Low in calories, helping to fight infection and disease, and said to ease digestion, there’s no doubt that gin has become our go to drink for the summer. Refreshing in a summer spritzer or peppery and cutting when mixed with ginger, here are 5 summer gin cocktail recipes to test this year.
St Clements
Oranges and lemons, sing the bells of St Clements. Beginning life as a mocktail, it wasn’t long before someone suggested adding a splash of Hendricks gin to make this the perfect summer tipple.
Ingredients
- 25ml Hendricks Gin
- 25ml Lemon Juice
- 75ml Bitter Lemon
- 100ml Fresh Orange Juice
- 1 Orange Wedge to Garnish
Tanquerey No10 Martini
Summer drinks needn’t all be fruity and fresh, a dry martini is the perfect antidote to the summer heat, sipped quietly on a veranda somewhere warm and exotic.
Ingredients
- 50ml Tanquerey No TEB
- 10ML Dry Vermouth
- Pink Grapefruit or Lime to Garnish