Beat the heat with these refreshing DIY cocktails

Ace your mixing skills with these refreshing DIY cocktail recipes
Refreshing cocktails
Refreshing cocktails

With the COVID-19 cases spreading like wildfire, and celebrations shifting indoors, yet again, your mini-bar at home needs to get upgraded with new skills. Mix it, shake it and glug these cocktail recipes and turn your regular day into a celebration. 

Gordon’s’ G&T

Ingredients:

  • 60ml Gordon’s London Dry
  • 150-180ml Fever-Tree Tonic
  • 2 dashes Bitters
  • Mosambi Wheel, Sage leaves garnish Ice: Cubed Ice

Glassware: Copa style glassware

Method:

  • As prep, chill your glass, the tonic & the gin far ahead of time.
  • In your chilled glass, pour in 60ml of Gordon’s London Dry Gin.
  • Top up with ice, until ice peaks through the glass like a mini iceberg.
  • Start to pour in 180ml of cold tonic water, you will notice the ice starts to melt.
  • Top with more ice to keep the carbonation strong, avoid over diluting your drink with mixer and to reduce the melt. Finish pouring in your tonic water as desired.
  • Dress with2-3 dashes of bitters, and garnish with a mosambi wheel and sage leaves.

Andalusian Summer with Tanqueray London Dry

Ingredients:

  • 45ml Tanqueray London Dry
  • 20ml Chamomile Honey
  • 20ml Fresh Orange Juice
  • 15ml Lime Juice
  • Soda to Top Up
  • Orange Wheel

Glassware: Copa De Balon, Wine Glass

Method:

  • Take highball, add 60ml Tanqueray London Dry, and all other ingredients until lime juice.
  • Top up with ice, until ice peaks through the glass, stir and cool your drink down.
  • Place your orange wedge against the glass for a clean garnish look.
  • Add more ice and then top up ever so slightly with crisp soda.
  • Dress with2-3 dashes of bitters if you like!

Ketel Mule

Ingredients:

  • 45 ml Ketel One Vodka
  • 100 ml Ginger Ale
  • Lime Wedges
  • Mint
  • Julienned Ginger

Glassware: Mule Mug

Method:

  • Lightly muddle a couple of ginger juliennes in your mule mug,
  • Juice half a lime,
  • Add 45 ml Ketel One, top with ice until ice peaks through the mug
  • Top with crisp, fresh, superbly cold ginger ale
  • Agitate a sprig of mint on the back of your hand. Garnish with more lime wedges, said mint and ginger juliennes.

Melon & Mint

Ingredients:

  • 60 ml Smirnoff No.21 Vodka
  • 5 Watermelon Wedges
  • 3 Lime Wedges
  • 15ml Sweet & Sour (a mix of sugar & lime)
  • Fresh Rosemary
  • Soda

Glassware: A highball glass

Method:

  • In a highball glass, muddle watermelon (de-seeded) and 60ml of Smirnoff No.21 Vodka.
  • Lightly muddle in the lime wedges. Don't go in too hard, or the lemon oils make the drink bitter.
  • Pour in 15ml of sweet & sour.
  • Add cubed ice to fill in the glass completely.
  • Add soda water until halfway; you'll see the ice melt.
  • Wiggle your bar spoon right to the bottom of the glass, hitting the base, give it a proper stir
  • Top with more ice and a touch of soda.
  • Agitate a sprig of mint on the back of your hand.
  • Garnish with more lime wedges, said mint and a watermelon wedge on the rim.

Scotch needs to be in your arsenal of tasty summer drams. Follow along for sweet surprises!

Johnnie Berry Crush

Ingredients:

  • 45ml Johnnie Walker Black Label
  • 10ml Lime Juice
  • Ripe Raspberries / Strawberries
  • Soda Water to top up
  • Mint to garnish

Glassware: An Old-fashioned glass

Method:

  • Take an old-fashioned glass, add 3-4 strawberries and a sprig of mint
  • Use a muddler to gently crush the berries & mint
  • Pour in 45ml of Johnnie Walker Black Label
  • Add crushed ice to the top and add soda water until halfway
  • Wiggle your bar spoon right to the bottom of the glass, hitting the base, give it a proper stir
  • Top with soda
  • Agitate your sprig of mint by slapping it against your palm
  • Garnish with mint and slurp it up! That's a fabulous way to go highballing' into the weekend!

Tips:

  • Adding all the soda and then giving it a stir will cause fizziness to reduce and take away the beautiful gradation in your drink.
  • Use a tall glass as a Collins (which fits more liquid) to further dilute your drink with soda if desired.
  • The colder the soda, the crisper the fizz. Ice is one part, but also make sure your soda is fresh off the refrigerator.

Citrus Got Real

Ingredients:

  • 45ml Black & White Scotch and Whisky
  • 60ml Fresh Orange Juice
  • 10ml Fresh Lime
  • Lemonade tops up
  • Garnish Fresh basil

Glassware: An old-fashioned glass

Method:

  • Take an old-fashioned glass, pour in 45ml of Black & White Scotch, 60ml of Orange Juice and 10ml of Lime juice.
  • Add ice to the top and add lemonade until halfway
  • Wiggle your bar spoon right to the bottom of the glass, hitting the base, give it a proper stir
  • Top with more ice and a touch of lemonade
  • Agitate basil by slapping it against your palm or tear into large chunks.
  • Garnish with delight! And your Black & White Scotch and Whisky citrus highball just got real!

And finally, a bottle that deserves to have a forever home in your chiller.

Bailey's On Ice

Ingredients:

  • 60ml Baileys
  • Crushed Ice
  • Coffee Dusting
  • 30ml Dark Roast Espresso (optional)

Glassware: An old-fashioned glass

Method:

  • Fill to the top of the glass with crushed ice.
  • Allow the glass to cool and pour in the 60ml of Bailey's on top.
  • Fill further with more crushed ice to keep it from melting too quickly.
  • Espresso fans could also pour in 30ml dark roast espresso for that bitter note.
  • Dust with instant coffee. Enjoy.

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