Cocktails

Brian loves mixing cocktails and wants to get better at making them. His biggest challenge is he can never remember the recipes but he tells me that’s all down to practise, so he keeps practicing. What we find is that a long glass of something tasty fits well into our evenings. We normally like to sit down around 6pm in front of the fire with a refreshing drink, and maybe a few nibbles, to set us up for dinner. Although we generally love a gin and tonic it’s nice to try something new now and then. My second favourite go-to cocktail is a Bloody Mary, which I have to say Brian is getting better at. His latest recipe is;

2 measures of vodka
20 cl of tomato juice
5 decent splashes of Worcester sauce
6 splashes of Tabasco
The juice of half a lemon (medium squeeze only)
A sprinkle of celery salt
A good sprinkling of salt (4 turns) and pepper (5 turns)
and 4 ice cubes - shaken for 10 seconds and poured into two glasses chilled in the freezer.

His G&T is simpler;

1 measure of Bombay Sapphire
A slice of lemon
The juice of a ¼ of a lemon
4 ice cubes
and finally pour over 15cl light tonic water

We both prefer the infusion in Bombay Sapphire, so that tends to be our gin of choice, however there are quite a few french gins on the market which we are keen to try out. I’m looking forward to that bit.

Also, once the mint starts to grow back in the garden, he will be trying out some mojito’s. But I think his next one will be a whisky sour, not one of my favourites, but one he enjoys.