This National _____ Day thing is catching on, especially in the booze world. We just enjoyed National Tequila Day less than a week ago. Now, we’re expected to jump from Mexico to Scotland for this our National Scotch Day.
These themed days are your cue to get out there and make certain your stocked with quality Scotch. And, it’s our job to get you recipes to mess about moving forward.
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Rather than sit around on your backside all by yourself with just a Haggis and a cocktail, Johnnie Walker wants you to socialize with your Scotch. They sent me sample bottles of all their top vintages along with recipes for large batch cocktails. We’re passing them along to you here.
One-Two Punch Created by Jeff Bell
(This recipe yields 25 servings, to be enjoyed with friends.)
Ingredients:
- 1 750 ml Johnnie Walker Double Black
- 2 Whole Lemons (peeled)
- 1 Whole Ruby Red Grapefruit (peeled)
- ¾ Cup Granulated Sugar
- 3 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice
- 3 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
- 16 oz Water
- 16 oz Pilsner Beer
For the lemon grapefruit oleo-saccharum: 12 oz Granulated Sugar, 3 Lemons, 3 Grapefruits, 12 oz Hot Water
Oleo-Saccharum Preparation: Zest the entire peels of the lemons and grapefruits with a microplane. Mix thoroughly with granulated sugar and let sit for 1 hour in a nonreactive bowl. Add 12 oz boiling hot water, stir to dissolve all sugar. Fine strain to remove citrus zest.
Preparation: Combine Johnnie Walker Double Black, Pilsner beer, fresh lemon juice, fresh grapefruit juice and oleo-saccharum into a punch bowl.
Swizzle me this, Batman Created by Tobin Ludwig
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 oz Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve
- 1 1/2 oz Club Soda
- 1/2 oz Pineapple Syrup
- 1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice
- Dash of Drambuie
- 4 drops Smoked Saline Hella Bitters
- Pineapple Leaf for Garnish
How to make pineapple syrup: Using pure pineapple juice (nothing from concentrate), measure out a quantity of sugar equal to half of the pineapple juice you’re going to use. In a heavy-bottom sauce pan, bring pineapple juice to a simmer. Using a wooden spoon, skim the surface of the foam that rises and remove. When reduced by half, stir in sugar until dissolved and turn off heat.
How to make smoked saline: Combine 2 oz of smoked salt in a bowl with hot water until the salt is completely dissolved. The proportions should be 4:1 water to salt.
Preparation: In a highball glass, add pineapple syrup and lime juice. Add crushed ice ¾ up the glass.
Add Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve, club soda, smoked saline and 3-4 dashes of Hella Bitters 3.
Stir the cocktail well with a swizzle stick. Garnish with a long pineapple leaf, pointy side up.
