Comments on: Atholl Brose – Oh My God It’s So Yummy! (recipe included)

By: David Redfern

David Redfern — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:19:50 +0000

My English brother in law, once removed?….err second brother in law? brother in law in waiting???……My wife’s brother in law!

Being an upstanding senior Royal Naval Officer (met the Queen and all that, wink, wink) decided to demolish more than one bottle of this stuff at a new year party of ours one night. No one else got any, and if that’s the state of our 007 candidates…..God help us!!!!!

By: Jim Paterson

Jim Paterson — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:21:11 +0000

Bushmills should be barred as a whisky except in Ireland where they will drink almost anything.

By: davemj

davemj — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:22:15 +0000

Mind you I was still trying to welcome in the Irish Summer in September last year, green for a reason… So I moved to New Zealand just in time for winter…. Grass grows all year around for a reason….. Bring on the summer….

By: alecm

alecm — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:58:38 +0000

>…welcoming in the Irish Summer.

I see what you’re getting at, but I can’t take the notion of irish cultural romanticism seriously ever again, having seen http://www.grannyogrimm.com/

By: davemj

davemj — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:10:03 +0000

Indeed, a scottish malt should be used in the receipe, rather than an Irish Malt, which should be used as a chaser to Guinness (or Murphys), whilst sat beside a fire whilst welcoming in the Irish Summer.

By: acb

acb — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:15:00 +0000

I bought some Atholl Brose when I was first in Edinburgh, after noticing that its name matched a Cocteau Twins song. They used to have it in the whisky shops, though they seem to have stopped carrying it a while ago, at least in the London one.

By: alecm

alecm — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:06:42 +0000

What if I called it a “whisky smoothie” ?

By: C3

C3 — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:02:28 +0000

sounds a bit wintry…. The toasted oats would lent more ‘weight’ and ‘texture’ to the oat broth is my guess.

By: Gilles

Gilles — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:17:41 +0000

What you want is to use Bushmills whiskey. My favorite.

By: alecm

alecm — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:01:54 +0000

It’s definitely a drink for the setting sun.

I’ve been browsing the web for other recipes, there are a lot that involve toasting the oats – which means the recipe’s been confused with Cranachan somehow; also found one with egg whites, god knows where that came from.

I may try whipping the cream a bit thicker next time, but not too much.

By: Dave Walker

Dave Walker — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 06:58:06 +0000

That does sound rather fun – might have a go myself .

As you say, there’s very significant opportunity for variation; given the very clement weather we’re having right now, if you’re going for a heather honey, I’d be inclined to reduce the cream a bit and go with a light Lowland malt (I’m thinking Auchentoshan). I think the result, would be excellent to take for a sit in the garden.