Whisky’s not just for winter - sip it this summer
Grant’s Blended Scotch Whisky is revealing its refreshing side this summer and more of its rich family history with a range of delicious summer serves. As the evenings draw out, it’s the perfect time to relax with family and share stories over a glass of Grant’s with a twist.
As Scotland’s oldest family blend, Grant’s provides the ideal starting point for those warm summer nights and creates the perfect setting for a get together with loved ones to delve in to your family’s past..
As one of the world’s best loved and widely recognised Scotch whiskies, Grant’s Family Reserve with its harmonious balance of vanilla sweetness and delicate floral flavours, provides the perfect base for a range of serves, bringing its rich summer fruit notes to life.
Enjoyed for its complex and rounded flavours, Grant’s blend of grain and malt whiskies produces a deliciously long, smooth taste. Perfect on its own with water or ice, it’s equally at home at the heart of classic recipes like the Grant’s Highball to the raspberry rich Grant’s Twist, offering whisky lovers something different during the summer months.
Grant's Twist
As well as being famous for its whisky, Scotland is also known for its raspberries. Grant’s Twist marries the raspberry kick of framboise with Grant’s Family Reserve. A twist on the world’s oldest family owned blended Scotch; this drink is enhanced by adding a twist of lemonade to soften the sharpness, creating a serve that’s crisp and invigorating.
Ingredients
50ml Grant’s Family Reserve
Dash of framboise
Lemonade (cloudy or clear)
Garnish with two lemon slices
Method
Fill a glass with ice cubes. Mix Grant’s Family Reserve with the framboise and pour. Fill with lemonade. Zest a lemon over the glass and garnish with two lemon slices.
See the Grant’s Twist video: youtu.be/JEXH45BK8Cc
Grant's Godfather
Inspired by the Martin Scorsese film, The Godfather combines the uniquely Scottish, Grant’s Family Reserve and its unmistakable Speyside notes, which combined with the characteristically Italian Amaretto makes this perfectly refreshing drink.
The name is perfect. Our heritage as the world’s oldest family owned blend makes founder William Grant a true ‘Godfather’ of Scottish whisky.
Ingredients
50ml Grant’s Family Reserve
20ml Amaretto
Splash of orange bitter (or juice)
Garnish with orange zest
Method:
Fill a glass with ice cubes. Add Grant’s Family Reserve and the Amaretto. Splash over the orange bitter, zest an orange over the glass and garnish with a long slice of peel.
See the Grant’s Godfather video: youtu.be/D7jxa_7QbiA
Grant's Highball
The Highball originated in 1898 - the year William Grant bottled his first blended whisky. Its name is said to derive from the US railways’ practice of raising a ball on a pole to get a driver to speed up, mirroring the speed the drink took to make, with ingredients simply poured over ice in a
tall glass.
Ingredients
50ml Grant’s Family Reserve
Ginger ale
Dash of angostura bitters
Garnish with an orange wedge
Method
Fill a highball glass with a tower of ice cubes. Add Grant’s Family Reserve and top up with ginger ale. Add a few drops of angostura bitters. Garnish with an orange wedge.
See the Grant’s Highball video: youtu.be/Rz-xHpCbt2s
Grant's Redfire
Red is an important colour for Grant’s as it is the predominant colour of our family clan tartan and the colours are brought to life in this drink. The smooth gold of Grant’s Family Reserve and the bitter red of the cherry brandy clash, forming trickles of red to create a drink that’s as every bit of powerful as its name.
Ingredients
50ml of Grant’s Family Reserve
Dash of cherry brandy
10ml tonic
Garnish with sage leaf
Method
Fill a highball glass with crushed ice. Add Grant’s Family Reserve and top up with tonic. Drizzle the cherry brandy over the top. Garnish with one fresh sage leaf (optional). See the Grant’s Redfire video: youtu.be/CIP9V3T4lbo
Grant's on the Rocks
Perfect for a warm summer’s evening with friends, it is said the habit of drinking ‘Scotch on rocks’ originated from warmer climates when drinkers used to put pebbles from the bottom of a cool stream in their whisky to cool it down. Did Charles Gordon see this first hand on his epic journey of discovery to the Far East and Australia back in 1909?
Thankfully, ice is now a little easier to come by and it’s the perfect accompaniment to make Grant’s Family Reserve a supremely flavourful and refreshing drink.
Ingredients:
50ml Grant’s Family Reserve
Ice
Method:
Fill a tumbler with ice cubes and pour over Grant’s Family Reserve
For more Grant’s serves visit: grantswhisky.com/uk/experience-grants/whisky-cocktails
Grant's Whisky, patiently crafted for you to enjoy responsibly.