Monday, May 29, 2023

Time for a Tipple? 3 Epic Gin Cocktail Recipes to Make at Home

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Gin cocktails are showing NO sign of leaving our hot little hands this summer (click here for MORE gin cocktail recipes!) But if you’re a little tired of your standard gin and tonic, here are three gin cocktail recipes you can make at home and impress your mates with a little help from Bombay Sapphire.

Clover Club Royale

Ingredients:

30ml Bombay Sapphire

30ml Martini Extra Dry

30ml Fresh Lemon Juice

22.5ml of Raspberry Syrup

20ml Egg White

15ml Daniel le Brun NV or other sparkling wine

Garnish:

1g of Freeze-dried Raspberry crumbs

2g Mint Leaf

Glass:

Coupe Glass

Method:

  • Chill a coupe glass
  • Into a cocktail shaker add Raspberry Syrup, Vermouth, fresh Lemon, Bombay Sapphire and Egg Whites
  • Fill shaker with ice and shake gloriously hard
  • Fine strain into an empty and chilled Coupe glass
  • Charge with Daniel le Brun NV
  • Garnish with Raspberry Crumbs, mint sprig and serve

Bramble Sour

Ingredients:

45ml Bombay Sapphire

10ml Bianco Vermouth

15ml Fresh Lemon Juice

15ml Fresh Orange Juice

15ml Honey Syrup (2 parts honey, 1 part water, tiny dash of orange blossom)

15m Aquafaba

Garnish:

2g Cinnamon Bark

Glass:

Old Fashioned

Method:

  • Chill an Old Fashioned glass
  • Into a cocktail shaker, add 45ml Bombay Sapphire, 10ml Dolin Blanc Vermouth, 15ml Orange Juice, 15ml Lemon Juice, 5ml Honey Syrup & 15ml Aquafaba
  • Fill the shaker with ice, close and shake hard for seven seconds
  • Fine strain over fresh ice in the Old Fashioned glass
  • Garnish with freshly broken cinnamon quill bark and serve

Crystal Clear Martini 

Ingredients:

60ml Bombay Sapphire Premier Cru

7.5ml Martini Extra Dry Vermouth

5ml St Germain Elderflower Liqueur

Garnish:

Fresh Lemon Zest

Glass:

Nick & Nora or Martini 

Method:

  • Freeze a Nick & Nora Glass
  • Into a chilled mixing glass, add Bombay Sapphire Premier Cru and Martini Dry Vermouth
  • Stir well to achieve dilution
  • Carefully strain into the frozen Nick & Nora Glass
  • Garnish with a lemon zest

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