Celebrating Whisky Month with Johnnie Walker Blue Label: Exceptional Cocktails for Every Occasion

May is Whisky Month, and there’s no better way to celebrate than with the luxurious, complex flavours of Johnnie Walker Blue Label. Renowned for its smooth, rich taste, Johnnie Walker Blue Label is perfect for crafting cocktails that elevate any occasion. Here are some exquisite cocktail recipes that highlight the elegance and sophistication of this iconic whisky.

Autumn- Cigar and Sandalwood

Blue Label – clarified jersey milk – Lemon

A textual combination of JW Blue Label, maple, clarified jersey milk, and lemon aromatics
Rich, textured, delicately smoked, and memorable.
Recipe

50ml (jersey milk) Johnnie walker Blue Label

15ml light maple syrup

10ml lemon juice

4 dash orange Bitters

METHOD
Per 10 cocktails

Take 1L of jersey milk (high fat milk) and heat in saucepan to 6-70 degrees.
Batch above mix and pour into heated jersey milk (pour cocktail mix into milk)

Allow mix to curdle and settle for at least 30 minutes.

Through a cheesecloth strain mix into a jug

Production Notes
Per cocktail add 75ml of cocktail mix to mixing glass filled with ice

Stir cocktail for 10 – 15 seconds until cold and diluted.

Strain mix into chilled rocks glass filled with a block of clear ice.
Garnish and enjoy.

Garnish
Grated winter spices

Production Notes

This cocktail takes 24 hours to batch.

Cocktail can be prepared 4 days before use.

Spring- apple & Rose

JW Blue Label – Pommeau – Amaro – Sour Grapefruit

JW Blue Label is paired with Pommeau apple aperitif, rose-tinted amaro Montenegro, and pink grapefruit.

Shaken and served over a large chunk of ice and finished with dried ginger and apple. Vibrant and full of life
Recipe

30ml Johnnie Walker Blue Label
20ml Pommeau (Chateau de Briuel)
30ml soured pink Grapefruit juice.
10ml Amaro Montenegro

Method

Add all ingredients to cocktail shaker.

Add ice to a shaker and shake for 10 seconds until very cold.

Strain mix into chilled coupette.
Garnish with a thin slice of dehydrated apple.

Garnish
Very thin dehydrated apple wheel

Production Notes

Sourced grapefruit – (per 1000ml fresh juice add: 10g Lactic acid

Freshly pressed grapefruit juice only. No bottled juice

Measure Lactic acid with micro scales to ensure the correct amount of acid dissolved into the mix.
This cocktail can also be served over ice.

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Author: Lizzy Wungs from O25 on behalf of Diageo.