Gin Cocktails & Perfect Serves
Atlantic Distillery Ring of Fire - Light n’ Stormy
This Cornish craft gin has a chilli kick with a soft floral undertone. Its spiciness makes it perfect for this gin twist on a dark ‘n’ stormy cocktail.
Ingredients:
35ml Ring of Fire gin
150ml ginger beer
3 lime wedges
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Mint leaves
Slice of stem ginger
Method:
Layer the ingredients over ice in a tall glass.
Garnish with torn mint leaves, top with the ginger slice, and serve.
Bathtub Old Tom
This sweet gin offers a good dose of liquorice, earthy spices and citrus. It simply must be served in a classic martinez, designed especially for an Old Tom gin.
Ingredients:
35ml Old Tom gin
35ml-50ml sweet vermouth (traditionally more vermouth, we do a 1:1 ratio)
1-2 dashes angostura bitters
5-10ml sugar syrup or maraschino liqueur
Ice
Orange peel
Method:
Put the gin, vermouth, bitters and sugar syrup in a mixing glass and add ice.
Stir and strain into a martini glass.
Garnish with an orange peel, and carefully light the oils to release the wonderful aromas.
Conker Dorset Dry - Martini
This traditional style gin has a herbaceous, floral twist with an underlying earthiness. We love it in a simple martini to showcase the gin’s true traditional flavours.
Ingredients:
60ml Dorset Dry gin
1 tbsp dry vermouth
Ice
Olive, to garnish
Method:
Stir the gin, dry vermouth and a little ice together, or combine in a cocktail shaker.
Strain into a chilled martini glass.
Serve with an olive on a cocktail stick.
Hendricks - Eastside Rickey
This classic British gin has a distinctive floral flavour, with aromas of cucumber and rose. We think an Eastside Rickey is the perfect cocktail to play on Hendricks’s delicate, fresh nature.
Ingredients:
60ml Hendricks
30ml lime juice
30ml simple syrup
3 slices of cucumber
Handful of mint leaves
Ice
Soda water
Method:
Muddle the cucumber and mint in the bottom of a shaker tin.
Add the gin, lime juice, simple syrup and ice, seal and shake.
Strain into a tall glass over ice, and top with soda water.
Garnish with a sprig of mint.
Papillon - Rosemary Gin Fizz
The violet and chamomile create a distinct florality in this Dartmoor gin. We find the floral flavours work perfectly with this herbal gin fizz.
Ingredients:
50ml Papillon gin
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tbsp rosemary syrup
Ice
Soda water
Sprig of rosemary
Method:
Pour the gin, lemon juice, and syrup over ice, and stir.
Top with soda water.
Garnish with a sprig of rosemary to serve.
Pothecary - Elderflower & Rose Gin Gimlet
This delicate, floral gin offers a fresh lavender flavour which develops into juniper and orange. We love this in a floral gimlet to bring out the unique flavours.
Ingredients:
50ml Pothecary gin
Ice
25ml St. Germain
A squeeze of fresh lime
1 tbsp ounce simple syrup
1/2 tsp rose water
Rose petals to garnish
Method:
Fill up a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the gin, St. Germain, lime juice, simple syrup and rose water.
Shake, and strain it into a glass, over ice.
Garnish with rose petals.
Star of Bombay - Star of the Show
This rich, bold Bombay simply has to be served with Bombay Sapphire’s own cocktail; Star of the Show.
Ingredients:
50ml Star of Bombay
15ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
15ml peppermint tea sugar syrup
35ml cranberry juice
1 dash angostura orange bitters
3 raspberries
1 lemon peel twist
Method:
Muddle the raspberries in a cocktail shaker, then add all the other ingredients except the lemon.
Add ice, then shake well until the shaker is frosted and cold.
Strain into a chilled glass, and garnish with a twist of lemon peel.
Tanqueray 10 - Martini
This Tanqueray is clean, bold, and more complex than the original release. With citrus notes and a creamy palette, we love this classic gin served in a martini.
Ingredients:
60ml Tanqueray gin
1 tbsp dry vermouth
Ice
Olive, to garnish
Method:
Stir the gin, dry vermouth and a little ice together, or combine in a cocktail shaker.
Strain into a chilled martini glass.
Serve with an olive on a cocktail stick.
Whitley Neill Blood Orange - G&T with Orange
This orange gin packs a juniper punch, and is perfectly paired with a simple, premium tonic.
Ingredients:
50ml Whitley Neill Blood Orange gin
Ice
Slice of orange
100ml tonic
Orange wheel slice
Method:
Pour the gin over ice, and squeeze over the orange slice.
Stir in the tonic.
Serve with an orange wheel.
Wicked Wolf - Wicked Lavender Martini
This gin offers layers of citrus and peppery notes, balanced with juniper and coriander. Try with Wicked Wolf’s very own martini recipe.
Ingredients:
60ml Wicked Wolf gin
15ml dry vermouth
15ml lavender syrup
2 dashes of orange bitters
Ice
Sprig of lavender
Method:
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, and pour in all the ingredients except the lavender sprig.
Shake well, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with a sprig of lavender.
Wrecking Coast Clotted Cream - G&T with Strawberries
This Cornish gin offers a creamy mouthfeel with subtle herbal notes, juniper and pine. Pair with a simple gin and tonic, garnished with strawberries, for a refreshing summer tipple.
Ingredients:
50ml Wrecking Coast Clotted Cream gin
Ice
100ml tonic
Two strawberries
Sprig of mint
Method:
Pour the gin over ice, and stir in the tonic.
Serve with strawberries and a sprig of mint.
Plymouth Gin - G&T with Bitters
This traditional gin offers a slight heat, strong juniper flavours, and a herbal hint. We love a navy strength served as a classic gin and tonic, with bitters to add an extra element of spice.
Ingredients:
50ml Plymouth Navy Strength gin
Ice
½ lemon
10 dashes of angostura bitters
100ml tonic
Method:
Pour the gin over ice, and squeeze over the lemon.
Stir in the bitters and tonic.