CUCUMBER MINT COBBLER
Ingredients
Serves 1
¾ oz (22 ml) Absolut vodka
¾ oz (22 ml) Hendrick’s gin
½ oz (15 ml) Simple Syrup
½ oz (15 ml) lime juice
4 mint leaves, plus extra sprig for garnish
4 slices of cucumber, plus extra slices for garnish
Instructions
- Put cucumber in bottom of a cocktail shaker and muddle until pulpy. Add remaining ingredients including mint (no need to muddle mint leaves), add ice and shake. Strain into an old-fashioned cocktail glass, top with crushed ice. Garnish with a mint sprig and a thin slice of cucumber.
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WHITE LADY
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Broker’s Premium London Dry gin
¾ oz (22 ml) Cointreau
¾ oz (22 ml) fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice; shake well and fine-strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
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HANKY PANKY
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Beefeater London Dry gin
1½ oz (45 ml) Cinzano Rosso
2 dashes Fernet-Branca bitters
orange peel, for garnish
Instructions
- Place gin, vermouth and Fernet-Branca in a mixing glass with ice and stir well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Twist a slice of orange peel over the surface of the drink, then pop the peel in to garnish.
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PIMM’S CUP
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Pimm’s No.1 Cup
4 oz (120 ml) lemon-lime soda or ginger ale
1 wheel cucumber, for garnish
1 wheel lemon, for garnish
1 wheel orange, for garnish
mint sprig, for garnish
Instructions
- Add Pimm’s and soda to a chilled highball glass and fill with ice. Garnish with a slice of cucumber, lemon, orange (or fruit of your choosing) and a sprig of mint. If desired, gently muddle ingredients to release essences.
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BRAMBLE
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Bombay Sapphire London Dry gin
1 oz (30 ml) fresh lemon juice
½ oz (15 ml) Sugar Syrup
½ oz (15 ml) Cherry Point Cowichan Blackberry liqueur
blackberries and lemon slice, for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, shake gin, lemon juice and Sugar Syrup with ice, then strain into a rocks glass filled with crushed ice. Drizzle blackberry liqueur over top. If desired, garnish with a lemon slice and fresh blackberries.
- To make SUGAR SYRUP: Bring 1 cup (250 ml) sugar and ½ cup (125 ml) water just to a boil, stirring constantly, until sugar is completely dissolved. Will keep, refrigerated, for a week or two.
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CHAMPAGNE PUNCH
Ingredients
Serves 20
2 cups (500 ml) St-Rémy VSOP brandy
1 cup (250 ml) fresh lemon juice
3/4 cup (180 ml) Sugar Syrup
1 tsp (5 ml) orange bitters
6 cups (1.5 L or 2 bottles)
Veuve Du Vernay brut, chilled
lemon wheels, for garnish
ice, preferable a large block
Instructions
- In a pitcher or large glass jar, combine brandy, lemon juice, Sugar Syrup and bitters. Stir until blended. Chill for a couple of hours or overnight.
- When ready to serve, pour the gin base into a large, non-reactive punch bowl. Add the bubble and stir gently. Add ice, then garnish with lemon wheels. To serve, ladle into punch glasses. Makes 20 servings (10 cups or 2.5 L).
- To make SUGAR SYRUP: Bring 1 cup (250 ml) sugar and ½ cup (125 ml) water just to a boil, stirring constantly, until sugar is completely dissolved. Will keep, refrigerated, for a week or two.
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BANANA COLADA
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Gosling’s Black Seal rum
2 oz (60 ml) cream of coconut
1 oz (30 ml) fresh lemon juice, strained
½ ripe banana, peeled
¼ ripe pineapple, peeled and cubed
½ cup (125 ml) ice cubes
slice of banana and pineapple, for garnish
Instructions
- Combine ingredients in a heavy duty blender and whirl until smooth and creamy. Pour into a chilled glass such as a Hurricane glass. Serve immediately.
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PASSION COCONUT FIZZLE
Ingredients
Serves 1
PINEAPPLE COCONUT FOAM:
6¾ oz (200 ml) full-fat coconut milk
10 oz (300 ml) pineapple juice, strained
½ oz (15 ml) lemon juice, strained
¼ cup (60 ml) granulated sugar
PASSION FIZZLE:
1 oz (30 ml) Bacardí Maestro white rum
1 oz (30 ml) passion fruit purée
½ oz (15 ml) simple syrup
ice cubes
½ cup (125 ml) crushed ice
2 oz (60 ml) plain soda water
Instructions
- To make PINEAPPLE COCONUT FOAM: Combine coconut milk, pineapple and lemon juice and sugar in a bowl. Stir until sugar is completely dissolved. Transfer to a 2 cup (500 ml) whipping cream dispenser and charge with one No. 2 charge. Chill dispenser until very cold, about 15 –30 minutes. Shake well and dispense when needed. When ready to serve, combine rum, purée, syrup and ice cubes in a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously, strain and pour over crushed ice in a Collins glass. Top with soda and a piping of Pineapple Coconut Foam. Serve immediately.
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LEI ALOHA
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Bombay Sapphire gin
½ oz (15 ml) hibiscus syrup
½ oz (15 ml) orgeat or almond syrup
1 oz (30 ml) fresh lime juice
2 drops orange flower water
ice cubes
a tropical flower, for garnish (optional )
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously, strain and pour drink into a chilled glass such as a coupe. Garnish with a tropical flower, if desired. Serve immediately.
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ROYAL MANDATE
Ingredients
Serves 1
granulated sugar
1 lemon slice
3 tbsp (45 ml) Havana Club 7 rum
1½ tsp (7 ml) Crème de Cassis
1½ tsp (7 ml) Fernet Branca
4 tsp (20 ml) lemon juice
2 tsp (10 ml) honey syrup
ice cubes
orange zest, for garnish
Instructions
- Run a cut lemon along one half of the rim of a glass. Dip in sugar to coat half the rim. Combine remaining ingredients except for orange zest in a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously and strain into tall sugar-rimmed glass. Garnish and serve immediately.
- To make HONEY SYRUP: Combine 2⅓ cups (590 ml) honey and 1⅔ cups (400 ml) hot water in a glass container large enough to hold contents. Stir until dissolved. Can be refrigerated for up to 6 weeks.