okay, who’s up for mixing up some delicious whiskey cocktails? the women & whiskies ladies and i have been sharing some pretty great cocktail recipes with you guys, and your enthusiasm for whiskey has blown me away! it’s fun to know there’s so many of us out there that enjoy a good whiskey cocktail. so now i’m going to turn the tables, and entice you to share your favorite whiskey cocktail recipes with us by giving away a $500 Amazon Gift Card to not just one, but two lucky winners who enter their favorite recipe!
i’m gonna make you drink whiskey to win it though — you’re okay with that, right? maybe get together with your best friends and have an evening of whiskey recipe tastings, or go into hiding and create a top secret recipe — whatever you like, but i’m going to make you work for it a little bit. i’d love for you to share what cocktail you’d create if you had a bottle of Glen Grant The Major’s Reserve single malt whiskey. mix it, taste it and then take a photo of it! i’d love to see some great creativity and styling, but points for a great recipe too! we’ll chose two winners at random, so not too much pressure — just have fun!
in the meantime, while i wait patiently for your recipes, i mixed you up a valentine’s day punch! this one is so refreshing and pretty — perfect for a valentine’s day soiree. it’s called The Major’s Punch, and it’s made with Aperol, fresh grapefruit and lemon juice, simple syrup and Glen Grant The Major’s Reserve. so gosh darn delicious — you can find the recipe right here! add a vintage punchbowl, a pretty table cloth and the adorable je t’aime banner and it’s an instant valentine’s day party!
to enter to one of two $500 Amazon Gift Cards sfgirlbybay’s giving away towards a purchase of anything you like, simply.
• create your favorite recipe if you were mixing up a whiskey cocktail with Glen Grant The Major’s Reserve.
• take a photo of your cocktail and either pin it to one of your pinboards and tag #womenanwhiskies (please note spelling on pinterest — there’s no ‘d’ in and); or add it to your instagram feed and tag it #womenandwhiskies.
• follow women & whiskies on pinterest and/or Instagram so we can DM you should you win.
• comment below letting us know you entered a photograph; as always, be sure to leave a way to reach you via twitter, facebook, email or your website.
• yay! this giveaway is international so everyone can enter!
• we want to give you time to mix up your cocktails so we’re giving you a couple of weeks, but please share your image & comment by friday, february 13th, 12pm PST.
• we’ll announce a winner selected by random on my twitter account valentine’s day, february 14th, so be sure and follow along.
•This post made possible in partnership with women & whiskies but all opinions and thoughts are my own. thanks for the supporting the brands that make sfgirlbybay possible.
Whisky swizzle… Had this at a hot summer barbeque a few years ago and it became a favorite!! So refreshing… a little dangerous. 45 ml whisky, 15ml lime juice, 3oz club soda, 3ml superfine sugar, 1 dash Bitters. How to mix: Shake bourbon, lime juice, superfine sugar, and bitter in a shaker with ice and then strain over ice into a tall glass. Add club soda and stir (and serve with the swizzler).
thanks kindra – did you post a photo on instagram or pinterest?
Ooh how fun is this! I love experimenting with my bar, it’s a great excuse to invite some friends over and share a bite to eat. I’ll have to get the team thinking on this!
xoxo
Katie
Glascow:
1 Part Dry Vermouth
1 Part Scotch Whisky
3 Dashes Bitters
3 Dashes Pastis
Fill a mixing glass with ice cubes. Add all ingredients. Stir and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Great giveaway, thanks for the chance.
thanks kindra – did you post a photo on instagram or pinterest?
I entered on Pintrest // Winter Old Fashioned //
1 tbsp maple
2 oz whiskey
splash orange bitters
one slice of an orange squeezed
candied cranberries
mix together with ice and get boozy!
thanks jasmine – can you please add the link to pinterest pin so i don’t miss it?
Entered!! I’m so excited, this is a really cool giveaway!!
My Instagram name: @theshelbyhkd
My cocktail: whiskey, GTD Amandine almond liquor, elderberry honey, orange bitters, served with an ice ball. Oooh so fancy!
thanks! i just need you to approve my follow so i can see your photo. thanks!
I entered on Instagram! @chel_sea925
Great contest! I entered on Instagram alariv1
Classic Boulevardier my go-to absolute fave.
Whiskey
Campari
Sweet Vermouth
Orange Twist
Shake or Stir with loads of ice.
I entered on Instagram + Pinterest…my recipe for a Whiskey Daisy…perfect for Valentine’s Day…the recipe is on my site: http://www.decotartelette.com/whiskey-daisy/
Cheers!
I’ve pinned my Brown Butter Whisky Old Fashioned (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/119486196339672837/). It’s like a regular old fashioned but takes longer – you make a brown butter whisky by making brown butter and mixing it with your favorite whisky and letting it sit for at least a week in the fridge. Strain out the butter pieces and then use the whisky with your favorite old fashioned recipe!
megmccall at gmail dot com
Mixed this up with the lovely Sam of cocktailians.com. @life_savour. “Where’d my Glasgow?” Stir 2oz Glen Grant the Major’s Reserve, 1/2 oz Noilly Prat sweet vermouth, 2 tsp maraschino liqueur, dash Bittercube cherry bark vanilla bitters, serve with maraschino cherry & ice ball. #womenandwhiskies @sfgirlbybay
What a fun contest. I’ll take any excuse to drink more whisky :) I called my cocktail My Whisky Valentine and I entered on Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/pin/130956301640877276/ and Instagram @dulanotes , recipe on my blog http://www.dulanotes.com/my-whisky-valentine-cocktail/
my cocktail is a pear manhattan that i tagged @womenandwhiskies in on instagram! pear juice, lemon, Glen Grant the Major’s Reserve and a little nut meg. delicious! XO
I’ll be posting this on Instagram on my feed (@cestellen). I’m calling it “The Major’s Blackeye”
The Major’s Blackeye
2 oz. Glen Grant The Major’s Reserve
1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
1/2 oz. Creme de Mure (blackcurrant liqueur)
1-2 dashes angostura bitters
1-2 dashes orange bitters
Mix the ingredients in a mixing glass over ice. Strain and serve in a tumbler or rocks glass. Garnish with a lemon or orange twist.
