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Celerity

(47,233 posts)
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 04:58 PM 7 hrs ago

Don't be afraid of mixing your single malt whisky -- try it in this cocktail

Blend your malt whisky with grapefruit for this unusual drink

https://www.themanual.com/food-and-drink/the-macallan-garden-of-legacy-cocktail/



While it’s common to find cheap and cheerful whisky cocktails, many enthusiasts of high-end single malts would say that these should only be drunk neat to appreciate their flavors fully. However, not everyone agrees, and the counter argument to that is that the very best spirits you own will make for the very best mixed drinks. Now, it’s true that it would be a shame to mix a great whisky with a cheap mixer like a low-quality ginger beer, and you wouldn’t want to cover up the nuances of the whisky by adding too many sweeteners or tons of ingredients.

But you can make interesting, complex drinks by blending a great whisky with just a few carefully chosen, simple ingredients. The Macallan is known not only for its great whiskies, but also for encouraging its drinkers to enjoy unusual whisky cocktails. And now the brand has shared a new cocktail, mixing one of its popular single malts with the sharp and distinctive flavor of pink grapefruit juice. At under $100, The Macallan Double Cask 12 Years Old is one of the brand’s more affordable offerings so it’s a great way to sample high-end single malt without having to drop a huge amount of cash. And you can use it to make this unusual cocktail as well.

The Macallan Garden of Legacy

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Don't be afraid of mixing your single malt whisky -- try it in this cocktail (Original Post) Celerity 7 hrs ago OP
It's not that I don't like using my single malts as a mixer. Aristus 7 hrs ago #1

Aristus

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1. It's not that I don't like using my single malts as a mixer.
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 05:05 PM
7 hrs ago

I just don’t like grapefruit juice. Bleh!

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