World Gin Day; three cocktails for you to try.

World Gin Day is June 12th, the day to celebrate all things gin. To mark this special day, we are sharing three easy to make gin cocktail recipes with you. We also have some fun facts about this ever-popular type of alcohol!

Try them out and let us know which is your favourite.

Gin Fizz

Ingredients:

• 50ml gin
• 25ml lemon juice
• 2 tsp sugar syrup
• Ice
• Sparkling water
• Lemon slice

Method:

STEP 1

Pour the gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup into a cocktail shaker and fill it up with ice cubes. Shake well until the outside of the shaker feels cold then strain into a tall glass filled with more ice and top up with sparkling water. Finally, garnish with a lemon slice and enjoy!

Pink Gin Iced Tea

Ingredients:

• 1 camomile tea bag
• 100ml pink gin
• 100ml spiced rum
• 100ml elderflower cordial
• 100ml pink grapefruit juice
• Ice
• Thyme sprigs, to garnish

Method:

STEP 1

Brew the camomile tea bag with 500ml boiling water, steep for 2-3 mins or following pack instructions. Then, remove the bag and leave it to cool for 5 mins.

STEP 2         

Next, pour into a large jug with the pink gin, rum, elderflower cordial and juice. Add ice and stir, then add the thyme sprigs and stir again before serving.

Bee’s Knees

Ingredients:

• 2 tsp honey
• 50ml dry gin
• 25ml lemon juice
• Ice
• Lemon zest strip, to serve

Method:

STEP 1

Firstly put the honey in a small jug or cup and add 1 tsp freshly boiled water. Stir well until smooth and the honey is nicely thinned down.

STEP 2

Then pour the honey mixture into a cocktail shaker along with the gin, lemon juice and a large handful of ice. Shake until the outside of the shaker feels very cold.

STEP 3

Last step is to double strain into a cocktail glass or a coupe and garnish with a curled strip of lemon zest – you can do this by wrapping it tightly around a spoon handle.

Did You Know? Fun facts for World Gin Day

Gin is for cocktails, not on its own. This is why so many cocktails require gin.

There are more classic cocktails made with gin than any other spirit

A martini means…you guessed it, GIN!

The man who created gin, Franciscus Sylvius, intended gin to be used as medicine to relieve stomach aches.

Gin is made from the juniper berry.