Here’s Johnnie: whisky cocktails for Christmas

Johnnie Walker Blue Label? Don’t mind if we do thank you very much – ’tis the season to be jolly after all. After sipping it neat from the solid but sinuous rocks glasses designed to show off this superior blended Scotch whisky to perfection, we’ll be enjoying it in these two cocktails, one a take on the classic Old Fashioned, the other a twist on the Morning Glory Fizz…

Blue Zinger

35ml Johnnie Walker Blue Label Blended Scotch Whisky
5ml Mozart Chocolate Liqueur
7.5ml Dubonnet
1 pinch fresh vanilla grain
2 dashes orange bitters
Orange zest
Handful of finely grated tonka bean

Method:
Gently stir all the ingredients together in a rocks glass, adding the whisky in last poured over large ice cubes. Garnish with orange zest, vanilla pod and finely grated tonka bean.

Another Story Fizz

35 ml Johnnie Walker Blue Label Blended Scotch Whisky
5ml absinthe
20ml fresh lemon juice
10ml simple syrup (1.75 sugar to 1 water)
1 egg yolk
20ml sparkling water

Method:
Dry shake first five ingredients together and strain into a fizz glass. Top up with the sparkling water.