20 April, 2020

Quarantinis - cocktails in lockdown

Staying in our bubble, making do with what is in the cupboard.

Moscow Mule

A Moscow mule dates from World War II (1940s). A cocktail made with vodka, spicy ginger beer, and lime juice, garnished with a slice or wedge of lime.
 Fill glass with ice
Add 30mls of vodka
Top with ginger beer and squeeze some fresh lime
Be generous with the lime, much nicer with more lime.


Vanilla Vain
Refreshing cocktail with vanilla and vodka
30 ml Vodka
Splash of vanilla extract
75 ml Apple Juice
75 ml Ginger Beer
1 Wedge Apple
Ice Cubes

Fill a highball glass with ice cubes. Add all ingredients. Garnish with an apple wedge.

Dark and Stormy

The Dark and Stormy cocktail was not born from the windy blackness of London, nor was it created in a barroom catering to the alcoholic needs of woebegone writers. In fact, it has nothing to do with bad literary tropes and gothic language. The Dark and Stormy is a drink that came to be in the Caribbean waters, where rum is plentiful and so are sailors. It’s a drink that was spit out by the sea, more or less.

30 ml Dark Rum
75 ml Ginger Beer
Lime juice

Fill a tall glass with ice cubes. Add rum. Pour in ginger beer and lime juice.
Stir with a barspoon. Garnish with a lime wedge.
The lime juice is the best part!

Jamaican Punch

2 ½ cups pineapple juice
2 ½ cups orange juice
1/2 cup dark rum
375mls Pineapple and coconut beer (Bundenberg)
¼ cup fresh lime juice
1 orange, sliced
1 lime, sliced
1 lemon, sliced


Apple Blossom

1 oz of Brandy
2 oz of apple juice
1 tsp of Lemon Juice
1 dash of Vodka

Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Stir to chill and strain over ice in an old-fashioned glass.

Cosmo-not
100ml Blackcurrant juice
75ml Raspberry lemonade
Splash of lime juice

Ginger Envelope
35 ml Brandy
50 ml Ginger Wine
50 ml Lemon Lime and bitters (Bundenberg)
Splash of lemon juice

Combine together in a tall glass.

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