Trevor's Burns Night Tipple

A Burns Night Tipple

To honour and celebrate the life and poetry of the Scottish poet Robert Burns, lets raise a glass of hearty and classic whisky scotch. Better yet, try a Scottish concoction of these cocktail recipes for something different.

Whisky Sour

An overwhelming popular choice, requiring a bit more in your cupboards to whisk up, but how worth it it will be.

Ingredients:

50ml bourbon
35ml lemon juice
12½ml 2:1 sugar syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters
½ fresh egg white
ice
50p-sized piece of lemon zest
Garnish with slice of orange and a cherry on a stick

    Method:

    Shake all of the ingredients (except for the lemon zest) hard with ice and strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Squeeze the lemon zest, shiny side down over the drink so the scented oils spray across the surface. Discard the zest, add the garnish and serve.

    Taken from BBC Good Food - where you will find a variety of cocktail recipes if you are feeling adventurous. 

    Scottish Marmalade

    What could be better at this time of year than a warming cocktail with the added seasonal and fruity flavour of marmalade.

    Ingredients:

    50ml Whisky
    20ml lemon juice
    15ml white port/ruby port
    5ml simple syrup
    15ml orange marmalade
      Method:

      Place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker, including the marmalade. Shake hard and strain into a whisky tumbler filled with cubed ice. Garnish with thin strips of orange zest similar to the ones found in marmalade.
      Why not try Glenlivit Whisky - with their 15 year old's rounded character that has hints of candied peel, where I found this great recipe.

      Whisky Mac

      As a winter warmer, the Whisky Mac his a simple and classic choice. It's a mix of whisky and ginger wine. The whisky should be a Scotch whisky, usually a blended type and the ginger wine should be a green ginger wine.

      Ingredients:

      45ml Johnnie Walker Black Label whisky
      35ml Stone's Green Ginger Wine 
        Method:

        Stir the ingredients with ice in an Old Fashioned glass. Garnish with a piece of candied ginger.
        To discover the history of the Whisky Mac head over to the Nosey Chef.

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