Whisky-based cocktails

When you want to go to a bar and order a cocktail, but don't know how to choose, Bartender will usually come to guide you to pick the right cocktail , such as what flavour you like, and what kind of base liquor you like. In the Bartender's brain, the cocktail menu is constantly being filtered according to your choices.

The base, the skeleton of a cocktail, is the main component. The simple combination formula that cocktails break down into is:

Base Spirit + Flavour + Mixing Technique

Whisky, as one of the world's top six spirits, has a very large number of classic cocktail recipes, such as the simplest yet very popular Whisky Highball, Whisky Sour, Classical, and Manhattan, all of which are classic cocktails made with whisky as the base spirit. Today, we continue to bring you classic whisky cocktail recipes and take you closer to the stories behind them.

Penicillin

Penicillin, a classic cocktail, is not as well known as the first four, and the name 'Penicillin' makes it sound less than savoury. ...... But if you're a fan of peaty whisky, this is the remedy for you!

Penicillin is an evolution of Whisky Sour, a sweet and sour base of peaty Scotch whisky with a mysterious 'ginger' flavour (yes, that ginger), making it a very provocative drink.

But this is a difficult mixer, a careless choice of wine, poor technique is very easy to tragedy, people who have not drunk it is recommended to find a trustworthy bar, ask your bartender to help you make a cup first, try the taste before you start the challenge!

Recipe：

1)60ml Scotch Peated Whisky

2)21ml Fresh Lemon juice

3)4 ml Honey water (honey and water 3:1)

4)12 ml Ginger syrup (4 parts ginger plus 3 parts caster sugar)

Directions:

Use the shaking method, strain the ice and pour into a glass, finish with 8ml of peated whisky (remember to pour last).

Boulevardier

The origins of the Boulevardier cocktail related to Prohibition of Wine, during which a flood of American bartenders uprooted themselves to the European continent, and Harry MacElhone, the creator of this classic cocktail, was one of that flood.

The Playboy cocktail was created by Boulevardier for his guest Erskine Gwynne, who was not only a writer, but also a socialite, one of the most prestigious celebrities in Paris in the 1920's, and the founder of Boulevardie magazine.

Recipe

Bourbon whisky 30ml

Campari bitters 30ml

French Sweet Mace (Red) 30ml

Direction:

1. Chill martini glass.

2. Add all ingredients and ice to the mixing glass and stir well.

3. Strain the ice and pour the drink into a chilled martini glass.

Irish Car Bomb

The Irish Car Bomb originated in Connecticut, USA in 1979 and was invented by a bartender named Charles Burke Cronin Oat.

The ingredients that make it up are very simple and can be obtained by simply pouring a shot glass full of Bailey's Irish Cream and Irish Whiskey and tossing it into a Guinness stout.

The mingling of spirits and beer causes a small explosion inside the glass, hence the name Irish Car Bomb.

Others call it the Irish Bomber, because everyone who drinks it that night can't remember why they have a swollen nose the next day.

The sweetness, and strong finish was a ghostly innovation at the time.

That's why it was so popular with Americans upon its introduction, with thousands of people drinking it, and it even became the most popular seasonal drink on the streets of America.

Recipe

Irish whisky 15ml

Milk wine 15ml

Half bottle of Guinness Stout

Direction:

1. Chill the beer glass

2. Add a fifth of stout to a chilled beer glass.

3. Add milk wine and whisky to each of the spirit glasses.

4. Put the spirit glass into the beer glass

King's Valley

The actual inventor of the King's Valley is Kazuo Ueda, the "father of cocktails" in Japan.

In 1986, Kazuo Ueda won the first Scotch Whisky Cocktail Competition with "King's Valley". The name "King's Valley" was probably given to him to cater for the sponsors of Scotch whisky.

The cocktail was later featured in his books "Kazuo Ueda's Cocktail Techniques" and "Cocktail Notes". These two best-selling books not only helped to popularise the cocktail culture in Japan, but also gave Kazuo Ueda an unprecedented reputation, indirectly influencing many Japanese bartenders in later generations.

The Valley of the Kings is usually emerald in colour. It's not that it's magic, it's just that the ingredients are fused together to change the basic colour.

