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3 tasty cocktails to spice up your weekend

By LLM Reporters   |  

If your lockdown weekend simply must include a cocktail or two then we have three refreshing recipes for you to try. From the classic negroni to a spicy mojito to a deliciously refreshing ‘tarquini’ we have something for all tastes. Get that cocktail kit ready and shake up your weekend with these three tasty cocktails.

Negroni

Ingredients

30ml Tarquin’s Cornish Gin
30ml Campari
30ml sweet vermouth
Orange slice (to garnish)
Cubed ice

To prepare

Add all your wet ingredients to an iced mixing glass. Stir down for 20 seconds. Strain into a chilled rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish with a twist of orange.

Twin Fin Spiced Mojito – ‘The Cornish Beach Cooler’

Ingredients

50ml Twin Fin rum
Sprig fresh mint
½ lime
Ginger ale
Brown sugar

To prepare

Muddle half a lime with sugar in a hi-ball glass, add some mint and ginger ale and serve long over ice.

The Tarquini

Ingredients

50ml tarquin’s cornish gin
10ml lillet rose vermouth
2 dashes orange blossom bitters
Grapefruit twist (for garnish) 
Cubed ice

To prepare

Add all your wet ingredients to an iced mixing glass. Stir down for 20 seconds. Strain into a well-chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a grapefruit twist.