Southern Fairy

Ingredients:

2 shot glasses of gin

1 shot glass of fresh lime juice

½ a shot glass of Elderflower cordial (easily found in Waitrose, Wholefoods etc.)

Handful of mint

Cucumber

Glassware:

Ideally this drink is served up in a coupette/ martini style glass but use whatever you have! An old china teacup works great also or serve it on the rocks in a whiskey tumbler. As long as it’s not got too many holes in it, you’re all good.

Method:

Put first four ingredients into the shaker*

Hard shake and strain through a sieve or tea strainer**

Garnish with a slice of cucumber with a sprig of mint for added freshness

Great drink to start your evening/ afternoon/ morning with… we’re all playing by different rules these days.

New York Sours

Ingredients:

2 shot glasses of Bourbon

1 shot glass of Fresh lemon juice

½ a shot glass of sugar syrup

½ an egg-white or 1 shot glass of chickpea brine as a vegan alternative

Fruity red wine such as a Shiraz or Malbec

Glassware:

Whiskey glass/ tumbler

Method:

Put first four ingredients into shaker without ice and shake (this is called a dry shake and helps emulsify the egg-white)

Then hard shake with ice and pour the contents over ice into a whiskey glass

To finish drizzle about 2 shot glasses worth of the red wine into the glass

This one isn’t necessarily considered a spring cocktail but definitely one of our favourite’s and you don’t need a fully stocked bar to make it.

Penicillin

This drink is quite appropriate for the situation that we currently find ourselves in as it has all the ingredients that you would traditionally use to fight off a case of the common cold; honey, lemon and ginger.

Ingredients:

2 shot glasses of Blended scotch whiskey

1 shot glass of fresh lemon juice

½ a shot glass of ginger syrup*****

2 teaspoons of honey

½ a shot glass of Islay scotch whiskey (this adds a nice complexity to the finished drink but is not essential)

Glassware:

Whiskey Glass/ tumbler

Method:

Put first four ingredients in the shaker.

Shake and pour over an iced whiskey glass.

Pour half a shot glass of Islay whiskey over finished drink if you have it to hand

Garnish with a slice of ginger

Tastes great and almost certainly Covid19’s least favourite tipple! #winning

Limontini

This little number is super simple and puts that bottle of Limoncello you’ve had hidden away in your pantry since god knows when to good use.

Ingredients:

A citrus heavy gin such as Hendricks is ideal, but any gin or even vodka works perfectly well also

2 shot glasses of gin

A dash of Limoncello

Glassware:

Once again, this drink works best up in a martini/ coupette style glass but can easily be drank on the rock with a wedge of lemon for added freshness.

Method:

Stir the gin down over ice (something like a pint glass is perfect)

Taste it as you go. You will stir for longer over dry ice than wet ice but never longer than 30seconds.

Pour a dash of limoncello into a (preferably chilled) martini glass.

Wash the glass with the limoncello and pour out the excess

Pour the stirred down gin into the glass and garnish with a lemon zest.

Tiny but powerful!

Breakfast Martini

Ingredients:

2 shot glasses of gin

1/2 a shot glass Cointreau or any triple sec (if you don’t have this use ½ a shot glass of orange juice and ½ a shot glass of sugar syrup***)

½ a shot glass of fresh lemon juice

1 teaspoon of no peel marmalade

Glassware:

Same as above, as long your vessel adequately gets the delicious liquid from the shaker to your mouth then you’re winning!

Method:

Put all the ingredients into a shaker*

Hard shake and strain into chosen glassware**

Garnish with the zest of an orange****

Enjoy responsibly!