Cocktail Demonstrations – Valentine’s Special

Following on from the success of our December drop in demos, focusing on Christmas cocktails, we this time turned to three local bars, who also happen to serve our gin and asked them to create a cocktail they'd serve for Valentine's Day. Over two sessions on Saturday 10 February the various tools and techniques required to make these drinks were presented along with samples of the finished product.

A huge thanks to the creators, Luke, Éamonn and Jamie for their contribution. We will be running more themed demonstrations throughout the year. For early notification of these, sign up to the newsletter.

If you fancy having a go at the Valentine's cocktails, here are the recipes and for more head to the cocktails page of our website.

Cask Bramble

Recipe provided by Luke Garnsworthy from Crockers Tring, coming soon to Tring

75ml Campfire Cask Aged gin
25ml Lemon juice
12.5ml Blackberry liqueur
25ml Sugar syrup
Soda water
Lemon rind for garnish
Ice

Fill a tumbler with small ice cubes. Add the Campfire Cask Aged, sugar syrup and lemon juice, then add the blackberry liqueur last. Stir and top with soda water and garnish with the lemon rind.

New Fashioned

Recipe provided by Éamonn Borg-Neal from The Akeman, Tring

50ml Campfire Cask Aged gin
10ml Cinnamon sugar syrup
5 dashes Orange bitters
Cinnamon stick for garnish
Ice

Combine all ingredients in a tumbler with ice, stir and add the cinnamon stick and orange garnish.

I Love You More Than Gin

Recipe provided by Jamie Smith from The Berkeley, Berkhamsted

50ml Campfire London Dry gin
50ml Morello cherry cordial
15ml Egg white
2 dashes Rose water
5 dashes Chocolate bitters
Edible dried rose petals
Dark cherry chocolate shavings
Ice

Dry shake the gin, cherry cordial and egg white in a cocktail shaker.Add the rose water and ice and shake again.Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with chocolate bitters, rose petals andcherry chocolate shavings.