4 Delightful Ways to Enjoy The Best of Whiskies This National Scotch Day With Highball Recipes
4 Delightful Ways to Enjoy The Best of Whiskies This National Scotch Day With Highball Recipes
National Scotch Day: Known as the epitome of fine whiskies, Scotch offers a rich and elevated drinking experience that whisky enthusiasts cherish.

National Scotch Day is the perfect occasion to celebrate and enjoy the intricate and complex flavors of Scotland’s finest export. Known as the epitome of fine whiskies, Scotch offers a rich and elevated drinking experience that whisky enthusiasts cherish.

Traditionally enjoyed neat, Scotch has found new fans among modern consumers who prefer it in the refreshing whisky highball style. This approach combines Scotch whisky with a mixer over ice, often enhanced with innovative garnishes. The whisky highball highlights the various dimensions and depths of Scotch’s flavors, bringing a new twist to a classic favorite.

We have curated four custom highball recipes made by whisky experts at DEWAR’S, that promise to enhance your festivities. Join the celebrations at home with your favorite highball and raise a toast to the enduring legacy of Scotch whisky.

Ginger Highball

Ingredients:

60ml DEWAR’S 12-Year-Old

15ml Lemon Juice

15ml Ginger Syrup

15ml Sugar Syrup

30-60ml Soda

Steps:

1. Blend and strain fresh ginger with just enough water to help it blend. Add castor sugar and stir to mix. Ensure the ginger to sugar ratio is 4:3.

2. Combine all the other ingredients in a highball glass

3. Fill it with ice and stir till chilled

4. Top off with more ice and soda.

5. Garnish with a lemon wedge or wheel

Green Tea Highball

Ingredients:

60ml DEWAR’S 12-Year-Old

5ml Lemon Juice

10ml Sugar Syrup

60ml Green Tea

Steps:

1. Take 12 green tea bags steeped in 500ml hot water for not more than 30 seconds. Chill it once ready.

2. Add the chilled green tea to all the other ingredients in a highball glass

3. Fill it with ice and stir till chilled

4. Top it off with more ice and soda

5. Garnish with a pineapple leave or a lime wheel

Tropical Highball

Ingredients:

60ml DEWAR’S 12-Year-Old

15ml Lemon Juice

15ml Chili Cinnamon Syrup

30ml Pineapple Juice

Steps:

1. For the chilli cinnamon syrup, add 2 toasted Kashmiri chilis and 2 toasted cinnamon sticks to 500ml sugar syrup. Blend the ingredients together and strain.

2. Combine the syrup and all the other ingredients in a chilled highball glass.

3. Fill it with ice and stir till chilled

4. Top it off with more ice and soda

5. Garnish with a pineapple wedge

Beekeepers Highball

Ingredients:

45ml DEWAR’S 12 Year Old

15ml Lemon Juice

15ml Honey Cinnamon Syrup

30ml Soda

Steps:

1. Take honey and water in a 5:4 ratio. Add this solution and toasted cinnamon sticks to a blender. Use 4 cinnamon sticks for every 500ml honey syrup.

2. Blend and fine strain the mixture.

3. Combine all the ingredients in a highball glass

4. Fill it with ice and stir till chilled

5. Add more ice and top up with soda

6. Garnish with a honey cinnamon tuile

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