Seasonal Styles

The festive season is full of all kinds of social gatherings. Dinners, drinks, afternoons and evenings, the party season is officially here and calendars are filling up quickly. Each festive soiree brings a new challenge when it comes to your wardrobe. And when it comes to your style, your chosen drink of the night should match your outfit to reflect your personality and energy. Imagine how strange it would be if an old fur trapper wandered into a Western Saloon and ordered a prosecco!   

We’ve put together 3 of the best Pioneer styles and matched them to drinks so you can arrive in confidence and know what you’re about to order...    

Ingredients:

2 tsp sugar syrup or 1 tsp granulated sugar 

1-2 dashes of Angostura bitters 

Splash of water 

60ml Scotch whisky or bourbon 

Soda water (optional) 

Orange slice 

Maraschino cherry (optional) 

Method: 

Put the sugar, bitters and water in a small tumbler. Mix until the sugar dissolves if using granulated. Fill your glass with ice and stir in the whisky. Add a splash of soda water if you like and mix. Garnish with the orange and cherry. 

Ingredients

50ml bourbon

35ml lemon juice

12½ml 2:1 sugar syrup

2 dashes Angostura bitters

½ fresh egg white

ice

50p-sized piece of lemon zest

Garnish with: 

slice of orange and a cherry on a stick

Method

Shake all of the ingredients (except for the lemon zest) hard with ice and strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Squeeze the lemon zest, shiny side down over the drink so the scented oils spray across the surface. Discard the zest, add the garnish and serve.

Ingredients:

1 ½ fluid ounces vodka

4 fluid ounces cranberry juice

1 fluid ounce orange juice

½ cup ice

1 lime wedge

Method:

Combine vodka, cranberry juice, and orange juice in a highball glass. Add ice and stir to combine. Garnish with a wedge of lime.