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A weekly exploration into the world of boutique wines + the occasional cheeky cocktail.
Cassie from Lovebucket puts a new spin on a dark and stormy with Ableforth's Rumbullion Rum.
Build drink in a Highball glass
Squeeze 1 entire lime and drop husk into glass
ADD
Ice
Heavy dropper of Buckspice ginger bitters
Heavy dropper Bittermans elemakule tiki
50 ml blend of - white rum, banana liquor, over proof rum
East imperial ginger beer
Top with Ableforth's Rumbullion Rum
Garnish with - dry banana chips and shaved nutmeg
Cassie from Lovebucket joins us to make 10/10 cocktail with Ableforth's Rumbullion Rum & Bathtub Gin.
In a boston shaker add:
1 cube x Sugar (Demerara if possible)
1 x juice of half a lime
30 ml x Ableforth's Rumbullion Rum
10 ml x Ableforth's Bathtub Gin
20 ml x Navy strength gin
1 x Egg white
15 ml x Orgeat Syrup
Add a few heavy dashes of the following bitters:
Cocao Bitters
Ginger Bitters
Black Walnut bitters
Tiki bitters
SHAKE in Boston
Strain into chilled Coupe glass
We wrap up the Gin Jubilee with Arun from 1885. He makes us the winning gin and tonic with some East Imperial Superior Beverages and Citadelle Gin
Message in a Bottle
In a highball glass built over ice:
30 ml Citadelle Gin
15 ml Aperol
15 ml Black tea syrup (boil up a heavy blend of tea, add a little sugar to sweeten)
15 ml Citric Acid solution (grab citric acid from the supermarket)
Top with East Imperial Burma tonic. Stir!
Garnish with Cinamen stick & bruised cardamon pods.
Lisa from Caretaker demonstrates her Gin & Tonic making skills.
In a tumbler with ice (preferably one big square piece :)
1 oz - Citadelle Gin
1 dash lime juice
1 pinch of salt diluted in soda water
4 dash absinthe
Top with East Imperial Yuzu Tonic
Garnish with lime wheel & star anise clove
Yum!
Paddy from Seven at Seafarers makes a tea infused Gin and Tonic.
Thanks to East Imperial Superior Beverages & Citadelle Gin
Jared from 46 & York joins to make a Citadelle Gin Cocktail as part of the East Imperial Gin Jubilee.
"Helios Elixir"
20 ml Bee Pollen Syrup (or Honey)
Topped with East Imperial Burma Tonic
Garnish Sunflower petals, Cardamon seeds, and star anise pod
Tom from Golden Dawn is the best. Recipe to follow shortly.
Get yourself some Plantation Pineapple Rum in the meatime :)
Tom from Golden Dawn makes a serious and seriously delicious cocktail
45ml Plantation Pineapple Rum
30ml Lime Juice
30ml Egg White
10ml Orgeat
Muddle some pineapple
3 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
30ml Tepache
Add ingredients to boston shaker - dry shake
Add ice then wet shake.
Strain into chilled coupe. Yum!
Dan from the Golden Dawn joins Jonny a Big Hungry to make Plantation Pineapple Rum Daquari
30ml Lime juice
1 teaspoon sugar
1 slice fresh pineapple
Add sugar to boston shaker, add rum, add lime juice. Shake over ice. Double strain into coupe glass. Add slice of pineapple to garnish.