With Scotch whisky and citrus and the herbal hint of rosemary and refreshing apple juice this Scotch whisky cocktail is a delicious party drink perfect for hogmanay (New Year’s Eve).
Well it’s New Year very soon and what could be better for your Hogmanay party than my Scotch Punch Up! which is a great crowd pleaser. Everyone loves a cocktail and this whisky cocktail works so well as a punch in a tall jug with lots of ice.
Punch is always a good thing to serve if you have a big group of people, it keeps things simple for you, the host and everyone enjoys the tipple too!
Party drinks
Mixed drinks served en masse inthe form of fruit cups or punch are great time savers for parties. You can either serve this Scotch Punch Up! in a large punch bowl with a ladle and glasses at the ready or pour it from a jug. Either way it frees you up from having to make up individual drinks.
Mix a party punch
As the name suggests this is a whisky based punch but has lots of other flavours in there as well, including rosemary, ginger, orange, lemon and apple. You can make it as strong as you like by just ajusting your measures in the booze department.
Remember to make up a non alcoholic punch for drivers too.
By the way, this recipe for Scotch Punch Up! is from my book A Wee Taste Of Scotland.
Have a great New Year everyone. Thanks so much for supporting Larder Love throughout 2017. Here’s to a great 2018.
Cheers!
Looking for more fun cocktail ideas to try? Then check out these recipes before you go;
Rhubarb, ginger and raspberry gin spritz
Wee Flyers, whisky marmalade cocktails
Blackberry fizz forager’s cocktail
How to make a limoncello martini
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Scotch Pinch Up!
Ingredients
- 2 cm ginger fresh
- 1 rosemary fresh sprig
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 3 tbsp water
- 600 ml apple juice fresh cloudy apple juice is best
- 200 ml Scotch whisky
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 2 tbsp fresh orange juice
- 1 lt ginger beer
to decorate
- slices orange, lemon, apple and sprig of rosemary
Instructions
- Make the ginger and rosemary syrup by grating the ginger into a small pan and bashing the rosemary to release its oils and adding to the pan along with the sugar and water.
- Heat gently till sugar completely dissolves, bring to boil then remove from heat and allow to cool completely
- Strain out the ginger and rosemary.
- Pour syrup into a large jug or punch bowl and add cloudy apple juice, whisky, freshly squeezed lemon and orange juice.
- Add ice cubes, fruit slices and sprig of rosemary and stir well to combine
- Pour in the ginger beer and stir again
- Serve immediately well chilled
Like the flavors here. I assume that some of the measurements are typos? Will try it.
I see no typos in my measurements
How many servings, having a party of 12
Hi Coleen
This makes about 1.5 litres so it totally depends on the size of glasses you are using to serve the punch as to how many servings you’ll get.
K x
I’m not familiar with the term “bashing” the rosemary, could it be like “muddling” (crushing) in the preparation of the syrup?
Hi Renee
Bashing just means crushing, hitting, breaking something. Allows the essentials oils to escape.
K
My mouth is watering. As I do not like gin could I use vodka for the ‘Drambuie’? I was about to buy a bottle of this for Christmas, etc but this would be much cheaper and, probably better.
Hi Brenda
Vodka couldn’t replace Drambuie, completely different tastes. I have a recipe for homemade Drambuie here on the blog my Scotch Mist Liqueur.
K