Sir William Smash, a Blackberry Whiskey Smash – Champagne and Coconuts Your SEO optimized title

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If you love drinks that look festive for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, or special occasions in the spring and summer – but aren’t all “froo-froo” (whatever THAT means) – the Sir William Smash is where it’s at. This lovely cocktail is made with whiskey, giving it a rugged boldness that pairs nicely with sweet berries. It’s a delicious blackberry whiskey smash.

The Sir William Smash made with 12-Year Single Malt 

The Sir Sir William Smash is a delicious Blackberry Whiskey Smash cocktail that tastes great. And the color is pleasing too!

This cocktail is easy to make but looks properly dressed up for any special occasion. Along with the sweet berries, lemon juice adds a dazzling freshness and a sprig of mint adds color and tantalizing aroma as you sip your drink.

The Sir William Smash cocktail tastes best with a high-quality whiskey. We enjoy Old Pulteney 12-Year-Old Highland Single Malt, but if you have a favorite whiskey, feel free to try that instead. You really can’t go wrong when you start with the right booze. Just be sure to have enough berries on hand because once you taste this, you’re sure to want more than one!

Thank you to Old Pulteney and Jonathan Pogash for sharing their recipe and photos with us.

What is a 12 year old Scotch?

When you’re selecting a bottle of scotch, you may notice that they include their ages on the bottles. This is so you know how “young” the whiskey is. 

What that means it that when the scotch was bottled, the whiskey had been aged for at least 12 years in an oak cask or barrel. However, that’s referring to the youngest whiskey in the bottle. It’s not necessarily the age of all of what’s in the bottle. You’ll notice this particularly with blended scotch. There may be much older scotch blended in depending on the master’s flavor profile he or she seeks to achieve.

Scotch has a geographical indicator that governs its production, so when you see that a bottle has a number on it, you know that the scotch has aged at least that long. So you may rest assured that a scotch with a 12 year old label can always be older, but it will not be younger than that. 

So does older scotch taste better than younger scotch? In many cases, that’s a matter of preference. But it is certainly more expensive. The reason why has to do with evaporation. The longer the whiskey sits in the cask, the more of it evaporates. In fact, the part that evaporates is often called the “angel’s share.” Oftentimes, a cask will lose as much as 2% of it’s contents each year. That’s a lot!

Ingredients to make the Sir William Smash

  • 2 oz whiskey – we used Old Pulteney 12 year Old Highland Single Malt
  • ¾ oz fresh lemon juice
  • ¾ oz simple syrup
  • 4 blackberries

Note – If blackberries are not in season, you may use thawed frozen blackberries or choose a different berry that is in season.

Directions to make a Blackberry Whiskey Smash:

  1. Muddle berries in the lemon juice and simple syrup.
  2. Add whiskey, ice and shake well.
  3. Strain over ice into a rocks glass.
  4. Garnish with a mint sprig.

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The Blackberry Whiskey Smash, aka the Sir William Smash made with Old Pulteney has a delicious flavor that must be tasted for you to believe how good it is. Jonathan Pogash A homemade whiskey smash gets an upgrade when you mix in some quality whiskey and some fresh blackberries. A blackberry whiskey smash is ideal to serve when blackberries are in season, or you can make it anytime using frozen blackberries. We made ours with Old Pulteney 12 year Single Malt Scotch, but you can use your favorite whiskey or scotch.

  • 2 oz whiskey we used Old Pulteney 12 year Old Highland Single Malt
  • ¾ oz fresh lemon juice
  • ¾ oz simple syrup
  • 4 blackberries
  • Muddle berries in the lemon juice and simple syrup.
  • Add whiskey, ice and shake well.
  • Strain over ice into a rocks glass.
  • Garnish with a mint sprig.

If blackberries are not in season, you may use thawed frozen blackberries or choose a different berry that is in season.Please note that nutrition facts are subject to change based on your choice of ingredients.