Whiskey Cocktails, page 2
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Honey Sour
A Honey Sour is a Whiskey Sour sweetened with honey: 60ml bourbon, 25ml fresh lemon juice and 15ml honey syrup mixed at two parts honey to one of warm water, shaken hard and
Hot Spiced Cider
Hot Spiced Cider for eight is 1.2 litres of cloudy apple juice warmed for 20 minutes, never boiled, with two cinnamon sticks, six cloves, two star anise, a few strips of orange
Hot Toddy
A Hot Toddy is 60ml Scotch, 15ml honey syrup, 15ml fresh lemon juice and 120ml water just off the boil. Stir the honey syrup, lemon and water in a warmed mug, add the whisky last,
Hot Toffee Apple
A Hot Toffee Apple is 50ml of bourbon and 15ml of caramel syrup in a heatproof mug, topped with 150ml of cloudy apple juice warmed until it steams and never boiled, then stirred
Hunter
A Hunter is 60ml rye whiskey and 30ml cherry brandy, stirred over one large cube in a rocks glass for 15 to 20 seconds, with a cocktail cherry if you want one. About 3.1 UK units,
Improved Whiskey Cocktail
An Improved Whiskey Cocktail is 60ml of rye whiskey with 5ml of maraschino liqueur, 2.5ml of absinthe, 10ml of demerara syrup and two dashes of Angostura bitters, stirred over ice
Irish Coffee
An Irish Coffee is 50ml of Irish whiskey and a teaspoon of demerara sugar stirred into 120ml of hot filter coffee in a warmed glass, with 50ml of cream whipped to the texture of
Irish Maid
An Irish Maid is 50ml of Irish whiskey, 25ml of elderflower liqueur and 25ml of fresh lemon juice, shaken hard with four slices of pressed cucumber and double strained over fresh
Jack’s Godfather Highball
Jack’s Godfather Highball is 30ml of Tennessee whiskey and 20ml of amaretto in an ice-filled highball glass, topped with 75ml of cola, stirred once and finished with a squeezed
La Louisiane
La Louisiane is 30ml each of rye whiskey, sweet vermouth and Bénédictine, with two dashes of absinthe and three of Peychaud’s bitters, stirred for 20 to 30 seconds and strained
Left Hand
A Left Hand is 45ml of bourbon, 22.5ml of Campari, 22.5ml of sweet vermouth and three dashes of chocolate bitters, stirred over ice for 20 to 30 seconds and strained into a
Lynchburg Lemonade
A Lynchburg Lemonade is 40ml Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey, 20ml triple sec and 20ml fresh lemon juice, stirred over ice in a tall collins and lengthened with 90ml sparkling
Manhattan
A Manhattan is 50ml of rye whiskey, 20ml of sweet vermouth and a dash of Angostura bitters, stirred over ice for 20 to 30 seconds and strained into a chilled coupe, with a
Maple Old Fashioned
A Maple Old Fashioned is 60ml of bourbon, 10ml of dark maple syrup and two dashes of Angostura bitters, stirred with ice for 20 to 30 seconds and strained over one large cube in a
Mint Julep
A Mint Julep is 60ml of bourbon, the leaves of four mint sprigs, one teaspoon of powdered sugar and two teaspoons of water. Stir the sugar into the water, press the mint gently
Mizuwari
A Mizuwari is 45ml Japanese whisky and 90ml cold still water in a glass packed with ice: whisky first, stirred to chill it, then the water, stirred again. The name means cut with
Monte Carlo
A Monte Carlo is 60ml of rye whiskey, 15ml of Bénédictine and two dashes of Angostura bitters, stirred over ice for 20 to 30 seconds and strained over one large cube in a rocks
Morning Glory Fizz
A Morning Glory Fizz is 60ml of unpeated Scotch, 15ml of fresh lemon juice, 10ml of fresh lime juice, 20ml of simple syrup, one egg white and two dashes of absinthe, dry shaken
New York Sour
A New York Sour is 60ml of rye whiskey, 30ml of fresh lemon juice, 22.5ml of sugar syrup and a few drops of egg white, shaken and strained over fresh ice in a rocks glass, with
Old Fashioned
An Old Fashioned is 45ml of bourbon, one sugar cube, two dashes of Angostura bitters and a few dashes of water. The sugar and bitters are muddled in a rocks glass until the cube
Old Pal
An Old Pal is 45ml rye whiskey, 22.5ml Campari and 22.5ml dry vermouth, stirred over ice for 20 to 30 seconds and strained into a chilled Nick and Nora glass, and finished with a
Paper Plane
A Paper Plane is 30ml each of bourbon, Aperol, Amaro Nonino and fresh lemon juice, shaken hard and double strained into a chilled coupe. Four equal parts, which is the IBA
Penicillin
A Penicillin is 60ml blended Scotch, 22.5ml honey syrup, 22.5ml fresh lemon juice and two or three thin slices of fresh ginger, shaken hard and double strained over one large
Pickleback
A Pickleback is two shots taken one after the other: 25ml of whiskey, then straight away 25ml of cold dill pickle brine. The brine’s salt and sourness take over the palate, so the