Fancy Whiskey Cocktail

It's a Whiskey cocktail, but it's... fancy. This is a pretty basic cocktail with some bits and pieces added to make it a bit fancier. Try this as a way to try whiskey in a different way.

The recipe suggests a Blended Scotch Whiskey, but feel free to try it with any Scotch Whiskey really. You may find a new way to enjoy one of your favourites.

Other than that, there's not a lot to say about this drink. There's obviously elements of the standard Old Fashioned in there, but it's expanded by the addition of the Triple Sec, adding orange flavours, which tend to go well with Whiskey.

Have fun.

Total Time 3

Servings 1 cocktail

Ingredients

60 mL Blended Scotch Whiskey any Whiskey works really.
15 mL Triple Sec
1/2 tsp Super fine sugar
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Garnish with orange or lemon trist (optional)

Instructions

Shake Whiskey, Triple Sec, Sugar, and Bitters with plenty of ice until the drink is cold.
Strain into a Coupe glass.
Add garnish and drink.

Notes

As with pretty much any cocktail, the quality of your drink is only going to be as strong as your ingredients. You may be tempted to use a cheap Blended Whiskey here, thinking it will be disguised by the addition of Triple Sec and sweetened up a bit, but that won't do at all. You want the Whiskey to shine through in this drink!

And with that in mind, try a few different Whiskeys to see how they stack up against each other. Scotch Whiskey on its own can be very good of course, but can also be enhanced with other ingredients. This is what this cocktail is trying to do.

Our Review of the Fancy Whiskey Cocktail

I like Scotch Whiskey. I actually pretty much like everything, so I was excited to try this cocktail.

Some may think that Scotch, blended or otherwise, shouldn’t go into a cocktail A good Scotch is best enjoyed on its own, perhaps with a little bit of water or an ice cube. Don’t tamper with Scotch is what some people say! I tend to disagree with this. Sure, good Scotch is wonderful on its own. But so is good Gin, or good Tequila, or good Rum. If this was the firm rule, we wouldn’t have cocktails in the first place.

So it’s easy to discredit the Fancy Whiskey Cocktail quite quickly because people tend to hold Scotch in higher regards and will discount any recipe that uses Scotch. But let’s set that aside for a minute.

In a lot of ways, the Fancy Whiskey Cocktail resembles an Old Fashioned, except made with Scotch (obviously) and with the addition of Triple Sec. And that works! A Manhattan uses Orange Bitters, so the flavour isn’t completely wrong going with Whiskey, it’s just a little bit more and different than if you’re using Triple Sec.

Perhaps you came across the recipe for the Fancy Whiskey Cocktail because you were looking for something similar to a Manhattan or an Old Fashioned. Perhaps you had all the ingredients for these two cocktails, plus some Triple Sec you didn’t know what to do with so you put it into our cocktail recipe generator and found this. Well, you’ve probably found a winner.

If you’re on the side of things that doesn’t want to blemish Scotch, I still encourage you to try this cocktail and make up your own mind. You may be surprised and then find a whole new world of Scotch to enjoy. Keep exploring and keep having fun. Don’t stay closed off. The worst thing that will happen is you won’t enjoy the cocktail too much and you’ve only wasted 60 mL of Scotch and a few other ingredients.

8.5/10

Review by Ziggy

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