10 gin cocktail recipes to try this summer!

Summer is creeping up on us, we’ve been blessed with some lovely weather over the last few weeks. Sadly, many of our summer events have been postponed this year, so we’re bringing you the opportunity to create your own pub garden at home with our ‘easy to make at home’ cocktails. They’re perfect for this British lockdown to keep the spirits up!

lincolnshire summer cup

We’re loving this Pink Gin from Bottomley Distillers (42% ABV) now the sun is out. It’s made from an infusion of strawberries and their traditional London Dry recipe. We’ve paired ours with a traditional lemonade so it’s not too sweet, but instead very refreshing!

Ingredients

Method

  1. Fill your glass with ice
  2. Pour in your gin and top up with lemonade
  3. Garnish with sliced strawberry & lemon

For a less sweet option, check out this recipe.

 

gin cupcake recipe

Floradora

Chalgrove Artisan Distillery have produced OX44 Gin. This isn’t just any old gin, this is an extremely smooth, multi-award winning gin (in fact they have just won a double gold medal!). Containing botanicals including kaffir lime leaves, coriander and cardamom.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Add the gin, Chambord and lime to an ice-filled highball
  2. Stir for a few seconds to blend
  3. Top up with ginger beer
  4. Squeeze a segment of lime then drop it in the glass

Chloe’s favourite cocktail!

lemon sherbet gin fizz

This gin comes from a micro-distillery in Herefordshire who grow most of their own herbs and botanicals, including lemon thyme, rosemary and lemon verbena. Haven Distillery have produced a citrus forward gin which is lovely on its own as a refreshing G&T or sweeten it up in a combination of cocktails!

Ingredients

Method

  1. Dip your flute rim into a combination of caster sugar and lemon juice
  2. Add gin, sugar syrup and ice to your cocktail shaker and shake to mix
  3. Fill your flute with Prosecco
  4. Strain the gin and syrup mix into your Prosecco, making sure there is no ice
  5. Garnish with a twist of lemon peel

BOATHOUSE PUNCH

Trudi may be a little biased on this one, it’s her most local distillery in Cambridgeshire and we’ve been working with Roundwood Distillery since the day they launched! Their London Dry Gin (42% ABV) includes botanicals such as; citrus peel, elderflowers and elderberries.

Ingredients (serves 4)

Method

  1. In a large pitcher, muddle the lemon peel and sugar
  2. Let stand for at least 30 minutes
  3. Add the remaining ingredients, fill with ice and stir  
  4. Garnish with orange wheels 

TIP: If you don’t like tonic with your gin, why not try your favourite tipple with an alternate mixer, like a fruit juice? We can highly recommend the Orange & Apple from the team at Folkington’s!

old tom & T

A slightly sweeter gin from Gorilla Spirits Co as you’d expect from an Old Tom, perfect for those who don’t enjoy a dry G&T but prefer tonic as a mixer! Botanicals include coriander seed, sweet orange and lemongrass. Did you know that £1 from every bottle sold is donated to ‘The Gorilla Organization‘? So go get yourself one, here!

Ingredients

Method

  1. Add the gin to your Copa Glass filled with plenty of ice
  2. Top up with your tonic water
  3. Add a slice of orange to garnish

RHUBARB & GINGER

The Orkney Gin Company is a small, family run distillery, founded back in 2016. In addition to rhubarb in this delightful bottle, you will also find locally grown rose petals, Seville orange peel cloves and cinnamon. This gin is lightly sweetened to the Old Tom style but still slightly tart. Extremely refreshing and compliments the pink ginger mixer.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Fill your martini glass with crushed ice to chill the glass
  2. Once chilled, remove the ice and pour in your gin
  3. Top up with pink ginger
  4. Lime wheel to garnish 

 Trudi’s favourite cocktail!

apple & pear

This beautifully designed bottle is just as wonderful as it tastes, Joules Apple & Pear Gin (40% ABV) is super versatile. The collaboration between friends and neighbours Warners x Joules, to celebrate their 30th anniversary! Inspired by country walks, the botanicals include apple, pear, locally grown elderflower and black pepper. It’s definitely one to try! 

Ingredients

Method

  1. Stir all the ingredients except the garnishes in a Copa glass with plenty of ice
  2. Garnish with peeled cucumber, and edible flowers if you have them

taste of sussex & tonic

Generation 11 Sussex Dry Gin (43% ABV) has a great story behind the brand which we LOVED reading about! 11 generations ago, a distant cousin to the owner of Generation 11 married William of Orange who bought Jenever over from Holland to England! This bottle is packed with 8 botanicals in total, including coriander seed, lavender and lemon peel. Delightful as a G&T, with fresh citrus flavours and subtle lavender notes.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Add the gin to your Copa Glass filled with plenty of ice
  2. Top up with your tonic water
  3. Add a slice of lemon & lavender to garnish 

elderflower & raspberry

The Sweet Potato Spirit Company have produced a delicious Gin Liqueur (25% ABV) which is made with the finest home-grown English raspberries and of course… sweet potatoes! The sharpness from the raspberries with the sweetness from the presse make this a winning drink for those who aren’t keen on the dryness of a G&T (this goes down VERY easily)!

Ingredients

Method

  1. Add the gin, lemon juice and 5 raspberries, muddle well and top glass with ice
  2. Top with elderflower presse and garnish with your remaining raspberries 

orange o'clock

Slingsby Marmalade Gin (40% ABV) is distilled using natural spring water from the world famous Harrogate aquifer. It’s made from zesty Yorkshire marmalade and botanicals such as; primrose, sweet cicely and rosehip. This cocktail is super refreshing and zesty!

Ingredients

Method

  1. Build ingredients into a tall glass filled with ice and stir 
  2. Serve and enjoy with a straw!

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