Popular gin cocktails for the summer in 2019

jleonidou@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 15:13, 01 August 2019 | Updated: 09:46, 02 August 2019

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Whether it’s unwinding after a long day’s work or having friends over for a nice drink in the garden, a well-made gin cocktail will always go down a treat in the summer.

Gin continues to grow in popularity as a summer cocktail base because it is totally customisable as well as incredibly thirst-quenching when temperatures heat up.

And if that wasn’t reason enough to make you reach for a tumbler, it’s also low in calories!

Whether you want a drink that's long or short, gin is the perfect drink.

We’ve found some brilliant gin cocktails recipes for you to try as well as some good deals for bottles of gin, should you be looking to stock up your drinks cabinet this August.

Down the hatch!

Gin Gimlet

Shake or stir all the contents and strain into an ice-filled old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Ingredients: 55ml of gin, 20ml of simple syrup, 20ml of lime juice

Bramble

Pour the contents into a tumbler half filled with ice and stir gently. Garnish with a blackberry or two.

Ingredients: 40ml gin, 10ml sugar syrup, 15ml crème de mur (blackberry liqueur), 15ml lemon or lime juice, blackberries to garnish

Hop Collins

Pour the contents - except the beer - into tumbler filled with ice and shake well. Double strain into a chilled glass and then top with chilled beer. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Ingredients: 50ml of dry gin, 10ml sugar syrup, 20ml lemon juice, good quality lager or pale ale

Rhubarb Fizz

Pour all the contents into a tall glass over ice and stir. Garnish with a wedge of pink grapefruit.

Ingredients: 50ml rhubarb gin, 50ml pink grapefruit, 25ml elderflower, grapefruit lemonade

Gin Martini

Pour all the contents into a tall glass and stir before then straining into a Martini glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

Ingredients: 50ml gin, 10ml dry Vermouth, 4 dashes orange bitters, orange twist to garnish

Rhubarb in Bloom

Pour all the contents over cubed ice and top with ginger ale. Serve with a strip of rhubarb, mint sprig and a viola flower.

Ingredients: 15ml rhubarb and ginger liqueur, 15ml green apple liqueur, 15ml rhubarb gin, 15ml fresh lemon juice, 15ml raspberry sugar syrup, 145ml of ginger ale