Archive for the ‘Friday Shake Up!’ Category
The Snakebite (Guinness and Perry Cocktail)
Total Time: 3 mins
Serves: 8
Ingredients
- 4 cans Guinness Draught
- 4 bottles ‘Perfect 5’ by Paracombe Premium Perry
Instructions
- Fill a tall beer glass half full with the Perry. Insert a the back side of a spoon into the glass, with the tip touching the inside of the glass above the Perry. Gently and slowly pour the Guinness over the spoon and allow it to pour down over the Perry.
- Give the cocktail a moment to settle and serve.
Recipe adapted from fromvalerieskitchen.com
Cognac Sparklers
Total Time: 5 mins
Serves: 2
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons Cognac
- 1 cup chilled Perry, we recommend ‘Eighty 4’ by Paracombe Premium Perry
- A few dashes bitters
Instructions
- Pour 1 tablespoon Cognac into each of 2 Champagne flutes. Top each with 1/2 cup chilled Perry and finish with a few dashes bitters.
Recipe adapted from Martha Stewart
Perfect Storm Cocktail
Total Time: 5 mins
Serves: 1
Ingredients
- 1 vanilla bean
- 1/2 cup superfine sugar
- 30mls ginger beer, we recommend ‘ROOT.E.D’ by Paracombe Premium Perry
- 45mls Perry, we recommend ‘Perfect 5’ by Paracombe Premium Perry
- 60mls dark rum
Instructions
- Split a vanilla bean lengthwise, scrape out the inside and add it to the sugar, setting aside the pod. Stir until the sugar is speckled with bits of vanilla.
- Dip the rim of a glass in water, then in the sugar to coat.
- Mix ginger beer, Perry and rum in a measuring cup. Pour over ice into glass and garnish with half the vanilla bean.
Recipe adapted from Martha Stewart
Maple-Bourbon Perry
Total Time: 5 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- Ice
- 180mls Bourbon
- 4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons pure maple syrup
- 1 cup Perry, we recommend ‘The Berg’ by Paracombe Premium Perry
- Cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Fill four glasses and a cocktail shaker with ice. To shaker, add bourbon, lemon juice, maple syrup and Perry. Shake vigorously. Strain into glasses and top each with a pinch of cayenne pepper, if desired.
Recipe adapted from Martha Stewart
Perry, Cranberry and Ginger Punch
Total Time: 5 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup fresh cranberries
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/2 cups Perry, we recommend ‘The Berg’ by Paracombe Premium Perry
- 2/3 cup chilled ginger beer, we recommend ‘ROOT.E.D.’ by Paracombe Premium Perry
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons gin, if desired
Instructions
- Muddle cranberries with sugar in a pitcher. Add Perry, ginger beer, lemon juice and gin if desired.
- Divide among 4 glasses.
- Serve chilled or over ice.
Recipe adapted from Martha Stewart
Garden Mule Cocktail
Total Time: 7 mins
Serves: 1
Ingredients
- 4 slices cucumber
- 16 blueberries
- 6 mint leaves, plus a sprig for garnish
- 60mls vodka
- 30mls lime juice
- ½ cup ginger beer – we recommend ‘Root.E.D.’ by Paracombe premium
- Perry
- 1 piece candied ginger
Instructions
- Put the cucumber, 8 blueberries and mint leaves in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Muddle until crushed and juicy. Add a handful of ice, vodka and lime. Cover shaker and shake for about 15 seconds, until the shaker develops a nice coat of condensation on the outside.
- Fill a Moscow mule mug with ice. Strain the liquid from the shaker into the mug. Top with ginger beer and 4 blueberries. Thread 4 more blueberries and a piece of candied ginger onto a toothpick. Garnish with a sprig of mint and the toothpick of berries and ginger.
Recipe adapted from Something New for Dinner
In the Trees Cocktail
Total Time: Less than 5mins
Serves: 1
Ingredients
- 22mls Paracombe Premium Perry Eau de vie de Poire Williams
- 15mls Rosemary Simple Syrup
- 45mls Gin
- 3 dashes Grapefruit Juniper Bitters
Instructions
- Combine everything in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake.
- Strain into a coupe glass and serve. Garnish with fresh rosemary if desired.
Recipe adapted from Autumn Makes and Does.
Jan 21
Friday Shake Up! Irish Perry
Irish Perry
Total Time: 5mins
Makes: 1 cocktails
Ingredients
- 45mls Jameson (or any other Irish whiskey)
- 25mls Blackwell’s Rum (or any other dark rum of choice)
- 45mls Perry (we recommend ‘Eighty 4’ by Paracombe Premium Perry)
- 25mls lemon juice
- 15mls agave nectar
- Ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Add all ingredients in a rocks glass filled with ice and stir. Garnish with ground cinnamon.
Recipe adapted from Style Caster
Sparkling Perry Cinnamon Cocktail
Total Time: 10mins
Makes: 2 cocktails
Ingredients
- 1 cup Chamberlain Orchards pear juice
- 1 bottle Perfect 5 by Paracombe Premium Perry
- 1/4 cup Bacardi gold rum
- 3 tablespoons cinnamon simple syrup
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Splash of soda water
Cinnamon Simple Syrup
- 4 cinnamon sticks
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- In a large cocktail shaker or jar with lid, combine pear juice, perry, rum, syrup and lemon juice. Add two cups of ice and shake again.
- Pour into large wine glasses, top with splash of soda water and garnish with cinnamon and lemon.
- For syrup: combine water, sugar and sticks in a medium saucepan. Heat until sugar has completely melted. Set aside and cool.
Recipe adapted from Virtually Homemade
Maple Perry Cherry Whiskey
Total Time: 15mins
Serves: 1
Ingredients
- ice
- 30mls of whiskey
- 1/3 cup Paracombe Premium Perry ‘Eighty 4’
- 2 tablespoons of homemade cherry syrup with some whole cherries added in (recipe below)
For the Cherry Syrup
- 230g of Cherries
- 1/3 cup of sugar
- 1 tablespoon of water
Instructions
For Syrup
- Add sauce ingredients to a pot on the stove. Stir. Cover with a lid and cook on medium, occasionally lifting the lid to stir. After several minutes, the cherries should soften and it should be easy to lightly mash them.
- Allow to cook for another five minutes and cool.
For Cocktail
- Add ice and whiskey to a small glass.
- Spoon in cherries and syrup and top with Perry.
- Stir gently and enjoy!
Recipe adapted from Swooned Magazine
