How to create cocktails for a romantic date night

Posted by Melissa Barker on 4 March 2020

How to create your own cocktails for a romantic date night: Image 1 Cotswolds Clover Leaf

Ingredients
50ml Cotswolds Dry Gin
15ml fresh lime juice
12.5ml raspberry syrup
5 fresh raspberries
2 mint leaves
1 egg white (optional)
Garnish: Raspberry & a sprig of mint

How to make it
Muddle the raspberries and mint. Shake all ingredients over ice and strain back into shaker.
Dry shake and fine strain into a chilled Martini glass. Garnish with a raspberry and a sprig of mint.

Available from
www.cotswoldsdistillery.com

How to create your own cocktails for a romantic date night: Image 2 Gin 1689 - The Queen Mary Edition G&T

Ingredients
50ml Gin 1689 - The Queen Mary Edition
Premium Indian Tonic
Garnish: Sliced strawberries & raspberries

How to make it
Fill a Copa glass with ice, Gin 1689 - The Queen Mary Edition and premium Indian tonic
Garnish with sliced strawberries & raspberries

Available from
Master of Malt and Amathus Drinks

How to create your own cocktails for a romantic date night: Image 3 Pinkster G&T

Ingredients
50ml Pinkster Gin
Fever-Tree Tonic
Garnish: Raspberries and a sprig of mint

How to make it
Fill a high ball glass with ice, Pinkster Gin and Fever-Tree tonic.
Garnish with raspberries and a sprig of mint

Available from
www.pinkstergin.com

How to create your own cocktails for a romantic date night: Image 4 Kokoro Cherry Blossom

Ingredients
40ml Kokoro Gin
20ml Kokoro Cherry Blossom Liqueur
25ml Fresh Lemon Juice
15ml Honey
Garnish: Sprig of Cherry Blossom

How to make it
Shake all ingredients together in a cocktail shaker with plenty of ice
Fine strain into a chilled coupe glass
Garnish with a sprig of cherry blossom

Available from
www.kokorogin.com and John Lewis

How to create your own cocktails for a romantic date night: Image 5 Union Lemon & Leaf Rum - Bed of Roses

Ingredients
50ml Union Lemon & Leaf
20ml Lemon Juice
2 scoops Powdered Sugar
4 dashes Rosewater
2 Dashes Orange Water
10ml Black Raspberry Liqueur
25ml Egg White

How to make it
Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and strain into a coupe glass
Garnish with 2 rose petals on top of a silky froth layer

Available from
Master of Malt, The Whisky Exchange and www.spirited-union.com

How to create your own cocktails for a romantic date night: Image 6 Jaisalmer Negroni

Ingredients
25ml Jaisalmer Indian Craft Gin
25ml Sweet Vermouth
25ml Campari

How to make it
Stir all the ingredients over ice in a rocks glass for around 20 seconds, until chilled.
Top with ice and garnish with an orange peel twist.

Available from
The Whisky Exchange, Master of Malt and www.drinkssupermarket.com