By IANSlife

August 08, 2023 (IANSlife) Spending quality time with your closest friends is necessary to celebrate the unique and precious  What better way to strengthen friendships than over delectable, refreshing cocktails?

 

Berry Lemonade Punch Cocktail

Ingredients:

• 1 Lt Hennessy V.S
• 600 ml Ruby Porto
• 200 ml Crème de mûre or Cassis
• 300 ml Simple Syrup
• 900 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
• 600 ml Cranberry or Raspberry Juice
• 900 ml Ginger Ale
• 250 g Blueberries
• 250 g Blackberries
• 250 g Raspberries
• 1 Lemon Cut into Wheels

Method:

• Add ingredients to a punch bowl.
• Stir to combine.
• Add ice cubes to chill.
• Ladle punch into glass, ensuring ample fruit in each serving

 

Coco Colada Cocktail

Ingredients:

• 45 ml Hennessy V.S
• 60 ml Coconut cream or Pina Colada Mix
• 15 ml Chocolate Syrup
• 15 ml Lime Juice
• 5 ml Amaretto
• 1 Orange slice and cherry

Method:

• Add all ingredients to a shaker tin with ice
• Shake until chilled
• Pour into collins glass
• Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry

 

Glenmorangie Orange Mingle

Ingredients:

• 45 ml – Glenmorangie Original
• 2 ml – Orange Marmalade
• 10 ml – Aperol
• 15 ml – Lemon Juice
• 10 ml – Orange Juice
• 25 ml – Egg White
• Orange Bitters

Garnish: Edible Flowers

Method:

• Add all ingredients to a shaker and reverse dry shake
• Double strain into a nick and nora glass
• Garnish with bitters and edible flowers

 

The Orange Highball

Ingredients:

• 50ml (2oz) Glenmorangie Original
• 1/2 an orange
• 50ml (2oz) tonic water
• 50ml (2oz) soda water
• Orange wedges, to garnish

Method:

• Juice half an orange.
• Then fill a highball glass with ice cubes and thick wedges of orange.
• Finally, pour all your ingredients over the top, and prepare a suitably long toast!

 

French 75

Ingredients:

• 15ml - Lemon Juice
• 10ml - Sugar Syrup*
• 25ml – Belvedere Vodka
• 75ml - Moët & Chandon Brut Impérial

Method:

• Shake everything except the Champagne
• Strain into a highball glass
• Top with the Champagne
• Garnish with either a lemon slice or zest and serve with a smile.

 

Punch Romaine

Ingredients:

• 25ml - white rum
• 20ml - white wine
• 10ml - simple syrup
• 10ml - lemon juice
• 20ml - fresh orange juice
• 1 egg white
• 75ml - Moët & Chandon Brut Impérial

Method:

• In an ice-filled cocktail shaker
• Combine egg white, rum, wine, simple syrup, lemon and orange juice
• Shake with cubed ice
• Mold crushed ice into a ball and place in a large coupe glass
• Pour drink around it and top with champagne
• Garnish with orange peel

 

Belvedere Lakeside

Ingredients:

• 45 ml - Belvedere Lake Bartezek
• 15 ml Fino Sherry
• 25 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
• 25 ml Honey Water (1:1)
• 2 chunks cucumber
• 10 ml - Lemon juice (optional)
• Cucumber slice to garnish

Method:

• Add all ingredients to shaker over cubed ice and shake vigorously
• Fine strain into a chilled coupette
• Garnish

 

Belvedere Sunset Rose Martini

Ingredients:

• 45 ml - Belvedere Lake Bartezek
• 7.5 ml - Lillete Rose
• 1 Dash Crème de Peche
• Garnish - Lemon Coin

Method:

• Add all ingredients to a mixing glass over cubed ice and stir
• Fine strain into a chilled martini glass
• Garnish

 

Chandon State of Mind

Ingredients:

• Chandon Brut – 150ml
• Lychee Juice – 30ml
• Ginger Syrup – 7ml
• Lime Juice – 5ml
• Orange Blossom Water – a spray
• Orange Peel Twist – for garnish
• Fresh Basil – for garnish
• Edible Flower – for garnish

Method:

• Chill over ice
• Lychee, Ginger, Lime and Orange Blossom
• Pour ingredients into a Chandon Copa glass filled with ice
• Top up with bubbling Chandon Brut

 

 

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