Summer in a glass: To celebrate cocktail week try these three fruity recipes with Scotch

Cocktails remind us of vacations on sandy beaches, relaxing pool-side lounges, or just Friday night out with friends or family. But, more than anything else, they remind us of summer evenings. Coming out of a lockdown and Covid restrictions, we also have a very valid cause to celebrate.

As we celebrate the Cocktail Week, make your bond deeper with your loved ones by sharing some sensational cocktails with the gentle vanilla and citrus aromas of Cutty Sark Blended Scotch Whisky, which will surely create a burst of flavourful joy.

Cutty Sark Orange Cinnamon whisky Smash

Ingredients
60 ml Cutty Sark Scotch whisky
1 Cinnamon Stick
1 teaspoon orange zest
30 ml Orange juice
30 ml Soda
1-2 Orange Slices

Instructions

Watermelon Mint Cutty Mix
Ingredients:

60 ml Cutty Sark Scotch Whisky
3-4 Fresh watermelon chunks
30 ml watermelon juice
8-10 Fresh mint
Simple syrup (1:1 sugar to water ratio)
Salt
3 wedges of lime
Soda

Instructions

• Run a lime wedge around the rim of your glass, and dip the rim in coarse salt. Fill the glass with ice and set aside.
• Muddle mint and lime wedges into the cocktail shaker
• Add 30 ml watermelon juice to add a dash of color
• Add all ingredients with whisky and shake. until the shaker is chilled, for about 10 seconds.
• Double strain your cocktail into the prepared glass. Garnish with a small watermelon slice.

Blueberry Cutty Spritzers
Ingredients
60 ml Cutty Sark Scotch whisky
30 ml lemon juice
60ml blueberry syrup
60 ml tonic water

For The Blueberry Syrup:
½ cup sugar
½ cup water
1 cup blueberries (frozen is fine if fresh are not in season)

Instructions to make the syrup

• Combine sugar, water, and blueberries in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring mixture to a simmer, stirring occasionally, and cook until sugar has dissolved and blueberries have softened.
• Remove saucepan from heat and let cool for 10-15 minutes.
• Strain syrup into a separate bowl to remove the blueberries and set syrup aside.
• Recipe to make the cocktail
• Add a few ice cubes to the cocktail glass.
• In a large shaker, combine Cutty Sark whisky, lemon juice, and blueberry syrup. Add a handful of ice and shake to chill.
• Top each cocktail with a splash of tonic water and serve.

(The recipes are by Kyndal Group.)