![]() ![]() Now Sir Hector MacDonald, he became a Major General, then one of only a few British Army generals to have risen through the ranks, "from stable boy to general", merely on merit and success in the field. He then became a popular hero in Scotland and England and was knighted for his service in the Second Boer War. He quickly rose through the ranks after distinguishing himself in action at Omdurman in 1898. That doesn't necessarily throw doubt on the relationship between Sir Hector Archibald MacDonald and the Whisky Mac, but the two MacDonalds have been confused in various tellings of this legend.īut what of our hero, Fighting Mac? He was the son of a Ross-shire crofter who left school before he was 15 and at the age of 17 enlisted as a private in the Gordon Highlanders. One should never let the truth stand in the way of a good story, and our hero may well have mixed scotch with green ginger wine whilst in India, but the Macartney-MacDonald Line is named after George Macartney, the British consul at Kashgar, and Sir Claude MacDonald, the British envoy in Peking who presented the proposed border to the Chinese in a letter to the Qing government. MacDonald combined his love for whisky and medicinal ginger wine to create the Whisky Mac. A cholera breakout hit the troubled area and due to the perceived medicinal properties of ginger, so green ginger wine became popular among serving officers. MacDonald is said to have first made the eponymously named drink in 1899 while serving in India, during a period of unrest over a proposed demarcation between China and British India - a border known as the Macartney-MacDonald Line (which is still the basis of the border between China and Pakistan). Then better known as Fighting Mac due to his military exploits, MacDonald was a distinguished Victorian soldier who became something of a folk hero. This cocktail's full name is Whisky MacDonald and cocktail legend has it that the drink is named after Major General Sir Hector Archibald MacDonald (4th March 1853 - 25th March 1903). ![]() As a teenager I was onto a good thing!Įven a Whisky Mac served on-the-rocks is warming, but when the weather is cold, a Whisky Mac Toddy really hits the spot - a proper fireside nightcap of a drink. The resulting drink is gently spirituous with subtle ginger spice and an off-dry velvety mouthfeel. Now I'm middle-aged/old with drier tastes, I prefer at least one-and-half times as much whisky to green wine ( this recipe). I was young then with a sweet tooth, so equal parts whisky to wine suited. You simply paid for each measure - as I said it was not considered a cocktail or a 'mixed drink', neither was a port & brandy or a G&T come to that - simply two drinks served in one glass. I remember the drink comprising a jigger of scotch whisky and an equal measure of green ginger wine served in a tumbler over a few cubes of bad pub ice. As a teenager I hit upon the Whisky Mac mostly because I liked the name, and although far from being considered a cocktail, it pushed the boundaries of what was available at The Pickhurst Pub. Garnish with a marijuana leaf shaped pineapple slice.When I became a teenage pub goer in the early 1980s the Whisky Mac was my drink of choice – at least it was after I’d had my fill of ale – Courage Directors in those days. Add ice to glass and pour over all ingredients. Garnish: Marijuana Leaf shaped Pineapple sliceġ. If you like this Liquid Marijuana Cocktail, you'll also probably like these: the Liquid Marijuana Shot, the Long Island Iced Tea, the Jäger Bomb, Oil Spill Shots, and the Sour Green Apple. If you do actually want to make some cocktails with THC in them, here is a list of 7 ways to add THC to your cocktails. Some other drinks that fit the 420 theme but don't have any THC them are on this list of marijuana green cocktails. While this particular Liquid Marijuana mixed drink recipe doesn't contain any real marijuana or tincture of cannabis, it's still a fantastic drink that goes well with the 420 theme. This tasty green cocktail recipe mixes up spiced rum, melon liqueur, coconut rum, blue curacao, sweet & sour, and pineapple juice, and is garnished with a marijuana leaf-shaped pineapple slice to maximize all of that 420 mixed drink tastiness. Ladies and gentlemen, here we present to you the Liquid Marijuana Cocktail. ![]()
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