{"id":22559,"date":"2025-10-16T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/?p=22559"},"modified":"2025-10-06T12:49:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T11:49:18","slug":"ashes-before-midnight-with-smokehead-islay-single-malt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/ashes-before-midnight-with-smokehead-islay-single-malt\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashes Before Midnight with Smokehead Islay Single Malt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ghostly Smokehead pour for Halloween and Day of the Dead.<\/h3>\n

There may be skulls but there\u2019s no skullduggery. If you are marking Halloween or Day of the Dead, , enjoy the heady, smoke-filled joy of Smokehead Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky. It\u2019s the perfect choice for the festivities, not just because of the wickedly glorious bottle featuring a death-head but because behind the fun of the design is a seriously serious Islay whisky. If you like your whisky smoky, the Smokehead collection will haunt you.<\/p>\n

Smokehead is delicious just as it is, but if you\u2019re celebrating Halloween or Day of the Dead and want to make cocktails for the party, this smoky concoction could be just the thing for fellow Smokeheads. Introducing the Back From The Ashes cocktail, a riff on a margarita, that traditional D\u00eda de los Muertos drink.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s created using Smokehead Tequila Terminado (43% ABV \/ RRP \u00a369), an exceptional whisky which marries Smokehead Islay single malt Scotch Whisky with tequila as it\u2019s matured in tequila casks. Here, two restless spirits meet: the fiery, smoky peat colluding with distinctive agave tequila notes to create something which wows your senses.<\/p>\n

\"SmokeheadRecipe for the Back from the Ashes cocktail<\/h4>\n

22.5ml Smokehead Tequila Terminado<\/p>\n

25ml Dry Vermouth<\/p>\n

25ml Triple Sec<\/p>\n

22.5ml Fresh lemon Juice<\/p>\n

Lemon zest to garnish<\/p>\n

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Method<\/p>\n

Add the Smokehead Whisky together with the other liquid ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and pour into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a twist of fresh lemon zest.<\/p>\n

This cocktail brims with complex flavours, yet making it is simplicity itself and it\u2019s easy to pre-batch this drink for a crowd. Just introduce the ice at the last minute before serving. Remember to chill your glassware in advance. To capture the mood, watch this video\u2026 https:\/\/staging.smokehead.com\/smokehead-tequila-terminado<\/a><\/p>\n

Tasting notes<\/h4>\n

Nose: Peaty smoke, vanilla, and shortbread. Amonds and smoke mix with chewy meringue. Blood orange and burnt sugar, with a touch of barbecued pineapple.<\/p>\n

Flavour: A riot of smoke and citrus. Peat and malt go toe-to-toe with toffee; whilst lime spins with peach. Citrus balanced with burnt corn-on-the-cob.<\/p>\n

The Finish: Long and sweet with gentle heat; a dash of citrus cut with a sprinkle of pepper.<\/p>\n

Relish this ghostly pour down to the last sip. Look out, too, for other Smokehead expressions because Smokehead Islay Whisky isn\u2019t just for ghoulish celebrations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ghostly Smokehead pour for Halloween and Day of the Dead. There may be skulls but there\u2019s no skullduggery. If you are marking Halloween or Day of the Dead, , enjoy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3480,3482],"tags":[4719,4695,3813,3445,4718,4720,277],"class_list":["post-22559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cocktail-recipes","category-drink","tag-back-from-the-ashes-cocktail","tag-cocktail-recipe","tag-day-of-the-dead","tag-halloween","tag-smokehead-islay-single-malt-scotch-whisky","tag-smokehead-tequila-terminado","tag-tequila"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22559"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22562,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22559\/revisions\/22562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}