Emma Ashes before midnight: a ghostly Smokehead pour for Halloween and Day of the Dead
There may be skulls but there’s no skullduggery. If you are marking Halloween or Day of the Dead , enjoy the heady, smoke-filled joy of Smokehead Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky. It’s the perfect choice for the festivities, not just because of the wickedly glorious bottle featuring a death-head but because behind the fun of the design is a seriously serious Islay whisky. If you like your whisky smoky, the Smokehead collection will haunt you.
Introducing the Back From The Ashes cocktail, a riff on a margarita, that traditional Día de los Muertos drink.
It’s created using Smokehead Tequila Terminado (43% ABV / RRP £69), an exceptional whisky which marries Smokehead Islay single malt Scotch Whisky with tequila as it’s matured in tequila casks. Here, two restless spirits meet: the fiery, smoky peat colluding with distinctive agave tequila notes to create something which wows your senses.
Recipe for the Back from the Ashes cocktail
Ingredients
22.5ml Smokehead Tequila Terminado
25ml Dry Vermouth
25ml Triple Sec
22.5ml Fresh lemon Juice
Lemon zest to garnish
Method
Add the Smokehead Whisky together with the other liquid ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and pour into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a twist of fresh lemon zest.
This cocktail brims with complex flavours, yet making it is simplicity itself and it’s easy to pre-batch this drink for a crowd. Just introduce the ice at the last minute before serving. Remember to chill your glassware in advance.
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Recipe for the Back from the Ashes cocktail
Ingredients
- 22.5 ml Smokehead Tequila Terminado
- 25 ml Dry Vermouth
- 25 ml Triple Sec
- 22.5 ml Fresh lemon Juice
Instructions
- Add the Smokehead Whisky together with the other liquid ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and pour into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a twist of fresh lemon zest.
- This cocktail brims with complex flavours, yet making it is simplicity itself and it’s easy to pre-batch this drink for a crowd. Just introduce the ice at the last minute before serving. Remember to chill your glassware in advance.
Tasting notes
Nose: Peaty smoke, vanilla and shortbread. Amonds and smoke mix with chewy meringue. Blood orange and burnt sugar, with a touch of barbecued pineapple.
Flavour: A riot of smoke and citrus. Peat and malt go toe-to-toe with toffee; whilst lime spins with peach. Citrus balanced with burnt corn-on-the-cob.
The Finish: Long and sweet with gentle heat; a dash of citrus cut with a sprinkle of pepper.
Relish this ghostly pour down to the last sip. Look out, too, for other Smokehead expressions because Smokehead Islay Whisky isn’t just for ghoulish celebrations.
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