COCKTAIL RECIPES
Mountain Cosmo Mocktail (Non-alcoholic)
Glass: Martini glass
50ml Everleaf
35ml cranberry juice
15ml lime juice
10ml sugar syrup Method: Add all ingredients to mixing glass, fill shaker with ice, shake, strain and serve
Garnish: Orange twist
Negroni
Glass: Rocks glass
Add ice to top
75ml pre-made Negroni
Garnish: Orange slice and straw
Margarita
Glass: Martini glass with salt rim
50ml tequila
25ml lime juice
20ml Cointreau Method: All ingredients in mixing glass, fill shaker with ice, shake, strain and serve
Garnish: Cut lime wedge on glass rim
Mojito
Glass: Collins glass
1 sugar cube
15ml sugar syrup
15ml lime juice
10-12 fresh mint leaves Method: Muddle all together gently, add crushed ice 3/4 of glass, add 50ml white Bacardi rum, stir to bring mint up, add crushed ice to top, splash of soda
Garnish: Mint and straw
Espresso Martini
Glass: Hayworth glass (standard cocktail glass)
50ml vodka
25ml Solo coffee
25ml Kahlua
10ml sugar syrup Method: All ingredients in mixing glass, fill shaker with ice, shake, strain and serve
Garnish: 3 coffee beans in center of glass
Aperol Spritz
Glass: Wine glass
2 shots Aperol
125ml prosecco
Dash of soda Method: Prepare glass with ice to top, add all ingredients
Garnish: Orange slice and straw
Winter Bramble
30 ml/ 1 fl oz Gin (I used Gutsy Monkey)
5 ml/ 1 tsp Crème de mûre
10 ml/ 1 ½ tsp Spiced Syrup (see above)
10 ml/ 2 tsp Lemon juice
1 Blackberry
In a glass jug muddle 1 blackberry with the gin, Crème de mûre, lemon juice and syrup until broken down
Add ice and stir for 30-40 seconds then double strain the drink into a glass filled with crushed ice
Garnish with a lemon twist, fresh blackberry and a cinnamon stick
Serve immediately
Mai Tai
Glass: Rocks glass
45ml Bacardi white rum
25ml lime juice
20ml orange curacao
15ml orgeat
15ml dark rum (floated on top) Method: First 4 ingredients in mixing glass, half fill shaker with crushed ice, shake 3 seconds, pour into rocks glass, float dark rum on top
Garnish: Lime wheel and mint
Passion Fruit Martini
Glass: Hayworth glass (standard cocktail glass)
50ml Absolut vanilla vodka
25ml passion fruit puree
15ml Passoa liqueur
15ml sugar syrup
15ml lime juice Method: All ingredients in mixing glass, add ice to shaker, shake, strain and serve
Garnish: Half passion fruit face up in center of drink
Amaretto Sour
Glass: Rocks glass
50ml Amaretto
25ml lemon juice
20ml Makers Mark
10ml sugar syrup
15ml egg white Method: All ingredients to mixing glass, add ice to shaker halfway, add fresh ice to rocks glass to top, strain and serve
Garnish: Lime zest and cherry on stainless steel pick
Old Fashioned
Glass: Rocks glass Option 1 (if you have time):
Pour ice in tall mixing glass to top
50ml Makers Mark or bourbon
15ml sugar syrup
3 drops Angostura bitters
Stir with mixing spoon for 30 seconds, prepare rocks glass with ice, strain Option 2:
Prepare rocks glass with ice to top
Add same ingredients directly to glass
Stir for 30 seconds
Garnish: Long orange zest
Caipirinha
Glass: Rocks glass
Half a big lime or whole small lime cut into wedges
1 metal spoon brown sugar
50ml cachaca Method: Add lime and sugar to glass, muddle hard, add ice to top, add cachaca, put shaker tin on glass and shake briefly, top with ice if needed
Garnish: Straw
Elderflower Collins
Glass: Collins glass
50ml Tanqueray gin
25ml lemon juice
15ml elderflower cordial
Soda to top Method: Add ice to glass to top, add all ingredients, stir gently
Garnish: Lemon wheel with cherry in center on stainless steel pick