A cheeky and refreshing fruity number where pineapple and lime juice are spruced up with Herradura tequila and thyme.
What you’ll need.
· 15ml lime juice
· 20ml thyme syrup
· 30ml pineapple juice
· 5ml Maraschino
· 40ml Herradura Blanco tequila
· a sprig thyme, to garnish
How to make it.
· STEP 1
Shake together all ingredients. Strain, and pour into a martini glass. Add a sprig of thyme to garnish.
The Felix Felicis or Liquid Luck.
“Brewed correctly the drinker of this potion will be lucky in all their endeavours, but be warned…excessive consumption is highly toxic and can cause extreme recklessness.” — Zygmunt Budge, 16th century potioneer
This fizzy version of Felix is sure to boost your confidence levels on and off the Quidditch field.
Serves 1
What you’ll need.
To make simple syrup, just heat equal parts sugar and water until fully dissolved, then cool.
1/4 oz simple syrup
1/4 oz lemon juice
1.5 oz ginger beer
Champagne or other sparkling wine
How to make it.
Mix simple syrup and lemon juice in the bottom of a champagne flute. Add ginger beer and fill with Champagne.
What you’ll need.
· 1/2 oz Dark Rum
· 1 1/4 oz Spiced Rum
· 1 1/2 oz Orange Juice
· 1 1/2 oz Pineapple Juice
· 1 oz Sweet and Sour Mix
How to make it.
Shake and strain this drink into an ice-filled hurricane glass.
Float myer’s rum and garnish with a pineapple, orange, or cherry pinwheel.
Best served in a Hurricane Glass.
This fresh peaches and cream cocktail screams summer. Peaches, peach schnapps, and vodka combine in this simple yet tasty frozen drink.
.Prep Time: 5 mins
Total Time: 5 mins
Servings: 1
What you’ll need.
1 cup ice
1 1/2 cups peeled and chopped fresh peaches
1/4 cup peach schnapps
1/4 cup whipped vodka frozen whipped topping (such as Cool Whip®), thawed,
for rim peach slice for garnish
How to make it.
Step 1 Place ice in a blender and crush for 15 to 20 seconds. Add fresh peaches, peach schnapps, and whipped vodka. Blend until smooth.
Step 2 Rim glass with frozen whipped topping. Pour cocktail into glass and serve garnished with peach slice.
Apple and whiskey are a great match. Turn them into an innovative cocktail with a little help from Angostura bitters
What you’ll need.
· 50ml bourbon
· 25ml lemon juice
· a dash Angostura bitters
· sparkling apple juice, to top up
· apple slices, to garnish
How to make it.
· STEP 1
Put the bourbon, lemon juice and Angostura bitters into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well to combine.
· STEP 2
Strain the cocktail into a highball glass filled with ice, top up with sparkling apple juice and garnish with a slice of apple.
Prep time: 8 minutes
Total time: 8 minutes
The strawberry banana margarita takes the traditional margarita recipe and upgrades it to a smoothie. It’s the actual fruit that makes this one thick and delicious.
What you’ll need.
1 cup of strawberries, hulled, halved and frozen
1 ripe banana, peeled, sliced and frozen
4 ½ ounces tequila
1 ½ ounces triple sec
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 cup crushed ice.
How to make it.
Chop the strawberries and bananas.
Freeze the strawberry and banana slices for a couple of hours.
You can optionally put your liquor bottles in the freezer for about 20 minutes toward the end if you want everything super cold.
Put everything in the blender and blend in short spurts as you want a smoothie that is still thick.
Pour into frosted margarita glasses and serve.
A fun and easy party punch for an island themed party or just any occasion. Nonalcoholic so guests of all ages can enjoy it., too.
What you’ll need.
· 1 liter orange juice
· 1 liter pineapple juice
· 1/2 cup lime juice
· 1/2 cup almond syrup
· 1/2 cup grenadine
· 1 liter sparkling/seltzer water
· ice
· oranges, limes, cherries for garnish
How to make it.
1. In a pitcher mix together orange juice, pineapple juice, lime juice and almond syrup.
2. You can keep this punch base in the fridge until party time.
3. Once ready to serve you can serve in individual glasses by adding ice to a cup, filling the cup 1/2 full of juice, adding a splash of grenadine and then topping it off with seltzer water and garnishing with fruit.
4. To serve in a big punch bowl, mix grenadine and seltzer water to juice and stir together, then add ice and fruit.
Celebrate summer with an English garden cocktail. It’s a refreshing mix of gin, elderflower cordial and apple juice, plus mint, lemon and cucumber flavours
What you’ll need.
· 5 mint leaves, bruised
· 30ml gin
· 2 tsp elderflower cordial (use more or less, depending on how sweet you like it)
· 2 tsp lemon juice
· large handful of ice
· cloudy apple juice, for topping up
· 1 long strip of cucumber, peeled using a vegetable peeler
How to make it.
· STEP 1
Mix the mint leaves, gin, elderflower cordial and lemon juice together in the bottom of a tall glass using a long-handled spoon.
· STEP 2
Add a large handful of ice, then top up with the apple juice. Stir well, then drop in the strip of cucumber before serving.
Something of a cross between a martini and a manhattan, this super-chic cocktail combines gin, vermouth and maraschino liqueur with bitters.
What you’ll need.
· 40ml dry gin
· 5ml Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur
· dash of Angostura bitters
· orange twist, to garnish
How to make it.
Step 1.
Fill a mixing glass two-thirds full with ice and add the ingredients. Stir for 20-30 seconds, then strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with an orange twist.
Here’s the very best vodka spritzer, refreshing and perfect for parties! It’s beautiful, full of fruity flavor and easy to whip up.
What you’ll need.
· 1 lemon
· 1 cup sliced strawberries
· 12 ounces (1 ½ cups) vodka
· 3 ounces (6 tablespoons) simple syrup
· 3 ounces (6 tablespoons) unsweetened 100% cranberry juice*
· Soda water, for serving
· Ice, for serving
· For the garnish: 1 handful fresh mint leaves
How to make it.
1. Slice the lemon into rounds. Thinly slice the strawberries.
2. Place the lemons and strawberries in a pitcher with the vodka, simple syrup, and cranberry juice. Marinate at least 30 minutes (or up to 4 hours).
3. To serve, pour 3 ounces (6 tablespoons) of the vodka mix over ice and top with a splash of soda water to taste. Garnish with the fruit from the pitcher and sprigs of fresh mint leaves.