FOR A WHISKY- LOVING DAD 

For Father’s Day, the highball also offers something more thoughtful than the usual bottle alone: a ritual. Pairing a quality whisky with a simple recipe and a few considered ingredients turns a gift into an experience – something to make, share, and enjoy together. 

Hero Serve: Orchard House Classic Pear Highball (Summer Edition) 

Ingredients 

  • 10ml pear eau de vie 
  • 10ml sugar syrup 
  • 20ml lemon juice 
  • 20ml apple juice 
  • Soda water 

Method
Build in a highball glass over ice. Top with soda water, gently stir, and garnish with fresh pear slices. 

 

The Tamdhu Mule 

50ml Tamdhu Distinction or 50ml Tamdhu 12-Year-Old  

Dash of Angostura bitters  

A squeeze of fresh lime  

Highball glass and ice  

Top with ginger beer  

Garnish with a wedge of lime or orange  

Method  

Fill a highball glass with ice. Add the Tamdhu Whisky, a dash of Angostura bitters and a squeeze of lime juice. Stir and then top up with ginger beer. Garnish with the citrus wedge.

 

 

 

FOR A JOHNNIE WALKER TYPE DAD 

THE MIDNIGHT MAPLE 

Ingredients 

  • 1 Bottle Angostura Bitters 
  • 100g Raisins or Dried Apricots 
  • 2 Cinnamon Sticks 
  • Knob of Ginger 
  • 10ml Maple Syrup 
  • 4 dashes of bitters to glass with ice 
  • A slice of Orange 

What You Need 

  • Coupe glass 

50ml Johnnie Walker Black Label 

Mix all , stir for 30 seconds, strain into a coupe glass and garnish.

FOR A BOURBON-LOVING DAD 

PAPPY’S PRIVATE PLACE 

ingredients 

  • 3/4 ounce bourbon 
  • 3/4 ounce Amaro Nonino 
  • 3/4 ounce Aperol 
  • 3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice 

 

Shake and strain into a frosty coupe. 

Strain into a coupe. 

FOR A GIBSON LOVING DAD WITH A FONDNESS FOR ANYTHING FRENCH 

AN OLI GIBSON 

Spray the saline solution into a well-frosted cup and an ice-cold glass, stir all the ingredients with a mixing spoon. Strain into the cup, spray again and serve with a brined onion. 

  • 8 cl Oli’Gin 
  • 0,5 cl Green Chartreuse 
  • Saline water 

 

 

 

FOR A JAMESON IRISH WHISKEY-LOVING DAD 

A TOUCH OF THE CHOCKY OLD FASHIONED 

 

You require  

2 dashes Angostura Bitters 

2 dashes Chocolate Bitters 

Honey chocolate syrup to taste 

Ice cubes 

2 parts Jameson Black Barrel  

 And give to him. He will work it out. 

 

 

 

FOR A SOUR DAD  

  •  100ml pink grapefruit soda 
  • 15ml lime juice 
  • Ice 

Give him a tall salt r-immed glass with some grapefruit soda andl already in it. Then give him a bottle of Patro tequila and let him  perform his perfect pour. 

 

 

 

FOR A RUM LOVING DAD 

A MANSCAPED MOJITO! 

Recipe: 

1/2 ounce of fresh pineapple (puree, juice, or freshly chopped) 

1/2 ounce fresh mango (puree, juice, or freshly chopped) 

1/2 habanero pepper, chopped  

2 ounces fresh yuzu juice 

3-4 fresh kaffir lime leaves  

1 ounce Lychee syrup 

3 ounces Gosling Black Sea Rum  

1 ounce ginger beer  

Garnish: Fresh mint sprig  

Preparation: Muddle, stir, pour into a Collins or highball glass filled with crushed ice. Top with the ginger beer and more rum 

 

NOT BEACHED UP  QUITE YET 

Recipe: 

2-3 ounces  Kraken Spiced Rum  

4 ounces fresh pineapple juice  

3 ounces cranberry juice  

Garnish: fresh orange and pineapple wedges  

Preparation: In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add Kola Spiced rum, pineapple juice and cranberry juice. Shake well and strain into a Collins or highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with fresh orange and pineapple wedges.  

 

 

For a Mezcal-Loving Dad

A MACHO MEZCAL 

  • Ingredients: 50 ml Explorer mezcal, 25 ml lime juice, and 20 ml Cointreau (or triple Sec). 
  • Preparation: Shake the ingredients vigorously with ice for \(10-12\) seconds. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice and top with a splash San Pellegrino Limonata) 
  • Garnish: A lime wheelTop of FormBottom of Form 

 

 

 

FOR A BEER AND GIN LOVING DAD 

BEER SPRIZ. 

  • His favourite beer chilled 
  • 25ml Tanqueray gin 
  • 15ml elderflower cordial 
  • Lemon wedge 

Pour the gin and  cordial into a pint glass, add ice and top with cold lager. craft bee. Finish with a squeeze of lemon. 

For a Gin Only- Loving Dad 

  

Ingredients 
50ml Mr. White’s Gin
20ml freshly squeezed lime juice
15ml simple syrup (adjust to taste)
60g sliced celery (plus extra for garnish)
2 lime wedges
Soda water (100–120ml)
Ice 

  

Method 
Slice a long celery ribbon for garnish and set aside.
Add sliced celery and lime wedges to a shaker and muddle to release the juices.
Add gin, lime juice and syrup.
Add ice and shake well for 10 seconds.
Strain into a tall glass filled with ice and top with soda water. Garnish with the celery ribbon. 

  

Gin & Black Pepper Tonic 

  • 150ml tonic water 
  • Cracked black pepper 
  • Lime wedge 
  • Ice 

Fill a balloon glass with ice, add the gin and tonic water, then finish with cracked black pepper and lime. 

 

 

 

 

For  a Temperate-type Dad 

Earl For The Day Mocktail 

2 Earl Grey tea bags 

1 cup of boiling water 

2 tablespoons of fresh squeezed orange juice

2 dashes of Angostura bitters 

1 tablespoon of honey (or sweetener of your choice) 

Ice cubes 

Orange slices for garnish

Start by brewing a cup of strong Earl Grey tea and allowing it to steep for a few minutes. Once it’s brewed, remove the tea bags and let it cool. In a shaker, combine the cooled Earl Grey tea, 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice, 2 dashes bitters, and a drizzle of honey or agave syrup for a touch of sweetness. Give it a good shake to mix all the flavors together.