Autumnal Luxury in a Glass: Apples and Pears Mingle in a Glengoyne Cocktail
Autumnal Luxury in a Glass.
The scent of newly harvested apples and pears rings in the best of Autumn produce and celebrating seasonality is a delightful way to enjoy the lengthening of the evenings. As the season turns, whisky, too, comes to the fore. Savour these seasonal scents and flavour notes with an elegant whisky sour cocktail – the Glengoyne Apple & Pear Sour.
This is an autumnal celebration in a glass. Crafted with elegant and fruity Glengoyne 15-Year-Old, the drink is a luxurious and finely balanced cocktail. Glengoyne is one of the most beautiful traditional distilleries in the Highlands of Scotland. The whiskies are celebrated for their refined balance and layered fruit character.
Glengoyne is a jewel in Scotland’s distilling tradition and is revered not only for its whisky but also for its sustainable practices, with wetlands, beehives and a host of wild plants growing on its estate.
Glengoyne Apple & Pear Sour
A fruit forward interpretation of the traditional Whisky Sour
Ingredients
25ml Glengoyne 15-Year-Old
25ml Pear Liqueur
50ml Good quality, cloudy Apple Juice
25ml Freshly squeezed Lemon Juice
Egg White, Vegan Foamer, or Aquafaba
Method
Add all the ingredients to a shaker and dry shake. Add ice to the shaker and shake vigorously to achieve the foam.
Double strain into a chilled coupette or Nick & Nora glass. Garnish, if you wish, with a sliver of fresh pear dipped in lemon juice.
With a flavour profile honed by time and patience, Glengoyne’s 15-Year-Old expression showcases the distillery’s unhurried approach to whisky making. Aged in first-fill sherry and bourbon casks, its delectable fruity, layered character is a testament to the craft behind every drop. This premium single malt is perfect for those who appreciate a dram with depth, elegance, and a story to tell. It comes packaged in an elegant gift box. RRP: £79.
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Glengoyne visitor tours and tastings vouchers
If you wish to immerse yourself in the home of this fine, multi-award-winning whisky brand is produced, Glengoyne Distillery is open for bookable tours and tastings. It’s a short distance outside Glasgow and well worth visiting.
One of Scotland’s top whisky destinations, prices start at £22 for a Tour and Tasting or for £110 per person, you can enjoy the exclusive Malt Master experience, which includes a tour of the distillery, samples of five single cask whiskies, before taking on the role of the whisky maker to produce their own Glengoyne Single Malt Whisky; a one-of-one creation, bottled and labelled to take home – perhaps to create another cocktail.
