Cocktails

Local cocktail legend Peter Lowry at The Library has kindly shared the recipe for 'Through the Looking Glass' - a classic champagne cocktail, brightened up with a fruity, floral twist... Ingredients: 10mls Southward x The Library Bramble Gin (or sloe gin) 15mls Six Barrel Hibiscus Soda Syrup  10mls tangelo liqueur (or Cointreau)   Chocolate bitters (or Angostura bitters) Sugar cube Prosecco  Orange rind  Method: Dash bitters on sugar cube and place in the bottom of your glass Add gin, Hibiscus syrup and tangelo liqueur  Top up with prosecco Garnish with orange rind

  Arborist are featuring our Elderflower Soda Syrup in their Wellington On A Plate cocktail this year. They've kindly shared the recipe with us... Ingredients: 45mls Bond Store Kawakawa Gin 20mls Lemon Juice  20mls Sugar syrup  Handful of cucumber  8 mint leaves Six Barrel Elderflower Soda Syrup Soda Water Ice Method: Muddle cucumber, mint and lemon juice in Boston shaker Add gin, sugar syrup and ice, then shake Pour over ice in tall glass Top up with Six Barrel Elderflower soda (mixed 1 part syrup to 5 parts soda water) Garnish with mint and cucumber

  Ingredients: 1 tbsp sugar 1 tbsp salt 1 tsp lemon zest 1 tsp grapefruit zest Ice Slice of fresh lemon 30mLs Blanco Tequila 30mLs fresh lime juice 30mLs Grapefruit Syrup Soda water Kafir Lime Leaf Method: Combine the sugar, salt, lemon and grapefruit zest in a saucer, then run a lemon wedge around the rim of the glass. Press your glass gently into the saucer to coat the rim of the glass. Then build your drink – fill your glass with ice, then add a slice of lemon, the tequila, lime juice, and Grapefruit Syrup. Top up with soda...

The good people at Dragonfly in Wellington kindly shared their Gimlet Grenade recipe with us... Ingredients: 30mL Cherry & Pomegranate syrup 45ml Dragonfly gin 3 lime wedges Barspoon of chopped cucumber 6 mint leaves Method: Fill a coupe (or martini) glass with ice Muddle lime, cucumber and mint Add gin and Cherry & Pomegranate syrup Shake and double strain into glass Garnish with cucumber coin on a skewer