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(Y)our best cocktails of 2017- Delicious Delights
The final set in the best of 2017 cocktail collection as shared by our fans are the Delicious Delights. Non-traditional, non-boring, absolutely tantalizing, this collection is perfect for sharing with friends, treating yourself or celebrating big occasions.
Spiked Ginger Lemonade
Serves: 4 drinks
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 6 lemons (juiced) + 1 lemon for garnish
- 8oz vodka
- 2 bottles Bundaberg Ginger Beer
Instructions
- Combine the sugar and water in a small pot over high heat. Stir continuously until the sugar has dissolved and the liquid comes to a boil. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool.
- Once cooled, add the lemon juice and stir to combine.
- Fill 4 glasses with ice, pour ¼ of this mixture into each glass. Add 2oz of vodka to each glass with 6oz Bundaberg Ginger Beer.
- Garnish each glass with a lemon wedge and serve.
The Jay
Courtesy of the weekend mixologist
Serves: 1 drink
Ingredients
- 2oz Vodka
- 1oz Fresh Lime Juice
- 0.5oz Vanilla Syrup
- 0.5oz Raspberry Liqueur
- Ginger Beer
Instructions
- Add all ingredients except ginger beer to a shaking tin and then add ice. Shake well and strain over crushed ice into a chilled cocktail glass.
- Top with ginger beer and garnish with berries.
La Mora Del Diablo
Serves: 2 drinks
Ingredients
- 10 fresh blackberries
- 20 fresh sage leaves
- 3oz tequila
- 1.5oz ginger liqueur
- 1oz fresh squeezed lime juice
- Bundaberg ginger beer to top
Instructions
- Combine everything but the ginger beer in a blender, then blend on high speed for 4-5 seconds, just until combined.
- Strain through a fine mesh sieve (stirring while you pour makes this super quick!) into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
- Shake hard for 10 seconds, then pour into two rocks glasses filled with ice.
- Top with ginger beer to taste (about 2-3oz per glass) and garnish with blackberries.
Indian Spice Cocktail
Serves: 1 drink
Ingredients
- 1.25oz Indian Summer Gin
- 1.75oz Ginger Beer
- Juice of half a lemon
- Handful of Mint Leaves (rubbed to release essence)
- 3.5oz Soda Water
- Ice (enough to fill glass)
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into a high-ball glass, muddle ingredients, top up with soda water and coat rim with lemon juice, garnish with lemon.
Rosemary Concord Smash
Serves: 1 cocktail
Ingredients
For the rosemary simple syrup
- 1 cup raw sugar
- 1 cup water
- 2 large sprigs rosemary
For the puree
- 1 pint Concord grapes, seedless if you can find them
- 0.25oz freshly squeezed lime juice
For the cocktail
- 2oz vodka
- 1.75oz concord puree
- 0.75oz freshly squeezed lime juice
- 0.25oz rosemary simple syrup
- Ginger Beer
- rosemary sprigs for garnish
Instructions
Make the simple syrup
- In a small saucepan combine the sugar and the water over medium heat, stirring occasionally until the sugar completely dissolved. Remove from the heat and add the rosemary. Allow the rosemary to steep in the sugar syrup until the syrup is completely cooled. Remove the rosemary and discard, then store the syrup in a jar with tight fitting lid in the refrigerator until ready to use.
Make the puree
- If your concord grapes have seeds you will need to remove the seeds by crushing the grapes then pushing the crushed/mashed fruit through a sieve to separate the seeds and skins from the pulp.
- If your concords are seedless like mine simply wash them really well then place them in a blender and puree. I don’t mind bits of the skins in my cocktail so I don’t strain it, but you can if you prefer.
- Stir the lime juice into the puree to prevent discoloration.
Make the cocktail
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add vodka, grape puree, lime juice, and rosemary simple syrup. Shake vigorously then strain the contents into an old fashioned glass filled with ice. Garnish with a sprig of rosemary to serve.
Bourbon Amaretto Coolers
Serves: 4 drinks
Ingredients
- 12oz Bourbon Whiskey
- 10oz Ginger Beer
- 6oz Amaretto (such as Disaronno)
- 4oz Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1 tsp Orange Bitters
- Luxardo Cherries, or Bing Cherries
Instructions
- In a small pitcher, combine all ingredients and stir gently.
- Pour over ice into low ball glasses, or mason jars. Garnish with cherries.
*Note* – If you can’t find orange bitters, use standard bitters, and add in a thick strip of orange zest twist.
Shochu Highball
Serves: 1 drink
Ingredients
- 2oz barley shochu
- 2 dashes aged citrus bitters
- Bundaberg Guava
- Fresh mint garnish
Instructions
- Add shochu and bitters to glass over ice. Stir gently to combine.
- Top with Bundaberg Guava and garnish with mint.
Grapefruit Ginger Sparkler
Serves: 1 drink
Ingredients
- 4oz Bundaberg Ginger Beer
- 2oz rum
- 3oz ruby red grapefruit juice
- ice
- grapefruit garnish
Instructions
- Fill a glass with ice.
- Pour in Bundaberg Ginger Beer, rum, and grapefruit juice. Stir to combine and garnish with a grapefruit slice. Enjoy!
Blueberry Basil Peach Fizz
Courtesy of Cookie Named Desire
Serves: 1 drink
Ingredients
Blueberry Basil Syrup
- 2 cups blueberries
- 1/4 cup fresh basil
Blueberry Basil Peach Fizz
- 1oz blueberry basil syrup
- 2oz gin
- Bundaberg Peach
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, add the blueberries and basil. Cook, mashing the blueberries as you go until it cooks down completely. Strain through a fine mesh strainer into a container. Chill in the refrigerator until cold. This can be up up to three days in advance
- Fill your glass with ice
- Pour the blueberry basil syrup and gin in a cocktail shaker with a few ice cubes. Shake to combine and strain into your glass
- Top with the Bundaberg Peach
- Serve immediately
Summery Ginger Drink
Courtesy of Jessi’s SchlemmerKitchen
Serves: 2 drinks
Ingredients
- 5oz Bundaberg Ginger Beer
- 3oz Mineral water (or Vodka for a cocktail)
- Handful of raspberries (Frozen or fresh)
- Handful of fresh mint
- 2oz caramel syrup
- ice cubes
Instructions
For each drink, fill 5oz of Ginger Beer into a glass. Add about 1oz of caramel syrup to each glass, fill with mineral water (for those who like it with alcohol, you can also use vodka here). Wash mint, shake dry and pluck leaves from the stems. Now add two ice cubes to each glass and about five fresh or frozen raspberries. Add mint leaves, decorate with straw and enjoy.