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I’m sure we all say we would be keen to make a few summer cocktails at home now and again. There have definitely been a few occasions we can recollect over the last year where we would have loved to have gotten creative; maybe it was a BBQ this Summer, a dinner party with new colleagues or a birthday bash for your other half.
Some of the more adventurous of you may even have had the urge to kick back in the evening with a relaxing cocktail or two in the garden after work!
So what is putting you off? We could safely say it is probably the same thing that has dissuaded many others before you from making the effort to go beyond a beer or straight spirit, and that's the perceived complexity of cocktail creation.
There's no way you can quickly knock up a cocktail if it contains eleven ingredients (some of which need to be prepared days in advance!) and you need a PhD in chemistry to make the damn thing! This is the realm of highly skilled bartenders and it's not always practical or affordable for the amateur cocktail enthusiast to achieve on a summer evening.
It was with this in mind that we decided to create a guide to simple yet effective summer cocktail recipes everyone can enjoy in the comfort of their own home.
The idea is that none of the recipes presented here require more than 3 ingredients. By ingredients I mean alcohol and mixers, not garnish or decorations that can be left out if so desired. The only equipment you will need is some glasses, a spoon, vegetable peeler and a cocktail strainer and shaker. Got all that? Good, let’s get going then!
Time: 5 minutes
Equipment: Mixing glass, spoon, cocktail strainer, vegetable peeler
Ingredients: 45ml of Dolin Chambery Vermouth Blanc,
45ml of Dolin Red Vermouth
10ml of La Fee NV Absinthe.
What To Do:
Combine the Dolin Blanc Vermouth and Dolin Red Vermouth in a glass then add 10 ml of La Fee NV Absinthe. Fill the glass with ice and stir for 15-20 seconds until cold. Finally strain into a chilled cocktail glass, and garnish with an orange twist to serve.
Time: 5 minutes
Equipment: Cocktail shaker and strainer
Ingredients: 30ml of Taylors Velvet Falernum,
45ml of Gosling's Black Seal Rum,
10 ml of Lime Juice
Crushed Ice
What To Do: Fill a mixing glass halfway with crushed ice then pour in your Velvet Falernum, Gosling's Black Rum and lime juice. Shake for 15 seconds and strain into a cocktail glass to serve immediately.
Time: 5 minutes
Equipment: Champagne glass
Ingredients: 15 ml Domaine De Canton Ginger Liqueur
30ml Grapefruit Juice
Grapefruit Wedge
What To Do: Combine your Grapefruit Juice and Domaine De Canton Ginger Liqueur into a champagne glass and top with the Fontessa Prosecco until the glass is nearly full. Garnish with a grapefruit wedge.
Time: 5 minutes
Equipment: Cocktail Shaker and strainer, glass
Ingredients: 30ml Amaro Montenegro Liqueur
15ml Aperol Aperitivo
30ml Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice
What To Do: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add your orange juice, Amaro Montenegro and Aperol. Shake well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Time: 5 minutes
Equipment: Old Fashioned glass or tumbler, spoon
Ingredients: 60ml of Janneau VSOP Armagnac
15ml Classic Dry Amontillado Sherry Fernando de Castilla
15ml Drambuie
Orange Twist
What To Do: Place a large ice cube into your glass and add the Janneau Armagnac, Harvey's Amontillado Sherry and Drambuie. Stir for 15 seconds and garnish with an orange twist to serve!
So there you have it, 5 easy to make cocktails that taste delicious and take literally minutes to make. Look out in September for more Simple Cocktail Recipes on this blog. Mix them fast and drink them slow, enjoy!
Here at drinkfinders we stock a large range of wines and champagnes and spirits to enjoy. Get in touch and a member of our team would be happy to advise on drinks to suit your taste, or alternatively check out our new arrivals to discover something new.