Eleven Christmas cocktails to try - Slingsby Gin

Here at Gorgeous Cottages we just love a Christmas cocktail – especially if it contains Slingsby Gin! It’s the perfect tipple for sitting in front of the fire in one of our cosy country cottages. That’s why we are thrilled that the experts at Harrogate based Slingsby Gin have given us the recipes to some of their top festive cocktails. Chin chin!

Slingsby Hot Toddy

• 50ml Slingsby London Dry Gin
• 25ml white grapefruit juice
• 25ml agave syrup or honey
• 3 cloves
• 1 star anise
• Pink grapefruit peel

Add all ingredients into teacup and top with boiling water. Allow the drink to stand for roughly five minutes and stir occasionally.

Slingsby Rhubarb Rocker

• 35ml Slingsby Rhubarb Gin
• 50ml cranberry juice
• 15ml bourbon
• Mint Leaves
• 5 cranberries

Fill glass with crushed ice and add ingredients, stir vigorously. Garnish with a mint spring and dusting of icing sugar.

Let it Sloe

• 30ml home-made Slingsby Navy Strength sloe gin
• Tbsp Damson jam
• 20ml sweet red vermouth
• 10ml white grapefruit juice

To make the homemade Navy Strength Sloe Gin. Add one bottle of Slingsby Navy Strength Gin to a sterilized glass container. Prepare 1kg of Sloe berries: Using a folk prick each sloe berry two – three times, this will allow the gin to infuse. Add the sloes to the gin and seal tightly. Store in a cool dark place for minimum of three weeks. The longer the gin is left the better the sloe berries will infuse. Serve in a rocks glass.

Slingsby Black Forest Gateaux

• 35ml vodka
• 25ml cassis
• 25ml dark chocolate liqueur

Shake all ingredients and fine strain in to a chilled coupe. Top with cream float and grated chocolate.

Spiced Apple Negroni

• 30ml Slingsby Rhubarb Gin
• 15ml calvados
• 10ml Campari
• 25ml sweet red vermouth
• 25ml spiced apple juice

Build in a rocks glass over ice, stir down with a cinnamon stick.

Gingerbread Martini

• 50ml Slingsby Rhubarb gin
• 20ml kings ginger
• 20ml lime juice

Shake and fine strain in to a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with icing rim and crushed ginger bread.

White Port Rickey

• 35ml Slingsby Rhubarb gin
• 50ml white port
• 25ml lime juice
• 10ml sugar syrup
• top with soda

Hard shake and serve in a Collins over ice, top with splash of soda, swizzle with candy cane.

Rosemary gimlet

• 30ml Slingsby Navy Strength Gin
• 10ml lime cordial
• 50ml pink grapefruit
• rosemary

Serve in a rocks glass with burnt rosemary sprig

Slingsby Sour

• 25ml London dry
• 12.5ml amaretto
• Egg white
• 20ml lemon juice

Reverse dry shake into a chilled coupe, garnished with toasted almonds.

Spiced Slingsby

• 30ml London dry
• 50ml orange juice
• 20ml lemon juice
• 2.5ml cherry heering

Churn with crushed ice, cap and garnish with cinnamon, cloves, orange and a maraschino cherry.

Mince Pie Martini

• 25ml Navy Strength Gin
• Muddled mincemeat
• 5ml sugar syrup
• 5ml dry vermouth

Shake and fine strain into chilled martini garnish with three raisins on a pick.

We highly recommend visiting the gorgeous Slingsby Gin shop on your next visit to Harrogate and if you are looking for somewhere stylish to stay, we have a wide selection of Harrogate Holiday Cottages to choose from.