This Cocktail Friday, flavours of soft spiced vanilla are combined with Chivas Regal and the freshness of mint in the smooth ‘Chivas Smash’. Taking its inspiration from a classic American cocktail which celebrates the Kentucky Derby, we love it for indulgent festive and romantic celebrations!
Ingredients:
50ml Chivas 18 Ultimate Cask Collection First Fill American Oak
10ml vanilla sugar syrup
8 mint leaves
Crushed ice
Old fashioned glass – a tumbler would work well
Method:
Place the mint leaves in the base of the glass and add the vanilla sugar syrup. Stir (without breaking the leaves to allow the mint to infuse into the sugar) for 20 seconds then add the Chivas.
Half fill the glass with crushed ice and using a spoon fold the mint from the base and stir slowly allowing the ingredients to mix thoroughly at the same time chilling and diluting the drink.
Continue to do this until the ice has become slushy and then fill the glass with more crushed ice. Now the liquid should be almost at the top. Take a large fresh sprig of mint and slap it against the dry palm of your hand to release the oil and freshen up the aroma.
Place this into the glass at the top alongside a thin straw. When you sip the drink the fresh aroma should enhance the taste.
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