{"id":3509,"date":"2017-08-23T07:19:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T07:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/durban\/?p=3509"},"modified":"2017-09-04T05:17:42","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T05:17:42","slug":"ginger-monkey-shoulder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/durban\/ginger-monkey-shoulder\/","title":{"rendered":"A Ginger Monkey to Get You Through the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Ginger Monkey cocktail, specially created for those with a modern, minimalism\u00a0outlook on life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Making an appearance from the famous Monkey Shoulder Cocktail Book, here\u2019s a mix to showcase the zesty orange and spiced oak notes found in this authentic, award winning whisky. This tall refresher enhances both notes with fiery ginger beer and the zing of fresh orange. The orange makes all the difference, so don\u2019t leave it out.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Scroll down to stand a chance and win a bottle of Monkey Shoulder!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As we do, challenging traditional conventions, we\u2019d ike to dedicate this one to Albert, the first NASA monkey to ever make a successful trip to space. He was ginger too you know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cheers Albert!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GINGER MONKEY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tastes Like<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Swan-diving into a ginger and orange paradise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What You\u2019ll Need<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>50ml of Monkey Shoulder triple malt whisky<\/li>\n<li>80ml of Dry Ginger Ale<\/li>\n<li>Fresh Orange Wedge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Making It<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Fill long glass with ice<\/li>\n<li>Add ingredients into glass and gently stir<\/li>\n<li>Garnish with orange wedge.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Fill the glass with ice &amp; add the Monkey Shoulder. Pour over the ginger ale &amp; slowly stir (never shake) to mix. Top off with a juicy fresh orange wedge and you\u2019re ready for lift off.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We all know that not all gingers are created equal! Avoid catastrophe and get some decent ginger ale (or ginger beer). Or slice a freshly washed ginger. Crunch it once between your teeth to release some spicy ginger flavour and throw this into your Ginger Monkey! You might want to give everyone their own ginger slice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Great cocktails start with responsible measuring.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/basicfront.easypromosapp.com\/p\/910678?micro=1&amp;utm_source=widget&amp;utm_medium=embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"950\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ginger Monkey cocktail, specially created for those with a modern, minimalism\u00a0outlook on life. 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