Lately, cocktails are very popular, especially among those who don’t really like to drink pure alcohol. Of course, there are also non-alcoholic cocktails, which are also very tasty and unusual. This article will discuss how to make cocktails with whiskey. But before recipes are given, you need to get to know whiskey more closely and find out why this particular alcoholic drink is used to make cocktails.
A few words about this alcohol
Whiskey is an alcoholic beverage, the strength of which is at least 40C. It is generally accepted that Scotland is his homeland, although Ireland still defends her right to be the progenitor. It is prepared from barley, which is first germinated and fumigated with peat smoke, and then fermented. Next is the distillation process, which includes a double installation, due to which the alcoholic drink also gets a large fortress, up to 70 C. This is not the end of the work, since the finished real whiskey can only be tasted after a few years. During this period, and it can last from 3 to 20 years, when the product will be aged in oak barrels, in which Spanish sherry (bourbon) was previously stored . Whiskey made from barley is called "malt", but there is also grain. For its preparation use wheat (somewhere around 50%), as well as barley or corn.
Whiskey based cocktails
In itself, this type of alcohol does not taste good, so not everyone can drink it. But whiskey cocktails are another matter. And it’s nice to drink, and alcohol is almost not felt. True, there are products with which this alcoholic beverage cannot be mixed. For example, a whiskey cocktail with cola is not recommended to be prepared because the latter completely kills the taste of alcohol, due to which the cocktail becomes tasteless. But drinking this alcohol with apple juice is considered the most delicious. It is not recommended to add even ice to cocktails with whiskey; it also dulls the taste sensations.
Today, there are so many cocktail recipes based on this alcoholic drink that trying them all is not so simple. True, there is no great need for this, it is enough to be able to cook at home at least one cocktail that you like best.
Whiskey cocktails, recipes
- You will need: 20 ml of whiskey, 1 dessert spoon of sugar, 1 yolk, champagne. Beat whiskey, sugar and yolk in a blender. Pour the mixture into a glass, in which you can also add a little champagne.
- You will need: 40 ml of whiskey, 2-3 drops of Angostura, 20 ml of red vermouth, cocktail cherry and a few ice cubes. Shake all components vigorously in a shaker, pour into a glass, put a cherry on top.
- You will need: 50 ml of whiskey, 2 tsp of sugar syrup, 20 ml of lemon juice, 1 egg white. Mix in a shaker with a little grated ice, pour into a cocktail glass.
- You will need: 25 ml of Bourbon whiskey and Grand Carrie liqueur, Carrie seasoning on the tip of a knife. Put seasoning on the bottom of a small glass. Pour whiskey first and then liquor.
- Needed: 90 ml of whiskey, 30 ml of vermouth dry, 15 ml of cherry liquor. Mix the ingredients with ice in a shaker, strain into a glass.
- Required: 150 ml Scotch whiskey, 1 tsp granulated sugar, 200 ml milk. Stir sugar in milk, add whiskey. Pour into glasses.
- You will need: 30 ml of Irish whiskey, 10 ml of lemon juice and lemon syrup, 1 egg white, to decorate 1 cup of lemon. Pour all the ingredients into a shaker, shake well and pour into cocktail glasses.
- You will need: 30 ml of whiskey, 10 ml of lemon juice, 20 ml of honey liquor. Pour all the ingredients into a shaker, beat well and pour into glasses.
- Required: 50 ml of whiskey, 150 ml of apple juice, 200 g of ice. Pour all the ingredients into a shaker and shake well. Pour the contents into a cocktail glass, garnish with a slice of a green apple with cinnamon.