Cocktails

Cocktail recipes to add colour to Pride this weekend

Whether your drink of choice is tequila, gin or vodka, we’ve found classic cocktail inspiration with a slight twist

26 October 2023 - 08:51
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Try a classic Don Margarita with tequila.
Try a classic Don Margarita with tequila.
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FOR TEQUILA LOVERS: DON MARGARITA

A quintessential cocktail, the margarita is one of the best ways to showcase and enjoy tequila.

Ingredients:

50ml Don Julio Blanco

25ml lime juice

15ml agave syrup

zest of 1 lime

sea salt

Method:

  1. Prepare a rock glass with a salt rim
  2.   Place ingredients in a cocktail shaker
  3. Add ice and shake vigorously 
  4. Strain into glass over ice
  5. Garnish the glass with lime zest 
A Whitley Neill Protea & Hibiscus cocktail.
A Whitley Neill Protea & Hibiscus cocktail.
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FOR GIN DRINKERS: WHITLEY NEILL PROTEA & HIBISCUS COCKTAIL 

As simple to make as a classic G&T but with a purple twist.

Ingredients:

50ml Whitley Neill Protea & Hibiscus gin

200ml purple tonic

blueberries

Method:

  1. Pour the gin into a gin glass with ice
  2. Top up with tonic
  3. Garnish with blueberries
A Ciroc skinny cosmo.
A Ciroc skinny cosmo.
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FOR VODKA CONNOISSEURS: CÎROC SKINNY COSMO

This is a classic for a reason: it’s easy to make, tastes good and always looks classy.  

Ingredients:

50ml Cîroc Blue Dot Vodka

50ml cranberry juice

20ml lime juice

20ml sugar syrup

orange zest 

Method:

  1. Place ingredients in a cocktail shaker
  2. Add ice and shake
  3. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with orange zest

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