Blackwood Spirits London Dry Gin and Tonic

Ingredients:

  • 1 part of Blackwood Spirits London Dry Gin
  • 4 parts good tonic water (we recommend Fitch and Leedes)
  • Garnish: zest of orange

Method:

  • Place ice into gin glass
  • Add gin
  • Pour in tonic
  • Garnish with orange zest and enjoy!

Blackwood Spirits Cape Kelp Gin and Tonic

Ingredients:

  • 1 part of Blackwood Spirits Cape Kelp Gin
  • 4 parts good tonic water (we recommend Fitch and Leedes)
  • Garnish: brined olive and a sprig of rosemary

Method:

  • Place ice into gin glass
  • Add gin
  • Pour in tonic
  • Garnish with a brined olive or two and some rosemary and enjoy!

Blackwood Spirits Dirty Martini

Ingredients:

  • 70 ml of Blackwood Spirits Kelp Gin
  • Half a capful or less of vermouth
  • 2 teaspoons of olive brine juice
  • Garnish with brined olives

Method:

  • Place ice in martini glass and fill with water. This ensures the coldest glass for your martini. Set aside
  • Fill shaker with ice and add gin and vermouth into shaker. Add 2 to 3 teaspoons of olive brine to the shaker
  • Shake for at least 30 seconds
  • Dump ice and water from martini glass. Strain martini into chilled glass
  • Garnish with olives and enjoy!

Cin Cin (Italian for cheers, pronounced Chin Chin)
Suggestions: For a twist on a classic Dirty Martini try a Gibson Martini – swop the olive for a pickled onion. Delicious!

Blackwood Spirits Gimlet

This cocktail was originally created for sailors as a way to prevent scurvy

Ingredients:

  • 4 parts of Blackwood Spirits London Dry Gin
  • 1 part sweetened lime juice
  • Garnish: Garnish with a lime wedge

Method:

  • Place ice in a cocktail glass and fill with water. This ensures the coldest glass for your Gimlet. Set aside
  • Fill a mixing glass with ice cubes, add gin and lime cordial
  • Stir for 30 seconds
  • Dump ice and water from cocktail glass.
  • Strain Gimlet into chilled cocktail glass
  • Garnish with lime wedge and enjoy!

Salud (Spanish for cheers, pronounced Sah-lud)
Tip: when ready to drink wipe the lime wedge around the rim, squeeze it over the drink then drop it in. Delicious!

Blackwood Spirits Frozen Gin Sour

A refreshing drink for a hot day!

Ingredients:

  • Blackwood Spirits London Dry Gin
  • 2 lemons, zested
  • 2 cups of water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup fresh lemon juice
  • Lemon peel from one lemon
  • 1 cup sparkling water
  • Lemon wheels for garnish
  • Mint for garnish

If you have no lemons use limes instead, or combine lemons and limes.

This recipe is sufficient for four generous servings.

Method:

  • In a pot, add the lemon zest, water and sugar. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
  • In a bowl, stir together the cooled lemon syrup with peel, lemon juice and mineral water. Sieve out solids before freezing. If you have an ice cream maker use according to manufacturer’s instructions.
  • If you don’t have an ice cream maker, you may freeze the mixture in a tray in the freezer for 1.5 hours. Remove mixture from the freezer and stir with a whisk or fork to break down the icy particles. Return it back to the freezer and stir once every hour for about four hours. The more times you stir, the more air will be incorporated, resulting in a lighter finished product.
  • Finally, in four suitable glasses, add 50ml of gin to each glass, split the frozen mix between the glasses, give it a good stir and garnish with a lemon wheel and sprig of mint

Enjoy!