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Summer Cocktail Recipe Ideas

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Want some great summer cocktail recipe ideas? You are in luck, read on….

Gallo Family Vineyards Wimbledon Apple-scato

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Ingredients:
2 ounces of Gallo Moscato
2 ounces of Apple Juice
1Ž4 ounce of Honey
1 1Ž2 ounce of ginger beer
Candied ginger
Sliced apples to garnish

Directions:
1.Combine liquids in cocktail shaker with ice.
2.Shake to blend and chill.
3.Strain into tumbler
4.Garnish with sliced apple and candied ginger

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Celebrate the World Cup with a Monks Maracana created for Bénédictine by Shaker BarSchool. Enjoy a delicious mix of both spicy yet fruity flavours, inspired by the lively and exciting lifestyle of host city of Rio de Janeiro!

Samba down to muddled limes, fresh passion fruit and the herbal notes of Bénédictine, to create a cocktail that is exciting and passionate, perfect to indulge in during the football madness.

Ingredients:
50ml Bénédictine
3 Lime wedges
1 large fresh ripe passion fruit
1 spoon castor sugar
Ice: Crushed or cracked ice
Garnish: Lime twist and passion fruit half
Glass: 12oz Rocks

Method: Muddle limes, squeeze in passion fruit pulp, pour Bénédictine, add crushed ice, churn, top with more ice and garnish!

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If you’re having a party this weekend and need inspiration for the most fabulous cocktails then read below for Dewintons latest recipes. Their in-house mixologist spends all day mixing, shaking and pouring cocktails, either straight into a Martini glass or served on the rocks with a twist of orange or for a little more flamboyance add a Maraschino cherry!

Sloe Gin Fizz

Delicious Sloe gin shaken with gin, fresh lemon and sugar syrup and topped with Soda

Served in tall over lots of ice!

Bramble

Fresh blackberries shaken with a large measure of gin, fresh lemon juice, sugar syrup and served over crushed ice laced with creme de mure

Tranquility

Fresh raspberries and raspberry liqueur shaken with a slightly smokey whisky

Served straight up and sprayed with a large lemon twist

Honey & Lime Daiquiri

Sumptuous honey shaken with fresh lime juice and rum

Served straight up

Zanzibar

Fresh lime crushed and combined with a chilli & ginger syrup topped with a large measure of rum and ginger beer

Served tall over lots of crushed ice

 

 

Cointreau Cocktail Recipes And Drink Review

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221635_10151288432442093_217936919_nI have had many cocktails with Cointreau as an ingredient. In fact Cointreau is at the heart of many famous cocktails including the Cosmopolitan and the Margarita. I knew it tasted good but was not quite sure what it was. Turns out it is an orange Liqueur. It smells great, it tastes great and everyone should have a bottle handy.

To top of the glamour factor gorgeous burlesque star Dita Von Teese is their spokeswomen. Here are some excellent cocktail recipes. We have been testing them all at Frost Mag central. The Sidecar was a particular favourite. Let us know your favourite.

COINTREAUPOLITAN:

Pour into a shaker with ice:

1.5 fl oz Cointreau

1 fl oz Cranberry juice

3/4 oz. Lemon juice

Shake and strain into a martini glass. Enjoy! The bartender’s tip: add the orange zest to your drink.

Cointreau Fizz

Cointreau Fizz Classic cucumber

Recipe: 50ml Cointreau, 100ml soda water and ½ fresh lime

Method: Squeeze wedges of lime into glass, fill glass with ice. Add the Cointreau and top up with soda water

Cucumber garnish is optional.

 

COINTREAU MARGADITA:

1 oz Cointreau

1 oz Silver Tequila

1 oz Fresh Lime Juice

1/2 oz Monin Rose Syrup

1 pinch Chipotle Spice

Mix all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and pour into a chilled coup glass. Garnish with floating rose petals. For an added kick, add a chipotle and salt rim.

Margarita

 

20 ml (1 oz) Cointreau
20 ml (¾ oz) lime juice
40 ml (2 oz) tequila 100% agave

Pour into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes, shake well, then pour into a chilled margarita or martini glass.

 

Don’t forget to rim the glass with salt. Garnish with a piece of lime.

Bourbon Cocktail Recipe

1 1/2 ounces bourbon

1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice

1/4 ounce Bénédictine D.O.M.

1/4 ounce Cointreau

Ice

Angostura bitters

Lemon twist, for garnish

 

INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Place a cocktail glass in the freezer to chill.
  2. Combine the bourbon, lemon juice, Bénédictine, and Cointreau in a cocktail shaker and fill it halfway with ice. Shake vigorously until the outside of the shaker is frosted. Strain into the chilled cocktail glass, top with a dash of bitters, and garnish with the lemon twist.

 

Fluffy Dog recipe

 

1 oz Cointreau orange liqueur
1 oz Bailey’s Irish cream

Mix both ingredients and serve over ice.

Fluffy Duck

1 part/shot (30ml) advocaat 1 part/shot (30ml) cointreau 1 part/shot (30ml) cream 10 parts/shots (10x30ml) lemonade

Build and stir.

Jumping Jack Flash

25 ml Jack Daniels 25 ml cointreau 25 ml grand marnier 1 Can red bull

Shake the Jack Daniels, Cointreau and Grand Marnier with ice. Pour into a long glass and then add Red Bull.

 

What is your favourite cocktail? Share any recipes below.