{"id":5986,"date":"2019-07-26T11:12:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T09:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/?p=5986"},"modified":"2019-07-26T11:12:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T09:12:36","slug":"old-fashioned-monkey-shoulder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/old-fashioned-monkey-shoulder\/","title":{"rendered":"Do something old fashioned, it\u2019s National Scotch day after all!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>27 July marks National Scotch Day in the U.S \u2013 a day celebrated by whisky novices and connoisseurs alike, in appreciation of the simple pleasure of a fine Scotch. Monkey Shoulder, voted as the world\u2019s top trending and bestselling Scotch whisky for three years in a row by Drinks International, recommends sticking to the world\u2019s favourite drink in your celebrations this year, with a cheeky twist \u2013 the Lazy Old Fashioned.<\/p>\n<p>This easy-to-make and pleasure-to-drink cocktail is best served shared, and enjoyed responsibly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lazy old Fashioned<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>50ml Monkey Shoulder Whiskey<\/li>\n<li>10ml Sugar Syrup<\/li>\n<li>2 Dashes Angostura Bitters<\/li>\n<li>Orange Zest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Preparation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Add Monkey Shoulder, sugar syrup, Angostura bitters and orange zest to a mixing glass<\/li>\n<li>Add cold, dry ice and stir<\/li>\n<li>Once dilution is reached, strain into glass over fresh ice<\/li>\n<li>Twist orange peel over glass<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5988\" src=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Monkey-Shoulder-Serve-Old-Fashioned.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1150\" height=\"1725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Monkey-Shoulder-Serve-Old-Fashioned.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Monkey-Shoulder-Serve-Old-Fashioned-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Monkey-Shoulder-Serve-Old-Fashioned-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Monkey-Shoulder-Serve-Old-Fashioned-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Monkey-Shoulder-Serve-Old-Fashioned-561x842.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Monkey-Shoulder-Serve-Old-Fashioned-666x999.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Monkey-Shoulder-Serve-Old-Fashioned-364x546.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Monkey-Shoulder-Serve-Old-Fashioned-758x1137.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Monkey-Shoulder-Serve-Old-Fashioned-608x912.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>27 July marks National Scotch Day in the U.S \u2013 a day celebrated by whisky novices and connoisseurs alike, in appreciation of the simple pleasure of a fine Scotch. Monkey Shoulder, voted as the world\u2019s top trending and bestselling Scotch whisky for three years in a row by Drinks International, recommends sticking to the world\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5986","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5989,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5986\/revisions\/5989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}