{"id":4256,"date":"2018-05-25T10:55:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T08:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/?p=4256"},"modified":"2020-04-16T17:17:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T15:17:41","slug":"mix-a-monkeys-shoulder-whiskey-cocktail-this-fathers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/mix-a-monkeys-shoulder-whiskey-cocktail-this-fathers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Mix a Monkey Shoulder Whiskey Cocktail this Father&#8217;s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Why not whip up a whiskey cocktail with dad this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/fathers-day-johannesburg\/\">Father&#8217;s Day<\/a>?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Father&#8217;s Day is all about connecting with your dad, spending some time together and having fun. Making some whiskey cocktails is the perfect way to do just that.<\/p>\n<p>Making cocktails at home can seem daunting, with all the equipment and speciality ingredients you see used at bars, there&#8217;s no wonder. However, Monkey Shoulder would like to put your mind at ease and show you how easy it is to mix a cocktail at home. A mixing bowl, measuring spoons and a blender can go a long way!\u00a0Sugar syrups are also quite simple to make, by hand, stove or blender.<\/p>\n<p>Try these easy cocktail recipes Monkey Shoulder have put together, for a whiskey cocktail that&#8217;s impressive, delicious and deceptively easy.<\/p>\n<p>A play on a Whiskey Sour, the <strong>Monkey Mint Sour<\/strong> is made using <strong>100ml Monkey Shoulder Whiskey<\/strong>, <strong>50ml Fresh Lemon Juice<\/strong> and <strong>50ml Mint Syrup<\/strong>. Make the Mint Syrup by blending 1 cup of water, 1 cup of sugar and 4 sprigs of mint; once the sugar has dissolved strain the mixture and store in the fridge. Simple.<\/p>\n<p>Their <strong>Jungle Fever Cocktail<\/strong> is made with 1\/2 cup of <strong>Monkey Shoulder,<\/strong>\u00a0a cup of<strong> Elderflower Syrup<\/strong> 1\/4 cup <strong>Lemon Juice<\/strong>, 1 cup <strong>Apple Juice<\/strong> and 4 Sprigs of <strong>Mint<\/strong>. Add all ingredients to a coffee plunger and plunge 5 times or so, to aerate and infuse the ingredients. Serve over ice and garnish with apple slices and mint! This recipe serves 2.<\/p>\n<p>Spend Father&#8217;s Day doing something a bit different, get the family together and make a couple of cocktails before lunch or dinner. A fun way to spend time together, try something new and enjoy some <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/monkeyshoulder\/photos\/a.310223085707703.73923.138321036231243\/1189083894488280\/?type=3\">Monkey Shoulder<\/a> Whiskey Cocktails<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find more recipes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monkeyshoulder.com\/recipes\/\">HERE<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MS-mom-and-dad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4257\" src=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MS-mom-and-dad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1748\" height=\"2480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MS-mom-and-dad.jpg 1748w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MS-mom-and-dad-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MS-mom-and-dad-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MS-mom-and-dad-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MS-mom-and-dad-364x516.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MS-mom-and-dad-758x1075.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MS-mom-and-dad-608x863.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MS-mom-and-dad-1152x1634.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1748px) 100vw, 1748px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why not whip up a whiskey cocktail with dad this Father&#8217;s Day?\u00a0 Father&#8217;s Day is all about connecting with your dad, spending some time together and having fun. Making some whiskey cocktails is the perfect way to do just that. Making cocktails at home can seem daunting, with all the equipment and speciality ingredients you&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4256"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7578,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256\/revisions\/7578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}