Posts Tagged ‘Ginger Beer’
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
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
