Celebrate the Return of Game of Thrones With These White Walker Cocktails

Last October, Johnnie Walker unveiled “White Walker” a special limited-edition Game of Thrones blend of the iconic whisky. The big draw of the White Walker (beyond the delicious whisky inside, of course) was the bottle, which uses thermogenic ink that reveals a surprise message when you toss the bottle in the freezer.

I snagged a bottle in October with plans to drink it during this year’s series premiere.

While my plans entailed just drinking it straight, the folks at Johnnie Walker sent over a few drink recipes this week that use the whiskey in Game of Thrones-inspired cocktails. If you’re like me and are still holding on to a bottle or two, here are a few ways to use it.

And if you can’t get your hands on a bottle of White Walker, I imagine another bottle of Johnnie Walker will do.

The Night King’s Sour
Created by Mixologist: Gabe Orta

Ingredients:
1 oz. White Walker by Johnnie Walker
½ oz. Blue Curacao
½ oz. Lemon juice
½ oz. white grape juice
½ oz. vanilla syrup
1 Egg white

Instructions: Add all ingredients into a shaker. Add ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a rocks glass and garnish.

Dragongrass Old Fashioned
 Created by Mixologist: Gabe Orta

Ingredients:
1 oz. White Walker by Johnnie Walker
¼ oz. Zacapa rum
½ oz. Smoked cinnamon syrup
2 dashes of Dram palo santo bitters
1 dash angostura
1 rosemary stalk
Garnish: Diamond Shape ice block/Burned rosemary
Glass: Rocks

Instructions: Burn the rosemary stalk with a torch gun into a wood plank. Smoke the glass. Add all ingredients into a mixing glass. Add ice and stir for at least 30 seconds. Strain into the smoked rocks glass filled with a diamond shape ice block.

Army of the Dead

Ingredients:
1 1/4 oz. White Walker by Johnnie Walker
5 oz. Coconut Soda
Garnish: Lemon Wheel/Mint sprig

Instructions: Add all ingredients in a highball glass, add ice and stir for 2 seconds.