Seasonal Sips
Jul 10, 2018
Dark spirits like whiskies, rum and Cognac are the order of the day in winter, as the time spent mellowing in oak barrels imbues the spirit with smooth, complex and spicy characters which lay a solid foundation to a good winter cocktail.
Smoky Tea Old Fashioned
Glass: Old Fashioned glass
Ingredients:
45ml Lagavulin 16 Year Old Scotch Whisky
15ml Heering Cherry liqueur
30ml Lapsang souchong tea
1 x Dash Aromatic bitters
1 x Sugar cube
Method: Place sugar cube and bitters in the bottom of a mixing glass and muddle with a spoon. Add remaining ingredients and stir with ice.
Strain into an Old Fashioned glass with a large ice sphere or ice cubes
Garnish: Maraschino cherries
Antipodes Flip
Glass: Short cocktail glass
Ingredients:
45ml Bundaberg Master Distillers Blenders Edition Rum
15ml MONIN Spicy Mango syrup
1 x Egg white and yolk
1 x Pinch sea salt
Method: Shake vigorously with ice and strain into a short cocktail glass
Garnish: Sliver of dried mango and grated nutmeg
Hot Buttered Scotch
Glass: Short stemmed glass
Ingredients:
45ml Johnnie Walker Green Label Whisky
10ml MONIN Salted Caramel syrup
90ml Hot water
1 x Knob Salted butter
½ x Tsp. Herbie’s fragrant sweet spice
Method: Stir together in a short-stemmed glass
Garnish: Serve with shortbread biscuits
Ginger Meggs
Glass: Tall glass
Ingredients:
45ml The Singleton Whisky
10ml Triple sec
20ml Fresh lemon juice
10ml MONIN Gingerbread syrup
60ml Ginger beer
Method: Add ingredients to tall glass and filled with ice
Garnish: Fresh mint sprig and lemon wedge
The Winter Warmer
Glass: Balloon glass
Ingredients:
30ml Talisker Storm Single Malt Whisky
15ml Esprit de Figues liqueur
90ml Mulled wine*
Method: Combine ingredients in a mixing glass and pour into a balloon glass
Garnish: Star anise
*How To Make Mulled Wine
Pour one bottle of red wine into a saucepan. Add 100gm caster sugar, juice of one orange, one split vanilla pod,
one cinnamon quill, two-star anise, four cardamom pods. Slowly bring to a simmer and then turn off the heat and let cool
Cinnamon Pear Sour
Glass: Coupette glass
Ingredients:
60ml Woodford Reserve Rye Whiskey
15ml Fresh lemon juice
30ml Pear juice or puree
10ml MONIN Cinnamon syrup
10ml Egg white
Method: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a coupette glass
Garnish: Cinnamon quill
Penicillin
Glass: Old Fashioned glass
Ingredients:
45ml Johnnie Walker Gold Label Whiksy
15ml Lagavulin 16 Year Old Scotch Whisky
30ml Fresh lemon juice
15ml MONIN Lemon Ginger & Honey syrup
Method: Shake with ice and strain into an Old Fashioned glass filled with ice. Float the Lagavulin on top
Garnish: Candied ginger
TIP: Wondering what float means? This is when you slowly pour liquid over the back of the spoon and on top of the drink
Rum & Raisin Espresso Martini
Glass: Martini glass
Ingredients:
30ml Ron Zacapa XO
30ml Pedro Ximenez sherry
30ml Cold drip coffee
Method: Shake well with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass
Garnish: Skewered raisins
Honey Ginger Toddy
Glass: Ceramic cup
Ingredients:
45ml Johnnie Walker Gold Label Whisky
15ml MONIN Lemon Ginger & Honey syrup
10ml Fresh lemon juice
90ml Hot water
Method: Add ingredients to a ceramic cup
Garnish: Slice of ginger root and ginger snap biscuits
Winter Solstice
Glass: Old Fashioned glass
Ingredients:
40ml Highland Park 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky
20ml Sloe Gin
10ml Jägermeister
1 x Dash of orange bitters
Method: Stir down in a crystal glass and strain over a large ice cube in an Old Fashioned glass
Garnish: Orange peel twist
