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Cocktails

Bourbon has been the backbone of a good coktail for a long time but despite being slower to find a footing, nowadays even Scotch is getting in on the act.

The articles below should offer a great starter for how to enjoy whisky of all sorts in mixed drinks.

Whisky cocktail ideas to try this spring 

Whisky is a spirit often associated with leather armchairs, warm firesides and cold weather. While it’s a great drink to cosy up with, it’s also well suited to those longer, balmier nights. So in the spirit of lighter nights and…

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Beyond the bottle: Seven tips for serving more sustainable whisky

At home or behind the bar, here are seven tips for serving your whisky more sustainably

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Highballs, highballs, highballs!

Ervin slides a highball over the bar to Emma

Here are five things we learned about the drink of the moment at the World Whisky Weekender session with Johnnie Walker Master Blender Emma Walker

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Sunrise Highball – The Signature World Whisky Day 2021 Cocktail

Sunrise Highball cocktail

Join us on on Friday at 7:45 BST as Ervin Trykowski will make this live as part of our #WorldWhiskyWeekender celebrations. Ingredients 50ml JW Black Label 50ml  Fresh Pressed OJ 150ml Blood Orange Soda (Fever Tree) Orange Slice to garnish…

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A beginner’s guide to whisky cocktails – seven easy lockdown serves to start

Shaking a cocktail

World Whisky Day asked seven experts from around the world to recommend one simple serve to convince the whisky sceptic that it’s time to see what they’ve been missing.

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The Highball – The World Whisky Day 2019 Cocktail

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World Whisky Day founder, Blair Bowman, reveals the official World Whisky Day cocktail for 2019

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Smoky Ol’ Tom – A World Whisky Day 2018 Cocktail

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Iain Forteath, Global Brand Ambassador for Angus Dundee Distillers, has created a bespoke cocktail using Tomintoul 10 Single Malt Scotch Whisky for World Whisky Day 2018.

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Four cocktails to make you fall in love with peated whisky

Peated whisky can seem like a difficult beast to tame, especially when it comes to mixing. In less-than-deft hands the smokiness can prove overpowering, masking other flavours.

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Four cocktails to make you fall in love with Scotch

Scotch is seen as the most sacred of the whisky family, and people can get pretty protective over what you do with it. Contrary to popular belief, Scotch cocktails are not a waste a of good whisky, but an opportunity…

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Six bitters and the whisky cocktails you can make with them

Collection of cocktail bitters

Give your whisky cocktails a bitter twist as we prescribe six of the very best bitters for your home bar, and recommend a serve for each.

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