What better way to celebrate summer’s long, hot, lazy evenings than with a
deliciously refreshing cocktail?
Here are a few of my favourite easy gin cocktail recipes for summer that
can be whipped up at home in a matter of minutes!
Orange Blossom Cocktail 🍊
25ml gin sweet vermouth
25ml orange juice
Orange flowers or twist of orange to garnish
Pour all of your ingredients over plenty of ice, into your glass. Stir
gently to combine and garnish with an orange peel.
Elderflower, Grapefruit & Rosé Gin Cocktail 🍸
20ml Elderflower Liqueur
30ml gin
35ml rosé wine
35ml grapefruit juice
30ml soda water, to top up
Salt and grapefruit wedge, to garnish
Rim a highball glass with salt and add ice. In a mixing jug, combine
elderflower liquer, gin, wine and grapefruit juice. Mix and strain into
your glass. Top up with soda water and garnish with a wedge of
grapefruit.
Appletini 🍏
50ml One Apple & Sage Gin (or any high quality gin)
20ml apple juice
20ml apple liqueur
Dash of orange bitters
Ice, apple and sage to garnish
Add the gin, apple juice, liqueur and bitters to a cocktail shaker. Add
ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled martini glass and
garnish with an apple fan and sage leaves.
Strawberry Basil Lemonade 🍓
25ml gin
2-3 basil leaves, plus extra to garnish
Handful of strawberries, plus extra to garnish
Juice of half a lemon
250g caster sugar
Sicilian Lemonade or soda water, to top up
Make a syrup by slicing and gently boiling a handful of strawberries
with lemon juice, 250ml water and the sugar. Simmer gently until the
sugar is combined and thickened. Strain and allow to completely cool
before use.
Stir the basil leaves gently inside a rocks glass, then add ice. Add
plenty of ice, gin and lemonade to a cocktail shaker and shake for 20
seconds, then strain the liquid from the shaker into the glass. Add your
strawberry syrup and top with lemonade or a splash of soda. Stir gently
and garnish with a strawberry and a basil leaf.
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