Top 5 Trending Whiskey Drinks this Summer in 2025
11 Jun 2025
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In 2025, expect to see a resurgence of classic whiskey cocktails with fresh twists, along with a growing trend of whiskey-focused cocktails using high-end brands. Specific drinks to look out for include the New York Sour, the Boulevardier, and the Rusty Nail. Additionally, ready-to-drink whiskies are gaining popularity, and whiskey is being used in more creative cocktail recipes.
Top Five Recipes:
Rusty Nail
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 ounces scotch
- 3/4 ounce Drambuie
Steps:
- Add the scotch and Drambuie into a mixing glass with ice and stir until well-chilled.
- Strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube.
Whiskey choice: Drambuie Liqueur
Boulevardier
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 ounces bourbon (or rye)
- 1 ounce Campari
- 1 ounce sweet vermouth
- Garnish: orange twist
Steps:
- Add bourbon, Campari and sweet vermouth into a mixing glass with ice and stir until well-chilled.
- Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
- Garnish with an orange twist.
Whiskey Choice:
World Whiskey Society Special Edition 10 Yeras Old Ducks Unlimited Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Whiskey Smash
Ingredients:
- 3 lemon wedges
- 2 ounces bourbo
- 3/4 ounce simple syrup
- 4 mint leaves
- Garnish: mint sprig
Steps:
- Muddle the lemon wedges in a shaker
- Add bourbon, simple syrup, mint leaves and ice, and shake until well-chilled.
- Double-strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
- Garnish with a mint sprig.
Whiskey Choice:
Sazerac
Ingredients:
- Absinthe, to rinse
- 1 sugar cube
- 1/2 teaspoon cold wate
- 4 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
- 2 1/2 ounces rye whiskey
- Garnish: lemon peel
Steps:
- Rinse a chilled rocks glass with absinthe, discarding any excess, and set aside
- In a mixing glass, muddle the sugar cube, water and the Peychaud’s bitters.
- Add the rye whiskey, fill the mixing glass with ice and stir 15–20 seconds, until well-chilled.
- Strain into the prepared glass.
- Twist the lemon peel over the drink’s surface to express the peel’s oils, then garnish with the peel.
Whiskey Choice:
New York Sour
Ingredients:
- 2 ounces rye whiskey or bourbon
- 1 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeeze
- 3/4 ounce simple syrup
- 1 egg white (optional)
- 1/2 ounce red wine
Steps:
- Add the whiskey, lemon juice, simple syrup and egg white (optional) into a shaker with ice and shake hard until well-chilled.
- Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
- Slowly pour the red wine over the back of a bar spoon so that the wine floats on top of the drink.
Whiskey Choice:
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