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Monkey old fashioned

Name: Monkey old fashioned
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: brown sugar cubes 10; Angostura bitters 10 dashes; still mineral water 100ml; Monkey Shoulder Triple Malk Whisky 1/2 litre; ice cubes plenty; orange peel twists 10, as big as you can make them (avoid the pith if you can)

10 minutes
makes 10
Easy

Try whisky aficionado Xavier Padovani's Monkey Old Fashioned for an interesting take on a classic whisky drink.

March 25, 2015 at 3:05 pm

Ingredients

brown sugar cubes 10
Angostura bitters 10 dashes
still mineral water 100ml
Monkey Shoulder Triple Malk Whisky 1/2 litre
ice cubes plenty
orange peel twists 10, as big as you can make them (avoid the pith if you can)

Method

Step 1

On a chopping board, soak the brown sugar cubes with a dash of angostura bitters on each. Put the sugar cubes into a 1½ litre jug, add the still mineral water, a dash of monkey shoulder whisky from a measured 500ml, then gently muddle the mix (using a rolling pin) so that the sugar is almost completely dissolved.

Add half of the remaining whisky and about 10 to 15 ice cubes and stir gently. Add the rest of the whisky, a handful more ice cubes, then stir. Strain the drink into 10 old-fashioned glasses, already filled with ice cubes. Squeeze an orange peel twist over each glass, then drop it into the glass.