Gin co*cktails are often our first drink of choice at a bar (hello Negronis), but in case you've been inspired to try your hand at home, these gin co*cktail recipes are quick and easy, so you'll be sipping in no time.
We've included gin recipes to suit you no matter what you're into; whether you like a long and bitter drink, a short and sour one, or even a gin punch, these 38 recipes will have you covered. Because with Christmas coming up, there's never been a better time to try your hand at a new co*cktail to two - what could be more impressive than inviting your friends or family round for a festive tipple?
1
Clementine Spiced Mule
Mix 50ml Bombay Sapphire Gin infused with clementines*, 25ml fresh lime juice, 15ml Monin ginger syrup and 15ml Monin cinnamon syrup in a highball glass, and fill two thirds with cubed ice. Top two thirds with ginger beer and fresh ice. Garnish with a lime wedge
To make clementine infused gin: Peel 2 clementines (removing as much pith as possible) and leave to infuse in 250ml gin for a minimum of 2 hours.
2
The Sipsmith Martini
Fill a mixing glass with ice. Add 15ml dry vermouth and stir for a few seconds. Add 50ml Sipsmith London Dry Gin to the mixing glass and stir briskly for 50 turns. Strain into a chilled glass and garnish with a lemon twist.
3
Tiny Ten
In a co*cktail mixing glass, combine 15ml of grapefruit syrup, 35ml of Tanqueray No. TEN and 10ml of grapefruit juice freshly squeezed from a wedge, ice and stir. Strain in a Coupette glass and top with 50ml of cold sparkling wine of your preference. Garnish with a grapefruit coin shaped peel.
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4
The Ace
In an ice-filled highball or large wine glass, add 50ml Eden Mill Wildcard Gin, 15ml Monin Wild Strawberry Syrup and top up with Fever Tree Raspberry & Orange Blossom soda. Garnish with strawberry, mint and orange slice.
5
Jaisalmer Gold Gin Martini
Add 50ml Gold Jaisalmer Gin, 10ml Cocchi Americano and 3 dashes of coriander bitters into a mixing glass and stir over ice. Double strain into a frozen glass and garnish with a chilli
6
Mulled Fuyu Negroni
Add 1 orange slice and 3 ginger slices to a glass, then press gently with a muddler. Fill glass with ice. Add 30ml Suntory ROKU gin, 30ml sweet vermouth, 30ml Campari and stir for 15 seconds. Use a flame to lightly toast a cinnamon stick, and then place on top of the drink to garnish.
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7
Opihr Spiced Apple
Fill a copa glass with ice and add 50ml Opihr London Dry Gin, 50ml Cloudy Apple Juice and Ginger Beer, and stir gently. Garnish with some freshly grated cinnamon and a cinnamon stick to finish.
8
The Wildcard G&T
Pour 50ml Eden Mill Wildcard gin d into a highball glass then fill with ice. Add 3 raspberries and pour over premium light tonic water. Add in a slice of lemon to garnish, and finish by wedging half a strawberry on the rim of the glass.
9
Mermaid Vesper Martini
Shake 60ml Mermaid Gin, 20ml Mermaid Salt Vodka and 15ml White Vermouth with ice and fine strain into a chilled glass, then garnish with a twist of lime zest.
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Gin co*cktails - Bombay Sapphire negroni
Fill a rocks glass with cubed ice. Pour in 25ml Bombay Sapphire Sunset gin, 25ml Martini Rosso Sweet Vermouth and 25ml Martini Speciale Bitter liqueur. Stir and garnish with an orange zest twist and star anise.
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Gin co*cktails - Bombay Sapphire gin mule
Fill a copper mug to the top with cubed ice. Pour 50ml of Bombay Sapphire over the ice, Squeeze and drop in 2 wedges of lime. Top with 100ml ginger beer. Garnish with fresh mint and a slice of ginger.
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Gin co*cktails - Plymouth Aromatic G&T
Add 50ml Plymouth Gin and 100ml Fever Tree Aromatic Tonic to a glass. Garnish with a lemon slice or lemon zest.
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Gin co*cktails - Plymouth Martini
Combine 50ml Plymouth gin, 20ml Dry French Vermouth and a dash of orange bitters in a mixing glass and stir with ice. Strain into a Martini glass and garnish with a lemon twist or olive.
14
Gin co*cktails - Plymouth Fresh Gimlet
Combine 50ml Plymouth gin, 20ml fresh lime juice and 10ml sugar syrup in a co*cktail shaker filled with ice and shake. Serve over more ice and garnish with a lime wheel.
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Gin co*cktails - Raspberry & Rose Spritz
Add 50ml Raspberry Gin to a tall glass and top up with Fever-Tree Raspberry and Rose Soda. Garnish with a vanilla pod and home-grown lemon thyme for a subtle twang.
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Gin co*cktails - Elderflower G&T
This one tastes like pure summer. Mix Fever-Tree Elderflower Tonic Water with 50ml of Pink Pepper Gin, lemon juice (10ml) and a sprinkling of pink peppercorns. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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Gin co*cktails - Cucumber G&T
This serve begins with (30ml) London Dry Gin, mixed with Fever-Tree Refreshingly Light Cucumber Tonic Water. Add a touch of Elderflower Liqueur (20ml) and garnish with a refreshing cucumber ribbon and mint sprig.
18
Gin co*cktails - Bloody Jasmine
Add 20ml Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz Gin, 20ml Campari, 20ml dry curacao (or any other orange liqueur), 20ml fresh lemon juice and 1 dash of Regan’s Orange Bitters into a co*cktail shaker. Strain into a chilled coupette with a lemon twist for a delicious sweet and bitter co*cktail.
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Gin co*cktails - Marmalade Daiquiri
Combine 50ml Beefeater Dry, one bar spoon orange marmalade, 25ml lime juice and 20ml agave syrup in a co*cktail shaker. Strain after shaking, and garnish with a lime wheel.
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Gin co*cktails - Fresh Martini
In a mixing glass, combine 45ml Beefeater Dry gin, 10ml Lillet Blanc and two dashes orange bitters. Strain into a glass and garnish with an orange twist.
