Christmas Gin
Here's a run down of my favourite 2017 Christmas Gins and what to make with them. What more could you need to see you through the upcoming manic season of excessive socialising, gift wrapping and entertaining?
Flavored with Frankincense and Myrrh- Delicious sweet orange notes that they say works best in a Negroni.
I'd turn this into a Christmas winner with a touch of Cava...The perfect welcome drink designed to give a festive feel whilst offering that classic digestive taste.
Edinburgh Christmas Sparkle
20ml Campari
20ml Martini Rosso
30ml Edinburgh Christmas Gin
50ml Frexinet Cava
Build in a wine glass with cubed ice and top with Cava.
Garnish with a large grapefruit peel and a cinnamon stick.
A gin made by infusing Christmas Puddings!
Now this is a bit special, something a little out of the ordinary that can be a real conversation starter. It's great in punches or as an alternative in a mulled recipe.
Mulled Puddgin & Tonic
Heat in a large saucepan or soup kettle
2ltr Cloudy Apple Juice ( I suggest Eager Juices)
50ml Rowse Honey
450ml Sacred Christmas Pudding Gin
4 Cinnamon Sticks
10 Star Anise
10 cloves
5 green cardamom pods
4 strips of orange peel
2 bottles of Fever Tree Indian Tonic
100ml Water
Serve in a copper mug or a teacup with a slice of apple and star anise garnish.
Heat this gently and the spices will infuse quickly. Its a beautiful alternative to mulled wine or cider and is guaranteed to keep your friends and family warm this winter.
35cl 42% £20
Infused with fresh apples and blackberries this seasonal Gin is surprisingly savoury with delicious cardamom notes.
Autumn Rickey
50ml Sibling Autumn Edition
30ml Provence Rose Wine
100ml Fever Tree Aromatic Tonic
2 Fresh Blackberries
1 Slice green apple
1 squeeze lime
Serve over cubed ice in a Collins glass.
70cl 41.4% £34
This pretty pink gin is infused with fresh unpressed Scottish red gooseberries and certainly looks the festive part. The beautiful branding of Daffy's means it's a great gift for Christmas, and this special edition happens to be really tasty too.
Double Berry Pie
50ml Daffy's Gooseberry Gin
40ml Apple Juice
10ml Cinnamon Syrup
4 Muddled raspberries
10ml Lemon Juice
Shake it all together and serve in a Martini Glass with a raspberry on the side
70cl 42% £29.95
Cinnamon, Cloves, All Spice, Nutmeg, Ginger, Cranberry & Tangerine make this gin really special.
It's been specifically created for the festive season, the bottle screams Christmas and the spirit is delightfully tart, spicy and punchy.
Cornish Dry Cup
50ml Tarquin's Mulled Cranberry & Tangerine
50ml freshly squeezed Clementine Juice
15ml Cranberry and Juniper reduction
1 dash Absinthe
10ml lime juice
30ml Pomegranate Juice
Serve in a tin cup, garnish with a mint sprig, fresh cranberries and a dusting of icing sugar
The cranberry and juniper reduction can be made in ten minutes
1ltr cranberry juice
100g Juniper Berries
500g White caster sugar
(keep on a rolling boil for 10 minutes, cool and bottle)
50cl 42% £48.64
This Swiss Gin is created with smoked stone salt and cold smoked Chestnuts (It wouldn't be Christmas without a Chestnut!)
The gin is also packed with ginger, quince, orange, juniper and coriander and makes for an exceptional martini.
60ml Ngenious! Smoked and Salted Gin
5ml Cocci Americano
stirred down and served in a frozen martini glass with a cube of Quince Jelly.
50cl 46% £34.95
Would you believe these guys have created a Yuletide Gin with Frankincense, Myrrh, Gingerbread, Nutmeg, Clove, Christmas Tree Needles and real Gold!
Father Christmas himself would be proud of just how many seasonal elements they've managed to pack into this gin.. so my choice of drink to compliment the elements of the spirit is to make a citrus Collins with a hint of sweet Gingerbread.
Yuletide Collins
50ml Yuletide Gin
25ml Lemon Juice
10ml Gingerbread Syrup
150ml Soda
Shake it all up and top with soda
Serve in a tall sling/ Collins glass
Garnish with a lemon wedge, and a mini gingerbread man
70cl 42% £52.95
Made with organic Juniper and Coriander alongside foraged botanicals from Macclesfield including Gorse Flowers, Wild Bilberries, Raspberries and Local Moss. Forest Gin has some incredible reviews and it's not hard to see why. Forest Bramble
50ml Forest Gin
5ml Saliza Amaretto
10ml Creme de Mure
15ml Vanilla Syrup
25ml Freshly squeezed Lemon Juice
Serve in a tumbler with crushed ice
Garnish with rose petals and a blackberry dusted with icing sugar
70cl 43% £24.75
Quince is such an incredible flavour to pair with gin. Its got wonderful tannic properties as well as bold sweetness and fragrance. This Gin would also be incredible as an alternative to port when eating cheese.
Quince & Co
125ml Luscombe's Grapefruit Tonic
50ml Whitley Neill Quince Gin
2 halved Kumquats
2 Slices of dehydrated Grapefruit
5 Juniper Berries
Plonk all of this into a large balloon glass with cubed ice, the Gin has great viscosity and sits well with a large quantity of mixer and more pronounced flavours such as grapefruit
50cl 42% £43.75
The guys and girls at Skin have adorned their Christmas edition this year with a beautiful baby blue and holly leaf number. It would look fantastic on any back bar or on the shelf at home. It also happens to be really delicious with big notes of Coriander, Juniper and Citrus.
Lemon and Lime Cobbler
1 heaped Teaspoon Robinsons Lime Shread Spread
50ml Skin Gin
2 lemon wedges
20ml Vanilla Syrup
100ml Bottle Green Cox's Apple Presse
Muddle the lemon and sugar and Lime Spread in a sling glass, add crushed ice and top with the other ingredients. Churn together, cap with more ice and garnish with a lemon wheel and a lime wheel.
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