Excited to see the results!
I posted up the photo on instagram as well!
The Bee’s Pajamas
2 oz. Glen Grant Major’s Reserve
3/4 oz. honey syrup
3/4 oz. lemon juice
2-3 dashes Bar Keep’s Swedish bitters
Make honey syrup by adding 1 part water to 1 part honey and boiling until dissolved. After it is cooled, add all of the ingredients to a mixing glasses and stir over ice. Strain and serve in a couple with a lemon twist garnish.
Putting the finishing touches on my recipe! Excited to enter this evening! <3
Hi there! I entered my recipe and photograph on both Pinterest ( Tiffany | Sunshine Daydream ) and on Instagram ( @__SunshineDaydream__ ) You can reach me via Instagram, Twitter (@SunDreamPhoto) or by email. Thank you!
Entered my recipe on insta as @ryan_foy! The Honey Bear is a delicious way to spend a Wednesday afternoon. You can reach me on twitter @ryanfoy.
My wife entered too on her instagram @lovelyindeed, but is having trouble getting her comment to post here!
OK – i’ll check instagram – thanks!
Hi there!
I submitted a cocktail today via @rclayton on Instagram. The recipe is as follows:
The Lady of the Loch
2 oz Glen Grant The Major’s Reserve scotch
1/4 oz lavender syrup
1/2 oz Carpano Antica
1/4 oz fresh lemon juice
2 dashes orange blossom bitters
orange twist garnish
Combine all ingredients into a mixing glass and stir over kold-draft ice for 25-30 seconds. Strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with orange twist. Enjoy!
Here is my drink! I am neither a food stylist nor a photographer—which is obvious from my photo (if you stand way back from your screen and squint it looks better), but this drink is so good so I had to share it! I mean ice cream + whiskey what could be better?
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/34410384629386083/
Directions:
blackberry syrup (1.5 cups blackberry, 1/4 cup water & 1/4 sugar boiled and then strained)
vanilla ice
club soda
1 ounce whiskey
Fill a glass with ice cream, add about 2 tbsp syrup and 1oz whiskey. Fill to top with club soda and top off with fresh blackberries!
Just posted our blood-orange whiskey cocktail on my Instagram account:@joyarose – so delicious & fun – thanks for the inspiration! Joya.rose.thomas@gmail.com
I have entered on Instagram @ereinke23! Thanks for the excuse to drink scotch in the name of recipe testing!
I just submitted a cocktail via my Instagram @rclayton!
The Major’s Luau
2 oz Glen Grant the Major’s Reserve scotch
1 oz Velvet Falernum
1/2 oz ginger syrup
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz orange juice
3 dashes blood orange bitters
Mix all ingredients and shake with ice for about 10 seconds. Pour into cup or glass with square cube ice. Garnish with colorful straws, banana dolphin, and cocktail umbrella as you see fit. Enjoy!
I just whipped up a molasses-roasted pear glen grant cocktail on my Instagram, handle @danithebird! Such a fun challenge!
2 oz Glen Grant The Major’s Reserve
1 1/2 oz cara cara orange juice
1 halved molasses roasted pear
1 oz sparkling water [roast 1 halved pear with 1tbs each molasses/nutmeg/cinnamon/sugar for 10mins at 400. Muddle in a shaker with orange juice/add Glen Grant/top with sparkling water]
Entered via Pinterest. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/120893571223342774/
I put together a spiked raspberry lemonade.
1 ounce lemoncello
1 ounce Glen Grant The Major’s Reserve
a handful of raspberries smashed and strained
add club soda and whiskey stones
What a great giveaway! My cocktail recipe was submitted via Instagram (@ariellevey).
Blueberry and vanilla whiskey lemonade
2 oz Glen Grant The Major’s Reserve
A handful of blueberries
The juice of three meyer lemons
1/2 oz vanilla simple syrup
Muddle, shake and pour over ice.
Submitted via Instagram @rclayton: Ladies, make this cocktail for your man as a warm up for Valentines Day- it can be your “hot & steamy toddy!” #womenandwhiskies
A Midwinter Night’s Dram
2 oz Glen Grant the Major’s Reserve scotch
1/2 oz wild heather honey
1/4 oz ginger syrup
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
4 oz hot water
lemon twist optional
Combine first four ingredients into a toddy glass. Gently stir and top with hot water. Garnish with lemon twist if desired. Enjoy!
I made a Hotty Apple Toddy!
Recipe:
1 oz. whiskey
1 oz. Applejack
1/2 oz. cinnamon syrup
3 oz. boiling water
squeeze of lemon juice
2 dashes bitters
I pinned a photo of it on my pinterest – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/234046511861395377/
The Washington Cherry Picker
Inspired by Mrs. Martha Washington’s Sour Cherry Bounce
Submitted via Instragram @thismarksmith (you’ve inspired me to start one!)
2 oz Whiskey
1 oz Sour Cherry Cordial (hand-picked sour cherries soaked in cognac and riesling for 6 months)
1-3 Sour Cherries (pitted)
Pour whiskey and sour cherry cordial over ice in a rocks glass. Stir and garnish with sour cherries.