In summers drinking liquid is a must! If that liquid is chilled or frozen cocktail loaded with fruit flavours, then even the thought of it gets refreshing. Fresh fruits always make great cocktails. Summer comes with many fruit options, so one should take advantage of it until it lasts. Not just the taste, fruits give the cocktail a beautiful getup, which entices the eyes and signals the hands to grab a glass!
Although several spirits may taste good in fruit cocktails, gin, with its juniper and botanical notes, blends and complements the fruit punch. Whiskypedia shares some of the most mouth-watering and refreshing cocktail recipes made from the iconic gin Beefeater London Dry Gin.
THE STRAWBERRY COCKTAIL:STRAWBERRY & COCONUT FIZZ
If you are a fan of berries, then try this cocktail with a light red hue, which looks pretty and refreshing in itself. If you can get hold of fresh juicy strawberries, then nothing better; if not, use red berries of your choice, but we recommend trying it with strawberries first. This fruity and tropical drink is sure to quench your thirst.
Ingredients
- 50ml Beefeater London Dry Gin
- 90ml coconut water
- 4-6 sliced strawberries or other red berries as per your choice/availability
- 10ml agave syrup or honey syrup
- Soda
- Some ice
- Few mint leaves to garnish
Method
Pour Beefeater Gin, coconut water and sliced strawberries with some ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake it well. Fine strain it into a highball glass. Top it with some ice and soda water. The look will be complete once you garnish it with half a strawberry and some mint leaves.
THE ORANGE COCKTAIL: GIN MIMOSA<
The citrus, the freshness and the sophistication, when you need all in one glass, make yourself a Gin Mimosa. Also perfect for the occasions when you wish to celebrate, because what’s better than a bubbling drink?! Gin Mimosa is a twist to the original mimosa recipe where only Champagne is added as an alcoholic ingredient.
Ingredients
- 25ml Beefeater London Dry Gin
- 25ml fresh orange juice
- Champagne
- 5ml agave syrup
- Some ice
- Orange peel twist to garnish
Method
In a cocktail shaker, add Beefeater Gin, orange juice, agave syrup and ice. Give it a good shake. Strain it in a champagne flute. Now slowly top it with Champagne. Garnish it with the orange twist.
THE PINEAPPLE COCKTAIL: COCONUT & PINEAPPLE SOUR
Sharing another partly coconut cocktail recipe because coconut is so tropical and summery; so is the pineapple. The flavours and colour are very suitable to calm the harsh heat of the sunny days. A cousin to whisky sour, coconut & pineapple sour is an easy and impressive cocktail to make.
Ingredients
- 50ml Beefeater London Dry Gin
- 30ml coconut water
- 20ml fresh lime juice
- 50ml fresh pineapple juice
- 1 tsp agave syrup
- 1 egg white
- 2 basil leaves to garnish
Method
Too simple to believe, all you have to do is add Beefeater London Dry Gin and all the ingredients along with some ice in a cocktail shaker and shake it well till all ingredients stand as one frothy liquid and chilled. Now fine strain it into a rock glass. Garnish by simply placing the green fresh basil leaves on the tropical yellow drink.
THE BLACKBERRY COCKTAIL:BAT-BERRY SOUR
Want to try something different yet refreshing? Go for the Bat-Berry Sour. As its name, the recipe is quite quirky. Get some good quality & fresh blackberries along with Beefeater gin, and you are good to go to prepare a glass of interesting-looking and tasting gin cocktail.
Ingredients
- 50ml Beefeater London Dry Gin
- 20ml lemon juice
- 10ml simple sugar syrup
- 4 muddled blackberries
- Some ice
- Fine sugar for glass rim coating
- Blackberry to garnish
Method
Let’s start by preparing the serving glass. Take a coupe and wet the glass rim with some lemon juice. Now coat it with fine sugar. To make the drink, add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well for at least ten seconds. Carefully strain it in the coupe without disturbing the sugar coating. Garnish it with blackberry.
THE POMEGRANATE COCKTAIL: CREEPY COLLINS
The USP of this recipe is that it is the simplest of all. No shaking, no muddling, no straining; just pouring it all in a glass, and voila, it’s ready! Wait no more and try this with pomegranate fruit, one of the rarest fruit used in cocktails. If this isn’t different, then what is?!
Ingredients
- 35ml Beefeater London Dry Gin
- 20ml lemon juice
- 10ml simple sugar syrup
- 10ml pomegranate juice
- Pomegranate seeds and lemon slice
- Soda to top
- Some ice
Method
Take a serving glass; it can be a tall highball. Transfer all ingredients into the glass, give it a little stir and top it with soda water. Throw in the pomegranate seeds and lemon slice to garnish and add character. And that’s all you must do to get a rare pomegranate cocktail, the Creepy Collins.
Summers are all about fun parties and get-togethers with family and friends; this is the best way to pass searing summer days, and when these days are accompanied by some exciting cocktails, then the fun only gets better. Beefeater London Dry Gin is a delightful spirit that makes merrymaking merrier. Try these exhilarating fruity cocktails and elate your gatherings and taste buds!
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