Most accounts tend to suggest that the amber Scotch and the blue-orange were shaken together to create a bright emerald. Kazuo Ueda is sometimes referred to as a "colour magician", and rightly so.

It's easy to see from the recipe that 'King's Valley' is just a unique colour, but it's essentially a distorted sour. It's just a sour + sugar + spirit with a little blue-orange added to it.

Recipe

Scotch blended whisky60 ml

Cointreau 15 ml

Freshly squeezed lime juice 15 ml

Blue citrus liqueur 1 tsp

Direction:

1. Chill martini glass.

2. Add all ingredients and ice to a shaker and shake well.

3. Strain out the ice and pour the drink into a chilled martini glass.

Suggested garnish: lemon peel

Milk Punch

The origin of Punch can be traced back to the early 17th century during the era of the great voyages, most probably originated from the sailors' drinking pleasure after landing, a concept of stirring and drinking together. Therefore, the type of alcohol used in the base of the party drink is almost the same as that popular among the men at sea at that time, of which brandy and rum can be said to be the most common.

The bourbon version is a popular recipe for festivals in New Orleans, while Dr Cocktail recommends brandy.

Roughly speaking, it's an eggnog with the addition of eggs, and the base can be changed according to preference. In addition to the six base spirits, there are many sweet and savoury wines that are good choices for the base of a cocktail. Flavourings, on the other hand, mostly refer to various spices, including cocoa powder and even matcha powder, which are used to decorate the top of the liquid. Sweeteners are not only sugar or syrups, but also flavoured styles and liqueurs.

Just like the popularity and accessibility of "milk wine", this drink is also the same. In terms of mixing, mixing well and controlling the water content are the two most important points. It is recommended to use large rock-shaped ice cubes for shaking, and depending on the strength of your own shaking, you can decide whether or not you want to Dry Shake first (shaking and blending without ice). The purpose of this is to improve the homogeneity of the blend and to create a very dense milk froth for a better taste.

A small amount of dark (aged) rum in the recipe is a great finishing touch, as most rums have a caramel or vanilla flavour, which creates a better link between the flavours of the ingredients and a more pleasant taste. If you use the recipe at the beginning of this article, you don't have to be too strict about the amount of rum you use, just add a little as you feel it.

In Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails, the recipe also uses vanilla extract for flavour, but fresh vanilla pods are highly recommended. Cut off about two to three centimetres of the pod, cut it in half, scrape up the black vanilla seeds in the middle, and shake to give the drink an attractive vanilla flavour!

Recipe

Bourbon whisky 60ml

Milk 60ml

Syrup 15ml

Aged Rum 0.5tsp

Direction:

1. Chill sherbet glass.

2. Add all ingredients and ice to a shaker and shake well.

3. Pour into a chilled coupe glass and add ice cubes.

Suggested garnish: cardamom powder

Deshler

This drink actually tastes like a non-spicy Manhattan, only with red vermouth replaced with Dubonnet, and even the citrus isn't really a breakthrough, because it's very common to add Curacao citrus and maraschino black cherry to Manhattan concoctions from all eras and regions, so the fun in the concocting part of the drink is to try it out with different kinds of whisky, including rye, bourbon, and Canadian whisky, which also contains rye, but is much lighter.These include rye whiskey, bourbon, and Canadian whiskey, which also contains rye but is much lighter.

Recipe:

Rye Whisky 45ml

Doppelbock 30ml

Cointreau Orange 7.5ml

Peychaud's Aromatic Bitters 2dash

Direction:

1. Chill martini glass.

2. Add all ingredients and ice to the mixing glass and stir well.

3. Strain the ice and pour the drink into a chilled martini glass.

Suggested garnish: orange peel roll

Whisper

Recipe

Scotch blended whisky 25ml

Italian Unsweetened Vermouth 25ml

Italian sweet Vermouth 25ml

Direction:

1. Chill martini glass.

2. Add all ingredients and ice to the mixing glass and stir well.

3. Strain the ice and pour the drink into a chilled martini glass.

How about it? Is it tempting to wet your throat with a whisky cocktail?

Mix one at home on the weekend and enjoy the fascinating flavour of whisky in a mixer!

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