Celebrating Fourth of July? 3 gin cocktails for you to try

Planning a Fourth of July celebration? Why not give one of these a go?

The Cranberry Martini

A little variation on Salvatore Calbrese’s Breakfast Martini. I’ve used Greenhook American (of course!) gins from Brooklyn.

Ingredients for the Cranberry Martini

50ml Greenhook America Dry gin

15ml Greenhook Gin Beach Plum liqueur

15ml lemon juice

1 teaspoon of cranberry jelly

(optional rosemary sprig to garnish)

Method

Add all of the ingredients to an ice-filled shaker and shake until very cold. Strain into a chilled glass. Add a sprig rosemary.

Blueberry Buck

Ingredients for a Blueberry Buck

60ml Aviation gin
15ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
17 blueberries
Ice
90ml ginger beer
Mint leaves for garnish

Method

Add gin, lemon juice, blueberries (reserving a few for the garnish) and ice to a cocktail shaker and muddle together.  Shake until outside of the shaker is chilled.

Strain into a tall glass and top up with ginger beer. Garnish with a couple of blueberries and a mint leaf or two.

Gin Old fashioned

“Old fashioneds” are traditionally made with whisky, but I used Ransom Old Tom which has been rested in bourbon casks to recreate one of the oldest American cocktails.

Ingredients for a Gin Old Fashioned

50ml Ransom Old Tom gin

tsp of sugar (or 1 sugar lump)

3 dashes of Angoustura bitters

1tsp of soda water

Method

Put the sugar in the glass and add the bitters and soda water. Stir until mixed thoroughly. Add gin and stir. Add ice and continue to stir (dilution is key) until chilled. Add a piece of orange peel for garnish.

Happy Fourth of July!