Summer Gin Cocktails 2023

Summer Splash

Ingredients

50ml lemon cordial

50ml gin

ice

slice of lemon

Method

First, put a martini glass in the fridge to chill.

Then, pour into a jug 50ml of lemon cordial, 50ml of gin and add some ice cubes. Until the outside jug feels very cold, stir.

Lastly, remove your chilled glass from the fridge and strain the mixture into it, when finished garnish with a lemon slice.

Summer Spritz

Ingredients

50ml gin

25ml lime juice

lime slice

2tsp sugar syrup

sparkling water

ice

Method

First, pour the gin, sugar syrup and lime juice into a cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes.

Then, shake until the outside of the cocktail shaker begins to feel cold. Then, strain it into a tall glass filled with more ice and top it up with sparkling water. 

Lastly, garnish with a lime slice.

Summer Blues

Ingredients

350g blueberries (35g each mason jar)

700ml gin (70ml each mason jar)

150g sugar (15g each mason jar)

cream soda

Method

First, put the sugar and blueberries into 10 mason jars.

Then, pour in the gin, close the jars and swirl the jars around until the sugar is dissolved.

Store in a cool, dark area and once a day turn the jars for the first week.

Then, after two to three weeks, strain the gin through a sieve, and pour that gin into bottles.

Lastly, pour the infused blueberries into the gin and top with cream soda.

Summer Bush

Ingredients

30ml gin

1 peeled long-strip cucumber

ice

5 bruised mint leaves

2 tsp strawberry cordial

2 tsp lemon juice

cloudy apple juice

Method

First, mix the gin, strawberry cordial, mint leaves and lemon juice in a tall glass using a spoon.

Then, put in ice and top it up with a bit of cloudy apple juice.

Lastly, stir it well, before adding the slice of cucumber.

Summer Smash

Ingredients

40g raspberries

50ml gin

10ml simple syrup

40g strawberries

Method

First, pour the raspberries and strawberries into a glass, then muddle the fruit with syrup. Lastly, top with gin and serve over plenty of ice.