Must-to-try Gin Cocktails

Do you know that 11th June is celebrated as World Gin Day? Well, now you know! Gin day started in 2009, to popularise this beverage and increase the number of Gin enthusiasts. If you are a gin lover or someone who would love to try & above the legal drinking age in your area, this blog is for you! So keep reading!

Today, we are going to do the top 3 Gin recipes, let's begin-

Elderflower Collins

Ingredients-

  • 50ml gin
  • 20ml lemon juice
  • 10ml sugar syrup
  • 10ml elderflower cordial
  • soda water, for topping up
  • herb sprigs, to garnish

Method-

  1. Shake the gin with the lemon juice, sugar and a dash of elderflower cordial in a cocktail shaker. 
  2. Pour over rock ice and top up with soda water. 
  3. Garnish with a sprig of your favourite herb.

Gin Martini

Feel free to swap the olive out for a pickle and have yourself a pickle martini, or a pickled pearl onion for a Gibson.

Ingredients-

  • 75 ml ounces gin
  • 15 ml ounce dry vermouth
  • Olives for garnish

Method-

  1. Add liquid ingredients to a glass with ice, and stir until frosty and chilled. 
  2. Strain into a chilled glass. 
  3. Garnish with as many olives as you want!

Matcha Pina Colada

Ingredients-

  • 50ml Beefeater Dry 0r 24
  • Bar spoon matcha tea
  • 30ml fresh pineapple juice
  • 10ml fresh lemon juice
  • 50ml coconut milk
  • 40ml soda water

Method:

  1. Blend all ingredients together except for soda water until smooth. 
  2. Pour soda water into a highball glass, and add the blended mixture.
  3. Add a dust of matcha and mix!

Now you are all set for your Gin part on World Gin Day!