Whiskeys are celebrated around the globe with the same fervour and emotions. If it’s your birthday or your best friend’s bachelorette, whiskeys make for the best drinks. But, they also make for the best cocktail drinks due to their fruity tangy yet bitter taste.
In this article, we will discuss some best whiskeys like White Hennessy to mix up with a cocktail.
The Glass Slipper
Stir the first ingredients with ice to dilute and chill a little. Decorate the rim of the glass with Cajun salt and dash bitters & absinthe into the glass. Then pour your cocktail with ice cubes in it and you are good to chill.
Ingredients
1.25 oz Old Forester Rye
0.75 oz Palo Cortado Sherry
0.5 oz Ancho Reyes Ancho Chile Liqueur
0.25 oz Benedictine
1 dash absinthe
3 dashes of Peychaud’s bitters
Cajun seasoning salt for rim
Giro d’Italia
Take some mashed tomatoes & mint leaves and mix the other ingredients with ice. Strain into a fancy glass garnish with basil leaves.
Ingredients
2 oz Elijah Craig bourbon
0.75 oz fresh lemon juice
0.75 oz agave syrup
2 cherry tomatoes
5 fresh basil leaves
Monarch Manhattan
Mix all the ingredients mentioned below, gently together. Then strain the drink into your glass with some ice and you are good to taste the luxury.
Ingredients
2 parts Woodford Reserve Double Oaked
1 part Carpano Antica Formula Sweet Vermouth
3 dashes of Scrappy’s Chocolate Bitters
OTT Irish Coffee
Mix the below-discussed ingredients together, until it is thick and still pourable. After pouring into the glass, add float cream over the top layer and top it off by garnishing it with roasted marshmallows.
Ingredients
1.5 oz Knappogue Castle Irish Whiskey
0.25 oz rich Demerara syrup
5 oz hot coffee
A pinch of salt
3 cardamom pods
5-6 oz heavy cream
2 tbsp white sugar
Zest from an orange
2 dashes of orange bitters
The Golden Dram
The Golden Dram was created by Kara Anderson in Scotland. It needs to be served in a cocktail flute glass. Mix all the ingredients stated below and top it off with Prosecco.
Ingredients
0.75 oz Aberfeldy 12-year-old Scotch
1 sugar cube soaked in Angostura bitters
Martini Prosecco
Monkey Colada
You’ll need a blender for this. Mix the ingredients until it’s smooth and pour into your favourite glass. Garnish it with a pineapple wedge for added visuals.
Ingredients
2 oz Monkey Shoulder Scotch
2 oz Coco Lopez Coconut Cream
3 oz fresh pineapple juice
0.75 oz fresh lime juice
3 dashes of Angostura bitters
Splash of water
Pinch of salt
Smoked & Salted
Stir the ingredients gently with ice to chill and dilute. Strain the mix into a glass and garnish it with an orange wedge for an added tangy flavour.
Ingredients
2 oz Four Roses Bourbon
0.25 oz maple syrup
5 dashes of Crude Smoke & Salt Bitters
Casanova
Mix all the ingredients into a small mug and serve it with cinnamon lemon-infused hot water. It was created by Bret Esler in Texas.
Ingredients
1 oz Elijah Craig Small Batch bourbon
0.25 oz Licor 43
0.25 oz St. Elizabeth allspice Dram
0.25 oz fresh lemon juice
1 bar spoon PAMA Pomegranate liqueur
1 bar spoon Don Nuño Oloroso sherry
3 oz hot water
A Place In The Sun
Shake the ingredients together with ice to chill. Gently lay red wine cordial in the glass bottom and then strain the mix into the glass.
Ingredients
1 oz fresh lemon
1 oz fresh orange juice
2 oz Michter’s Rye
Red wine cordial*
Carthusian Sazerac
Dash a pinch of absinthe onto the glass corners and remove excess. Mix all the ingredients and strain them into the glass. Garnish it with a lemon wedge.
Ingredients
2.5 oz rye whiskey
0.25 oz green Chartreuse
0.5 oz simple syrup
Absinthe rinse
2 dashes of lemon bitters
Lemon twist
Conclusion
If you are not yet compelled to try out these mouth-watering and exquisite whiskeys-infused cocktails, then we doubt very little can. All you have to do is grab the ingredients and mix them according to the instructions and Voila! You have your perfect glass of whiskey-infused cocktail. Drop a comment below and share your personal favourite cocktail recipe.
