COCKTAIL RECIPES
Old Tom style gins are the original cocktail gin. Fragrant and lightly spiced with a hint of roasted barley sweetness Campfire Old Tom Gin is a gin for all seasons.
In spring try the Square Pear – a combination of aromatic bitters, pear cider and gin. In summer it just has to be a long, cool gin mint julep – gin, lots of crushed ice, sweetness, refreshing mint and a straw for slow sipping whiling away a hot afternoon lazing in a hammock.
For warm autumnal days and colder evenings our twist on the classic Tom Sawyer, an Old Tom Sawyer, uses 21 dashes of Bitter Union No 1 Aromatic Bitters and 7 dashes of Spiced Orange Bitters plus fresh squeezed lime juice for a citrus kick! Heading on in to winter cosy up with a La Casa Sagrada – the combination of ginger syrup and sherry complement Campfire Old Tom Gin’s juniper and spice notes.
ROCKET TOURMALINE
History
Along with Beets From The Bronx and CC’s Magnificent Machine the Rocket Tourmaline is a cocktail created for our From The Garden Distillery cocktail demo. Cocktails featuring vegetables, fruits and herbs! This cocktail highlights flavours and natural colours and how what might seem contrasting ingredients can become complementary. Practice creating the delicate green and pink layers of this gin cocktail we’ve named after the gemstone tourmaline. A gemstone which comes in a variety of colours and can display two or more colours as in a watermelon tourmaline. Check them out, they’re beautiful!
Ingredients
65ml Campfire Old Tom Gin
10ml Peach liqueur
5ml Lime juice
4 Blueberries
7 Rocket (arugula) leaves
Preparation
In a small glass muddle the blueberries into 15ml Campfire Old Tom Gin and set to one side.
In a cocktail shaker add the remaining Campfire Old Tom Gin, the peach liqueur, lime juice and rocket leaves. Muddle gently then add ice and shake for 30 seconds. Fine strain into a pre-chilled coupe glass.
Next fine strain the muddled blueberry and Campfire Old Tom Gin mixture on top. Pouring this in over the back of a spoon will allow you to float the liquid creating two layers of colour.
Great for batch making in two separate parts. Layer the parts in glass when serving.