You’re missing out on a lot if you don’t take your bottle of scotch out from your cabinet as the months get hotter. Scotch is a versatile drink that you can experiment with all year round; even the Scots agree. With its smoky and peaty flavours, the trick lies in pairing scotch with the right summery ingredients that can lead to delicious combinations.
How can you start your summer scotch experiment? Go for a classic scotch highball. These cocktails have a few defining ingredients — scotch whisky, ice, soda and the highball glass. The ice adds a cooling touch while waking up the subtler flavours, giving you a more flavourful drink. The soda, meanwhile, helps stimulate your taste buds. The highball glass — which lends the cocktail its name — is a tall, narrow-mouthed glass which is great for preserving the fizz from the soda. Here is a summer-friendly scotch highball recipe to help you get started.
What you need:
- Highball glass
- Scotch whisky
- Ice cubes
- Fresh-cut orange wheel
Instructions:
Take a highball glass and pour 60ml of scotch whisky in it. Fill halfway with soda water. Fill to the top with ice cubes and garnish with a fresh-cut orange wheel. Your refreshing summer scotch highball is ready.
The most important part of mixing a highball is the choice of liquor. Go for a light-bodied blended scotch like Chivas Regal 12, which is a blend of the finest malt and grain whiskies, aged for a minimum of 12 years. Rich and smooth, it leaves behind a lingering taste of honey and ripe pears, with vanilla, hazelnut and butterscotch notes. With Rob Roy, Morning Glory Fizz, Old Fashioned and many more drinks to choose from, it’s time you made scotch a part of your summer pick-me-up cabinet.
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