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Top 5 Trending Whiskey Drinks this Summer in 2025

Top 5 Trending Whiskey Drinks this Summer in 2025

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:

 

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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