Blended Whiskey

A Blended Whiskey or a blended whisky is a blend of different types of whiskeys with addition of neutral grain spirits, colourings and flavours.

Blending whiskey is a commercial venture to make rare whiskey more accessible by adding cheaper grain spirits with minimum ageing life with aged straight or single malt whiskey in a way that the qualities and flavours of the single malt can be enjoyed to an extent while not having to pay the premium price of a Single Malt Straight Whiskey.

Johnnie Walker, Chivas Regal, Canadian Club, Canadian Mist, Jameson Irish Whiskey are good examples of premium blended whiskey that have crafted a space of their own in the world of a whiskey aficionado.

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Lemon

Lemon Juice being rich in Vitamin C is an excellent remedy for sore throat and aids in digestion and controls blood sugar, and also promoted weight loss. It is used for various culinary and non-culinary purposes all over the world. Lemon juice is known to reduce or even reverse the effects of excessive alcohol consumption and intoxication.
In drink mixing, fresh lemon juice brings a tangy zing to so many classic drinks and in fact, it's the most used ingredient in drink mixing other than the liquors of course.

This sweetened lemon flavoured beverage is an eternal popular throughout the world and there are varieties of homemade lemonades found everywhere. In North Africa and South Asia, cloudy lemonade dominates, be sure if your cocktail requires a clear lemonade or a cloudy one, which is indication of fruit pulp presence in the mix.

Pink Lemonade is a traditional Lemonade with food colouring added to it, the Pink Lemonade tastes exactly like a Lemonade, that is sweet Lime and Lemony, and the colour is a mere addition, no other fruit is added to it.

Lemon Liqueure is obviously made from Lemons, and sugar, it is a light to bright lemon yellow liqueur with an intense lemon flavour, and it can be clear, cloudy or opaque. With a sweet to sweet and sour taste. Lemon zest is added for the intensity without the bitterness of the pith, and when milk or cream is added, it is a lemon cream liqueur. Limoncello is an Italian Lemon Liqueur produced in Southern Italy and there are many other brands of lemon liqueur are produced in Italy, in several styles.Lemon Liqueur in Italy is consumed as a chaser ( ammazzacaffe ) to coffee.

A Squash is concentrated fruit syrup often with real pulp, typically made from fruit juice, water and sugar, and is used to create glassful juice by adding water to it.

Cloves 8 whole

Cloves are flower buds of the evergreen clove tree ( Syzygium Aromaticum ) native to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia. Clove is now grown in many countries and is available year round like most exotic spices that were once exclusive to trade routes across the seas. Found in both ground and whole forms. This aromatic spice can be used to season roasts and curries, and flavour hot beverages, and in cocktails, cloves can add a spicy warmth to the drink.

Cinnamon Sticks

Cinnamon is a very popular spice used world over, obtained from the inner bark of the trees of the genus Cinnamomum. Cinnamon is used in a wide variety of cuisines, sweets, breads and tea and is a dominant flavour in Cola too. Cinnamon trees are grown for two years befiore harvesting them by cutitng the stems at ground level, leaving stumps of trunks from where new shoots grow back and the tree growns again. The cut down stems are immediately processed, the outer bark is scraped off and the stem is beaten evenly with a hammer to loosen the inner bark which is then pried off in long rolls, dried and cut into pieces for sale.
Both Cinnamon Sticks and Cinnamon Powder is used in cocktails to add that sweet and woody flavour to the drink. Alternatively if you are not comfortable with the Powder and the recipe doesn't explicitly asks for Cinnamon Powder you can use a drop of Cinnamon Oil instead.
Note: Cinnamon Leaf Oil has a musky and spicy scent, and a light-yellow tinge that distinguishes it from the red-brown color of cinnamon bark oil Cinnamon leaf oil is lighter, cheaper and ideal for regular use. Although cocktail creation is an art and you can experiment with both.