WHISKEY CHAI
Ingredients
Serves 4
2 cinnamon sticks, broken into smallish pieces
15 whole black peppercorns
12 whole cloves
seeds from 6 cardamom pods
¾ tsp (4 ml) ground ginger
1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg
3 cups (750 ml) whole milk
3 tbsp (45 ml) dark brown sugar
½ tbsp (22 ml) loose black tea, or 3 teabags
ƒ cup (75 ml) Irish whiskey
Instructions
- Combine all spices in a spice grinder or mortar and pestle. Grind mixture to a fine powder.
- In a medium saucepan, combine spices, milk, sugar and tea. Bring to a low boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes. Strain into a pitcher, discarding solids. Rinse out saucepan and pour chai back in. Stir in whiskey. Slowly warm over low to medium heat until just steaming. Divide between 4 mugs, top with a grating of nutmeg and serve immediately.
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Classic Daiquiri
Ingredients
Serves 1
Classically a neat cocktail, the Daiquiri can be blended with fruit; or add mint and soda water for a Mojito.
¾ oz (22 ml) fresh lime juice
1½ tsp (7 ml) superfine sugar
1½ oz (45 ml) Bacardi Superior Rum
lime peel or wheel, for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, combine lime juice and sugar and stir to dissolve. Add rum and cubed ice then shake vigorously. Strain neat into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with a lime peel or wheel.
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Negroni
Ingredients
Serves 1
Legend tells that Count Camillo Negroni asked his friend, bartender Forsco Scarselli, to strengthen his favourite cocktail – the Americano – by replacing the soda water with gin.
1 oz (30 ml) Bombay Sapphire Gin
1 oz (30 ml) Cinzano Rosso Sweet Vermouth
1 oz (30 ml) Campari
orange peel or wheel, for garnish
Instructions
- In a mixing glass with cubed ice, combine gin, vermouth and Campari. Stir for approximately 30 seconds to both chill and dilute. Strain into a rocks glass over new ice and garnish with an orange peel or wheel.
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Rob Roy (Scotch Manhattan)
Ingredients
Serves 1
The Manhattan is classically made with rye whisky, but any whisky will work.
2 oz (60 ml) Famous Grouse Scotch
1 oz (30 ml) Cinzano Rosso Sweet Vermouth
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
cherry, for garnish
Instructions
- In a mixing glass with cubed ice, combine ingredients. Stir for about 30 seconds to chill and dilute. Strain neat into a chilled martini glass or coupe, and garnish with a cherry.
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Fresh Raspberry and Prosecco Lemonade
Ingredients
Serves 6 to 8
16 oz (500 g) fresh raspberries
½ cup (125 ml) granulated sugar
finely grated zest of 1 lemon
¾ cup (175 ml) fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup (75 ml) Limoncello
1 bottle (750 ml) Prosecco, well chilled
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine raspberries and sugar. Crush berries with the back of a spoon until mostly liquid, stir, then allow to sit for 15 minutes to dissolve sugar. Using a spatula, force berries through a fine mesh sieve into a small bowl, pressing hard to release as much juice as possible. Discard seeds. Transfer raspberry purée to a large glass pitcher, add lemon zest and juice and limoncello and stir to combine. Top with chilled Prosecco, stir well and serve in chilled glasses over ice.
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Mocha Mudslide
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Absolut Vanilia Vodka
1½ oz (45 ml) Baileys Irish Cream
1 cup (250 ml) chocolate ice cream (about 2 scoops)
4 to 5 cold brew coffee ice cubes
1 pinch sea salt
chocolate syrup, whipped cream and chocolate shavings, for garnish
Instructions
- In a blender, combine vodka, Baileys, ice cream, coffee ice cubes and salt. Blend until smooth. Right before serving, drizzle chocolate syrup into sides and bottom of a milkshake or other tall glass, then pour blender contents in. Garnish with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.
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Cold Shoulder
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Malibu coconut liqueur
1 cup (250 ml) passion fruit sorbet (about 2 scoops)
½ oz (15 ml) fresh lemon juice, strained
1 oz (30 ml) simple syrup (1:1 ratio of sugar dissolved in boiling water. Allow to cool before using).
5 to 6 ice cubes
mint sprig, for garnish
Instructions
- In a blender, combine Malibu, passion fruit sorbet, lemon juice, simple syrup and ice. Blend until smooth. Pour into a pilsner or other tall glass and garnish with fresh mint.
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Bermuda Storm
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Goslings Black Seal Rum, divided
1 oz (30 ml) Giffard Ginger of the Indies
1½ tsp (7 ml) peeled, freshly grated ginger
1 oz (30 ml) fresh lime juice, strained
1 oz (30 ml) simple syrup (1:1 ratio of sugar dissolved in boiling water. Allow to cool before using).
5 to 6 ice cubes
lime wedges or fresh mint, for garnish
Instructions
- In a blender, combine 1 oz (30 ml) rum, ginger liqueur, fresh ginger, lime juice, simple syrup and ice. Blend until smooth. Pour into a hurricane or other tall glass, top with remaining 1 oz (30 ml) rum and garnish with lime wedges or fresh mint.
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Johnny Mcintosh
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Jack Daniel's - Gentleman Jack Rare Tennessee (alternatively, try using Forty Creek Copper Pot Reserve for a slightly richer and spicier profile)
¼ oz (7 ml) lemon juice
¼ oz (7 ml) simple syrup (1:1 ratio of sugar dissolved in boiling water. Allow to cool before using)
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
3 oz (90 ml) sparkling apple juice fresh apple slices, for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker with cubed ice, combine whisky, lemon juice, simple syrup and bitters. Shake gently and strain into a Collins glass over fresh ice cubes. Top with sparkling apple juice and garnish with fresh apple slices.
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Maple-Allspice Whisky Sour
Ingredients
Serves 1
1 medium egg white
1½ oz (45 ml) JP Wiser’s Deluxe Whisky*
¾ oz (22 ml) fresh lemon juice, strained
½ oz (15 ml) maple syrup, or to taste
1 pinch ground allspice, plus more for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients. Shake without ice to emulsify, then add ice cubes, shake vigorously and fine strain into a coupe glass. Sprinkle ground allspice over surface to garnish.