Malt Citrus Cooler

About the Malt Citrus Cooler

Bright, bubbly, and built for warm weather, the Malt Citrus Cooler combines Timber Creek’s Florida Single Malt Whiskey with lemon juice, orange juice, and soda water for a light, fizzy whiskey cocktail. Two citrus juices working together give it more complexity than a simple whiskey and soda, while the soda water keeps the finished drink from feeling heavy or overly sweet. The malt character in Florida Single Malt Whiskey is what keeps this cooler from tasting thin despite all the citrus and soda diluting it. Timber Creek ages this whiskey as its own individual component before blending it under the distillery’s PureBlend process, which gives it enough toasted-grain backbone to still register as whiskey even after being shaken with two juices and topped with soda water.

To build it, shake the whiskey, lemon juice, and orange juice hard with ice until well chilled, strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice, and top with soda water for a light, effervescent finish. Because it’s citrus-forward and low in sweetness, this cooler pairs surprisingly well with delicate foods that a heavier cocktail might overwhelm. Sushi is an excellent match, since the drink’s acidity and fizz cleanse the palate between bites the way a good beverage should at a sushi meal, and vegetable skewers work for similar reasons, letting the char from the grill play against the citrus without either one overpowering the other. Using freshly squeezed juice rather than bottled makes a noticeable difference in a drink this dependent on citrus, so it’s worth the extra few minutes of prep.

This is an easy-drinking cocktail best suited to daytime gatherings, a light lunch, or an early evening on the patio before things get more festive. Precisely because it goes down easy, keep track of your pace, drink plenty of water alongside it, and enjoy it responsibly.

Bright, bubbly, and built for warm weather, the Malt Citrus Cooler combines Timber Creek’s Florida Single Malt Whiskey with lemon juice, orange juice, and soda water for a light, fizzy whiskey cocktail. Two citrus juices working together give it more complexity than a simple whiskey and soda, while the soda water keeps the finished drink from feeling heavy or overly sweet. The malt character in Florida Single Malt Whiskey is what keeps this cooler from tasting thin despite all the citrus and soda diluting it. Timber Creek ages this whiskey as its own individual component before blending it under the distillery’s PureBlend process, which gives it enough toasted-grain backbone to still register as whiskey even after being shaken with two juices and topped with soda water.

To build it, shake the whiskey, lemon juice, and orange juice hard with ice until well chilled, strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice, and top with soda water for a light, effervescent finish. Because it’s citrus-forward and low in sweetness, this cooler pairs surprisingly well with delicate foods that a heavier cocktail might overwhelm. Sushi is an excellent match, since the drink’s acidity and fizz cleanse the palate between bites the way a good beverage should at a sushi meal, and vegetable skewers work for similar reasons, letting the char from the grill play against the citrus without either one overpowering the other. Using freshly squeezed juice rather than bottled makes a noticeable difference in a drink this dependent on citrus, so it’s worth the extra few minutes of prep.

This is an easy-drinking cocktail best suited to daytime gatherings, a light lunch, or an early evening on the patio before things get more festive. Precisely because it goes down easy, keep track of your pace, drink plenty of water alongside it, and enjoy it responsibly.