Vrutika Shah

February 24 is celebrated as World Bartender Day around the world. While it may be good idea to visit your favourite waterhole and raise a toast to the person who knows your poison better than you, we have another way to celebrate the day in mind.

How about taking this occasion to encourage the mixologist within you and turning bartendar for your family and friends? We’ve got five whisky cocktail recipes that promise to pack a punch and elevate your soirees. So, give your regular chasers and mixers a break and bring home the ‘cocktail hours’.

5 Whisky Cocktail Recipes To Try At Home

1. Coral Smoke

Ingredients

• 60ml Grant’s TripleWood Whisky
• 30ml Grenadine Syrup
• 15ml Lemon Juice
• 5-6 Curry Leaves, slightly torched

Method:

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, whisky, grenadine syrup, lemon juice and shake well.
2. Pour over ice in a whisky glass.
3. Garnish with 3-4 sprigs of torched curry leaves.

2. Boulevardier

Ingredients

• 45ml Monkey Shoulder Whisky
• 30ml Sweet vermouth
• 30ml Campari
• Orange Zest

Method:

1. Add 45ml of whisky, sweet vermouth and Campari to a mixing glass.
2. Add cold, dry ice and stir.
3. Once dilution is reached, strain into a glass.
4. Garnish with orange zest.

3. Show Me The Money

Ingredients

• 50ml Monkey Shoulder Whisky
• 20ml Drambuie
• 80ml Pressed Apple Juice
• 6–8 Fresh Mint Leaves
• Orange Slice

Method:

1. Shake 50ml of whisky, Drambuie, apple juice and mint leaves together.
2. Strain into a tall ice-filled glass.
3. Garnish with the orange slice and mint leaves.

4. Peach Affair

Ingredients

• 60ml Grant’s TripleWood
• 1/2 bar spoons of Grenadine Syrup
• 30ml Lemon Juice
• 30ml Peach Syrup
• 2-3 dashes of Angostura Bitters
• Star Anise

Method:

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, whisky, lemon juice, peach syrup and shake well.
2. Double strain into a whisky glass over ice.
3. Pour grenadine syrup and let it settle at the bottom of the glass.
4. Add 2-3 dashes with Angostura Bitters.
5. Garnish with a star anise.

5. Espresso Martini

Ingredients

• 40ml Monkey Shoulder Whisky
• 30ml Espresso
• Dash of Sugar Syrup
• 3 Coffee Beans

Method:

1. Add 40ml of whisky, espresso and sugar syrup to a cocktail shaker.
2. Shake very hard.
3. Strain into a martini glass.
4. Garnish with three coffee beans.