While most of us in the UK are not going to be able to go out to bars and sample their best Christmassy concoctions this year, all hope is not lost for those of us who love a shamelessly festive drink. We’ve rounded up a selection of gin cocktail recipes from big and small brands to give you that festive fix. These range from simple Christmassy takes on the classics, to drinks that require a bit more time and effort for the home cocktail aficionados among you. Time to crack out the Prosecco, mulling spices and gingerbread syrup!
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Masons of Yorkshire – The Ginger Yorkshireman
Ingredients
- 50ml Masons Tea Edition Gin
- 25ml Monin gingerbread syrup
- 20ml lemon juice
- 1 egg white
- Ginger powder, to garnish
Method
Add all ingredients and some ice to a shaker and shake until chilled and mixed. Fine strain into your glass and serve with a dusting of ginger powder.
Greenall’s – Blueberry and Ginger Christmas Mojito
Ingredients
- 50ml Greenall’s Blueberry Gin
- 10 fresh blueberries
- Fresh ginger
- Juice of half a lemon
- 20ml sugar syrup
- Ginger ale
- 8 mint leaves and 1 mint sprig
- 10ml grenadine
- Crushed ice
Method
Muddle five blueberries with the ginger, gin, lemon juice, mint and sugar in an Old Fashioned glass. Add crushed ice and top with ginger ale. Pour 10ml grenadine onto the top of the cocktail, garnish with skewered blueberries and a mint sprig and dust with icing sugar.
The Botanist – Mulled Gin
Ingredients
For the cocktail:
- 150ml cloudy apple juice
- 10ml spiced syrup
- 50ml The Botanist Gin
For the spiced syrup:
- 500ml boiling water
- 500ml sugar
- Half an orange
- 10 cloves
- 4 cardamom pods
- 1cm ginger
- 1 cinnamon stick
Method
Heat the syrup ingredients in a pan to infuse, then add to a glass containing The Botanist Gin. Top up with cloudy apple juice and garnish with a clove-studded apple wedge.
Caorunn Gin – A Winter’s Tale
Ingredients
For the cocktail:
- 35ml Caorunn Gin
- 50ml clarified apples and spices milk
- 20ml pear cider (perry)
For the clarified milk:
- 400g caster sugar
- Peel from 2 lemons
- 3 coriander seeds
- 1kg Cox apples
- 4 star anise
- 500ml jasmine tea
- 1 litre apple juice
- 500ml whole milk
- 150ml lemon juice
Method
To make the clarified milk:
Muddle all the spices and fruit with sugar, add the zest and the hot tea. Let it cool down. Add the apple juice and let it rest for 24 hours, well covered, in the fridge. Strain the punch in a jar. Warm up the milk to 80°C and add it to the punch, adding the lemon juice at the same time. Let it rest for 30 minutes, by which time it will have naturally curdled, and strain it with coffee filter paper, muslin cloth or similar. Once the liquid is filtered through, bottle it and label it.
To build the cocktail:
Combine the ingredients in an Old Fashioned/rocks glass with a chunk of ice. Stir to mix, and garnish with dehydrated/dried apple.
One Gin – Port Cobbler
Ingredients
- 40ml One Port Barrel Rested Gin
- 20ml tawny port
- 10ml cassis
- 2 lemon wedges
- 2 orange wedges
- 1tbsp fine caster sugar
- 1 dash orange bitters (optional)
- 1 sprig reduccrants
Method
Using a cocktail shaker, squeeze and drop in the citrus wedges, add the remaining ingredients and shake with ice. Strain into an ice-packed large wine glass or highball glass. Cap with crushed ice and decorate with slices of orange, lemon and redcurrants dusted with icing sugar.
York Gin – Chocolate Orange Espresso Martini
Ingredients
- 25ml York Gin Chocolate & Orange
- 15ml Tia Maria
- 10ml Cointreau
- Shot of espresso
Method
Add all the ingredients to a Boston shaker with ice (to cool the coffee). Shake and strain into a Martini glass, and serve with a dusting of chocolate.
Gordon’s – Sloe-secco
Ingredients
- 25ml Gordon’s Sloe Gin
- 100ml Prosecco, chilled
Method
Pour the Gordon’s Sloe Gin into a chilled champagne flute and top up with chilled Prosecco, then give it all a final stir.
Opihr – Spiced Mulled Punch
Ingredients
- 25ml Opihr Spiced Gin
- 35ml sweet cider
- 15ml beetroot juice
- 5ml lemon juice
- 5ml runny honey
- 3g sliced ginger
- 20ml filtered water
Method
Brew all the liquid ingredients together and bring up to temperature (60°C). Serve in glass tea cup. Garnish with an orange wedge and candied angelica root.
Looking for more cocktail inspiration? Explore our Cocktail of the week recipes here.
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