New Year 2022: delectable cocktails
It's time to organise your favourite feast and get the bar ready for your New Year Eve soiree. As we near the close of a whirlwind year and the happiest time of the year, it's finally time to put on your party hats and dance shoes for all of the home parties. Here are a few cocktail recipes to add a special touch to the time you will spend with loved ones.
Bubbly Bees Knees
INGREDIENTS:
- 50 ml Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin
- 25 ml Lemon Juice
- 20 ml Runny Honey
- 40 ml G. H. Mumm Champagne
HOW TO MIX IT:
- Shake the Monkey 47 gin, lemon juice and runny honey with ice
- Strain into a coupe or champagne saucer/ flute
- Top with champagne and garnish with lemon zest or a wheel.
Bees Knees
Irish Coffee
INGREDIENTS:
- 35ml Jameson
- 10ml Demerara and Muscovado sugar syrup
- 30ml lightly whipped double cream
- 90ml medium roasted espresso coffee
- 30ml lightly whipped double cream
- 1 vanilla pod or cinnamon for garnish
- Fresh grated nutmeg
HOW TO MIX:
- Dissolve 2 parts Demerara sugar and 1-part Muscovado sugar in 3 parts of boiling water for the syrup
- Stir sugar syrup into 35ml Jameson in a warmed glass
- Whip 30ml chilled double cream lightly until it starts to stiffen
- Brew a 45ml shot of coffee into the glass from your espresso machine
- Reload and brew in a second 45ml shot
- Pour the whipped cream into the coffee over the back of a spoon so it floats on top.
- Garnish with a trimmed vanilla pod or a stick of cinnamon and dust with a grating of fresh nutmeg
Irish Coffee
Pomegranate Negroni
INGREDIENTS:
- 40ml Beefeater Dry 30ml Campari
- 25ml Lillet Blanc
- 10ml pomegranate juice
- 2 dashes orange bitters
- Garnish: Orange twist
HOW TO MIX:
- This cocktail is curated by mixing all ingredients well with some ice (in a cocktail shaker)
- Stir until its chilled, strain into class and add ice, and garnish!
- Top with soda for a twist on an Americano
Pomegranate Negroni
Made In Scotland
INGREDIENTS:
- Singleton: 60ml
- Sugar Syrup: 10ml
- Lime Juice: 20 ml
- Cucumber: 3 Slices
- Mint: 4 Sprigs
- To Garnish: Cucumber slice with mint
HOW TO MIX:
- Add 3 cucumber slices and 4 mint sprigs to a cocktail shaker
- Combine 60 ml, Singleton, 20 ml lime juice and 10 ml sugar syrup in a mixing bowl.
- Garnish it with a cucumber slice with mint
Made In Scotland
Royalty
INGREDIENTS:
- Black & White Scotch: 60ml
- Cinnamon Syrup: 10ml
- Lime Juice: 20ml
- Ginger Ale: 100ml
- Ice: 3-4 Cubes
HOW TO MIX:
- Fill your highball glass with some ice and pour 60ml Black & White Scotch Whisky into it
- 20ml fresh lime juice and 10ml cinnamon syrup are to be poured on top
- Top it with ginger ale
Royalty
