Best Gin Cocktail You must try-Dial A Drink Kenya

Best Gin Cocktail You must try-Dial A Drink Kenya

Gin is literally the sauce to most cocktails. Gin cocktails are loved Worldwide.

Here are top cocktails that you can make with gin sold Dial A Drink Kenya/ www.dialadrinkkenya.com . The most loved and known gin cocktails most contain sugar syrup or lime syrup which many don’t know how to make one. Here is a recipe of Sugar Syrup and a lime syrup.

Lime Sugar syrup

Ingredients

·         1 cup water

·         1 cup Sugar

·         Zest of lime

How to prepare

·         In a saucepan, mix the sugar with water and let it boil on medium heat until all sugar is dissolved

·         Turn off the heat and add lime zest while stirring. Simmer until the sugar is well dissolved.

·         Let it cool completely and strain in a glass jar. The syrup can be stored in a cold place for 2 weeks use maximum.

Sugar Syrup Recipe

Ingredients

·         1 cup water

·         1 cup Sugar

How to prepare

·         In a saucepan, mix the sugar with water and let it boil.

·         Simmer until the sugar is well dissolved.

·         Let it cool completely. The syrup can be stored in a cold place for future use.

Best Gin cocktails are;

1.    Frozen Gin & Tonic

This a classic cocktail that is exactly we what to drink on a poolside, balcony or in a big picnic blanket on hot summer days. Here is the recipe for this classic Frozen Gin & Tonic cocktail

Ingredients

·         6 ounces tonic water (quality tonic water)

·         4 ounces Aviation Gin

·         2 ounces lime simple syrup

·         2 ounces freshly squeezed lime juice

·         5 cup ice

·         Lime wedges

How to prepare

·         Combine tonic water, Aviation gin, lime syrup, lime juice and ice into a blender and blend until slushy and smooth.

·         Serve in a chilled glass with a lime wedge.

2.    Gin Fizz

This is a classic gin cocktail that uses Cointreau liqueur, orange juice and orange flower water to bring a sunshine creamy cocktail.

This cocktail was inspired by the 19^th century Roman Gin Fizz

Ingredients

·         1 ½ ounce gin (Gilbey’s gin)

·         ¾ ounce Cointreau liqueur

·         ¼ ounce fresh orange juice

·         ¼ ounce sugar syrup

·         1-ounce heavy cream

·         ½ ounce egg white

·         ½ ounce fresh lime

·         1 dash orange flower water

·         ½ ounce fresh lemon juice

·         1-2-ounce club soda

·         1 orange twist

How to prepare

·         Add all ingredients except soda and orange twist into a shaker.

·         Shake first without ice and then add ice, shake and strain into a chilled Collins glass.

·         Top with soda to form a tall foam head.

·         Garnish with an orange twist over top.

3.    Gimlet

Gin and lemon go together always.

Ingredients

·         60ml Gilbey’s Gin

·         15ml lime juice

·         10ml sugar syrup

·         Twist of lime zest to garnish

How to prepare

·         Mix Gilbey’s gin with lime juice and sugar syrup in a jar.

·         Stir gently until well combined.

·         Pour into a glamorous coupe glass and garnish with a lemon wedge.

4.    Gordon’s Cup

Ingredients

·         Sliced cucumber

·         1 tbsp simple syrup

·         60ml Hendricks Gin

·         2 tbsp fresh lime juice

·         Cucumber slice to garnish

·         Sea salt

·         Freshly ground black pepper

How to prepare

·         Muddle two cucumber slices and syrup into a cocktail shaker tin.

·         Add the gin, lime juice and ice, shake well for 10 seconds.

·         Fine-strain the mixture into a glass filled with ice cubes.

·         Garnish with cucumber slice, a pinch of salt and a twist of pepper.

5.Mojito

Ingredients

·         50ml Gordon gin

·         3 lime wedges

·         Mint

·         3 tsp of sugar

·         Crushed ice

·         Apple juice

·         Mint to garnish

How to prepare

·         Add Gordon gin, lime wedges, and sugar with a few mint leaves to a highball glass, and muddle together.

·         Fill with a slew of crushed ice, top up with apple juice and garnish the cocktail with a sprig of fresh mint.

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