Whether you’ll be spending Valentine’s Day with your partner, a sibling or a group of best pals, why not try one of these tasty drinks? Behind their seasonally appropriate names are some great flavour combinations, classic twists, and fresh ideas. Please note: it is not mandatory to be celebrating Valentine’s Day while mixing and drinking these cocktails!
Check out our Valentine’s Day gift ideas here.
French Kiss – Slingsby
- 50ml Slingsby Rhubarb Gin
- 50ml pineapple juice
- 20ml lime juice
- 25ml Chambord
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a coupe glass.
Perfect Lady – Beefeater
- 60ml Beefeater Peach & Raspberry Gin
- 25ml lemon juice
- 20ml orange liqueur
- 1 egg white
- 2 dashes orange bitters
Add all ingredients to a shaker and dry shake until a foam starts to form. Add ice and wet shake until chilled. Strain into a chilled glass.
Swipe Right – Whitley Neill
- 40ml Whitley Neill Raspberry Gin
- 60ml cranberry juice
- 10ml grenadine
- Tonic water
- Sliced strawberries, to garnish
Add ice to a rocks glass followed by the gin, cranberry juice and grenadine. Top with tonic water and garnish with slices strawberries.
Rosé Negroni – Mirabeau Gin
- 35ml Mirabeau Dry Rosé Gin
- 35ml Vault x Mirabeau Rosé Vermouth
- 15ml Bitters
The secret of a great Negroni is in the ice – try these rose ice cubes to add a Valentine’s touch. Make sure you have plenty of ice (or one large piece) in a rocks glass and then add the Gin, Vermouth and Bitters. Give it a gentle stir just to start the ice melting and diluting to your preferred taste. Take a long peel of orange zest, wipe it around the rim of the glass and pinch the peel over the drink just to express a little oil.
My Heart – Rock Rose
- 45ml Rock Rose Gin Original Edition
- Half a ripe pear, cubed
- Handful of raspberries
- 25ml lemon juice
- 20ml sugar syrup
- Small pinch of Scottish seaweed (Rock Rose uses Mara)
- Fresh rosemary, to garnish
Muddle the pear and raspberries in a cocktail shaker. Add all the other ingredients and vigorously shake for 10-12 seconds. Strain into a highball glass and top with ice and soda. Garnish with a rosemary sprig.
Flooradorable – Caorunn
- 50 ml Caorunn Scottish Raspberry
- 20ml lime juice
- 20ml raspberry and ginger syrup
Shake all ingredients excluding the soda water. Strain into a tall glass over ice. Top with soda water and stir. Garnish with an edible flower and lime twist.
Black Cherry Sour – Tarquin’s
- 50ml Tarquin’s Black Cherry Gin
- 25ml fresh lemon juice
- 15ml maraschino liqueur
- 1 fresh egg white
- A few maraschino cherries, to garnish
Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker with lots of ice. Shake until cold and then strain. Remove all the ice and then shake again for two minutes. Finally, strain over ice into your favourite tumbler and garnish with maraschino cherries!
Check out our editor’s tasting of Tarquin’s Black Cherry Gin here.
World of Zing Gin Lover’s Cocktail Collection
You don’t have to miss out on professional-quality cocktails if you’re staying in this Valentine’s. World of Zing has created a Gin Lovers Cocktail Collection, featuring four single-serving 50ml bottles: a Negroni, Sour, Bramble and Gimlet.
We love a gin-spired Valentines day!
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