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Beat the heat with some gin cocktails!

A cool swig of a classic highball can be a cure-all!

Image courtesy: William Grant & Sons

Published 06.06.22, 05:59 AM

We’re doing everything we can to keep cool this summer. If you’ve got some gin and some basic ingredients, explore some DIY cocktails at home with these easy recipes:

Supersonic Hendricks gin & tonic (has a bracing shot of espresso which keeps this drink on its high-flying toes)

Ingredients:

• 50ml Hendrick’s Gin

• Barspoon of Sugar Syrup

• 25ml Fresh Espresso (left to go cold)

• Top with Tonic Water

• Cucumber Wheels

Method

• Combine all ingredients in a highball filled with cubed ice

• Lightly stir and serve.

• Garnish with 3 thinly sliced rounds of cucumber

Orchard Collins (a gin and cider cocktail)

Ingredients

• 50ml Hendrick’s Gin

• 25ml Lemon Juice

• 25ml Cider

• Top with Ginger Beer

• 3 Slices of Apple

• Cucumber Rose Garnish

Method

• Combine all ingredients in a highball filled with cubed ice

• Lightly stir and serve

• Garnish with 3 thin slices of apple and a cucumber rose

Recipe courtesy: William Grant & Sons

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