cocktail.
2. Fill the glass 3/4 full of ice. Add remaining Maker's Mark and stir.
3. Express orange peel over your glass to release citrus oils - this will really bring out the hidden orange flavour.
4. Garnish with orange peel and a Maraschino Cherry. To create your orange peel all you have to do is slice a small strip or the rind and lightly twist. For your Cherry a small slice in the middle will do and you can pop this on the edge of your glass.

Round Three: Saturday Night Entertaining? That calls for...

Cinnamon Whisky Sour

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Here's what you'll need:

• 60ml Fireball Cinnamon Whisky
• 30 ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 15ml simple syrup (or honey, or agave)
• 15ml Egg White
• Cinnamon sugar
• 1 Orange

Method:

1. Add 60 mls of Whisky, lemon juice, simple syrup and egg white to a shaker and dry-shake for 10 seconds without ice. The dry shaking will combine all of the ingredients nicely and create a really foamy texture for your cocktail.
2. Add ice to the same cup and shake again until well-chilled.
3. Pour into crystal glass that has been dipped in the sugar syrup and then rimmed with cinnamon sugar. This will give your cocktail a fancy look.
4. Top with Orange Peel. To create your orange peel all you have to do is slice a small strip or the rind and lightly twist.

Hot Toddy

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Here's what you'll need:

• ¾ cup water
• 40ml Dimple 12-Year-Old Blended Scotch Whisky
• 2 to 3 teaspoons honey, to taste
• 15ml lemon juice, to taste
• 1 lemon
• 1 cinnamon stick

Method:

1. Pour ¾ cup of hot water into a glass, a clear mug works best for this step as it gets hot and steamy.
2. Add the whisky, 2 teaspoons honey and 2 teaspoon lemon juice to the water. Adjust the honey and lemon to your desired sweetness and sourness.
3. Stir until the honey has disappeared into the hot water. This will ensure that all of the flavours are mixed together.
4. Taste, and add 1 teaspoon honey for more sweetness, and/or 1 teaspoon more lemon juice for more zing.
5. Garnish with a lemon round and cinnamon stick. For the lemon round all you need is a thin circular slice of lemon with a small cut on one half so that you may pop it on top of the glass mug.

If you want to get amongst the action then hop to your local Cellarbrations bottle shop, find something you like and get mixing.

Topics: Australia

Stewart Perrie

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