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How to make whisky cocktails for your dinner party

Hosting Tips
Author: The Bar Team
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Throwing a dinner party? Impress your guests with a smooth whisky cocktail. We've teamed up with Scotch extraordinaire Ervin Trykowski, to round up a few tips, tricks and great recipes designed to go down a splash.

Whether your guests are whisky connoisseurs, new to the spirit, or are just excited by new cocktails, these serves are sure to delight.

Whisky dinner party

Whisky cocktails to impress your guests - recommended by Ervin

Blackberry Whisky

INGREDIENTS

GARNISH

  • Blackberries

METHOD

  • Muddle blackberries into your glass.

  • Combine the remaining ingredients, shake everything with some ice, and serve over more ice in a rocks glass. 

Top tip: For those who don't love blackberries, substitute with your preferred berry.

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Blackberry whisky cocktail

The Sunrise Highball

INGREDIENTS

GARNISH

  • Orange slice

METHOD

  • Combine the whisky and soda in a highball glass and top with fresh OJ.

  • Garnish with an orange slice.

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Take the stress out of hosting

Batch ready-to-serve whisky cocktails before your guests arrive.

That way, the drinks are made, dinner will come later, and you can pour, sip, and spend more time catching up with your guests.

Ervin's Old Fashioned Batch

(14 Serves)

INGREDIENTS

  • 700ml bottle of whisky

  • 300ml simple syrup (1:1 ratio)

  • 12 dashes of orange bitters

  • 110ml water

GARNISH

  • Orange peel

METHOD

  • Using the funnel add the whisky, simple syrup, bitters and water to a clean 1 litre glass bottle. Seal the bottle and give it a gentle swirl to mix all the ingredients.

  • Keep in the fridge until ready to use.

  • When you're ready to serve, pour into tumbler(s), express an orange peel over each drink and then use the peel to garnish.

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Old Fashioned

“Make everything in advance, bottle it and take the work out of it so you can host. You don't need a cocktail shaker, but you do need a big bowl or an empty bottle that's big enough to hold your batch.”

Ervin Trykowski

Ervin

Our whisky recommendations

Bulleit Bourbon Frontier Whiskey, 70 Cl front
Bulleit
Bulleit Bourbon Frontier Whiskey, 70 Cl
70cl
·
£33.00
Singleton of Dufftown 12 Years Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 70 Cl front
Singleton
Singleton of Dufftown 12 Years Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 70 Cl
70cl
·
£28.50
£46.50
Singleton of Dufftown 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisk Front
Singleton
Singleton of Dufftown 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 70cl
70cl
·
£100.50
A bottle of Johnnie Walker Black Label Blended Scotch Whisky
Johnnie Walker
Johnnie Walker Black Label Blended Scotch Whisky
70cl
·
£23.50
£35.50
Johnnie Walker Red Label Blended Scotch Whisky, 70cl
Johnnie Walker
Johnnie Walker Red Label Blended Scotch Whisky
70cl
·
£26.50

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