12 Valentine’s Day Cocktail and Mocktail Recipes To Add To Your Roster
Give the Pink Moscato and White Zinfandel a rest this year and spice up your drinks this Valentine’s Day
Image credit/recipes: Tales and Tails UK
Valentine’s Day is around the corner and we are stopping you right in your tracks from purchasing boring wine bottles (Pink Moscato we love you but not this year!)
Welcome to our Valentine’s Day cocktail/mocktail boot camp where we provide you with the perfect recipes to spice up your drinks this year and wow your other half (You might even get an early ring because of it!)
Whether you are celebrating with your spouse or hosting a Galentine’s/Palentine’s Day mixer we’ve got you covered, so take a step into our cabinet…
Let’s start with the cocktails to get you feeling some type of way…
1
The Love Bird
A delicious blend of strawberry and orange flavours giving the perfect balance of floral, citrus and subtle sweetness.
Ingredients:
50ml Bayab African rose water gin
25ml Strawberry puree
25ml Fresh orange juice
25ml Aquafaba
Agave (1 bar spoon)
A few dashes of Aromatic bitters
Method:
1) Add all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker
2) Dry shake, add ice and shake again
3) Double strain into a bird glass
Garnish:
Rose petals
2
Flat Cap’s Cherry Bakewell Tart Sour
A sweet and mouth-puckering cherry sour. For those who like it sweet and sour, this is perfectly accompanied by cherry and vanilla-flavoured rum.
Ingredients:
50ml Flat cap vanilla and cherry rum
25ml Amaretto
25ml Maraschino syrup
25ml Egg white
Half a lemon
Half a lime
Method:
Add all the ingredients into a shaker and dry shake (without ice)
Add ice and shake again
Pour into a chilled coupe glass
Garnish:
Maraschino cherry
3
Strawberry Baileys Swirl
Indulge in your 5 favourite things; booze, chocolate, strawberries, whipped cream and sprinkles!
Ingredients:
25ml Baileys
25ml Rum
50ml Coconut milk
25ml Strawberry syrup
Method:
1) Dip the rim of a coupe glass into melted milk chocolate and place in a freezer
2) Add baileys, coconut rum, coconut milk and strawberry syrup to a shaker
3) Pour into the glass, top with whipped cream and decorate with sprinkles and strawberry syrup
Garnish:
Chocolate covered marshmallow
Milk chocolate rim
Whipped cream
Drizzled strawberry syrup
Sprinkles
Chocolate covered strawberry
4
Love Potion
A sweet and tart raspberry cocktail packed full of tangy, crisp and refreshing flavour.
Ingredients:
50ml Raspberry flavoured Bacardi rum
25ml Triple sec
6 Muddled raspberries
25ml Homemade sweet and sour mix
Fresh squeezed lime juice
Dash of tonic water
Method:
1) Muddle raspberries and sweet and sour mix in a shaker
2) Add ice, rum, triple sec and a squeeze of lime juice
3) Shake, then pour into a sugar-rimmed glass
4) Top with tonic water
Garnish:
3 frozen raspberries in a lime cup
5
Under the Mistletoe
Who said Christmas cocktails can’t be remade in February? This strawberry and hibiscus blend is giving Valentine’s Day in a glass!
Ingredients:
50ml Strawberry infused gin
50ml Hibiscus syrup
25ml Lemon juice
25ml Gin spiked strawberry puree
Method:
1) Add strawberry-infused gin, hibiscus syrup, strawberry puree and lemon juice to a shaker with ice
2) Shake, then strain into a glass
Garnish:
Sliced strawberries, hibiscus and lemon slices
Lime cup with strawberries, mint and hibiscus
Crushed dried hibiscus flowers
For the mocktail lovers:
50ml Strawberry puree
50ml Hibiscus syrup
25ml Lemon juice
Top with soda water
Method:
1) Shake the ingredients minus the soda water and pout into a glass over ice
2) Top up with soda water
6
Strawberry & Elderflower Mojito
An all-time classic strawberry and elderflower cocktail packed full of fresh fruity and flagrant taste.
Ingredients:
50ml White rum
15ml Strawberry syrup
15ml Lime juice
15ml Elderflower syrup
Soda water
Lime wedges
Mint leaves
Method:
Add some slices of strawberry, lime, mint and brown sugar to a glass and muddle
Add white rum, lime juice, elderflower syrup, strawberry syrup and crushed ice
Top with soda and stir
Garnish:
Strawberry, lime and mint
7
Gunna Berry Smash
A gin lover’s dream featuring raspberries. The perfect combination of floral and fruity notes nicely topped up with raspberry soda for a bubbly sensation!
Ingredients:
50ml Bombay Saphire Gin
15ml Raspberry syrup
25ml Lime juice
Top with Gunna raspberry lemonade
Method:
1) Rim the glass with a lime wedge then dip into sugar
2) Add a layer of blueberries, ice, raspberries and more ice and a sprig of mint
3) Pour 15ml of raspberry syrup, 25ml of lime juice, 50ml of gin, and top it up with Gunna raspberry lemonade
Garnish:
Mint, raspberries, blueberries, lime wheel, sugar rim
8
Watermelon Rum Cooler
Whizz up a combination of watermelon, pink lemonade, rum and grenadine in your blender for a juicy concoction.
Ingredients:
1 cup of diced watermelon (deseeded)
1 cup ice
½ cup of white rum
¼ cup of lime juice
½ cup of pink lemonade
Watermelon syrup (Pour according to desired sweetness)
Dash of grenadine syrup
Method:
Add all the ingredients into a blender
Garnish:
Watermelon sweets
How to make watermelon syrup:
Add 1 part sugar and 1 part water and boil in a pot
Blend watermelon in a blender
Once sugar has dissolved add the blended watermelon and simmer on medium heat for 10 mins
Using a strainer net, remove pulp and pour syrup in to a bottle
Allow syrup to cool completely before using
Now, for the non-alcoholic options because the 0% crew matter too…
9
Lover’s Delight
A mouth-puckering, sweet and sour raspberry blend in a stunning rose glass!
Ingredients:
50ml Sentia Red (or another non-alcoholic spirit alternative of your choice)
25ml Lime juice
6 Fresh Raspberries
12.5ml Raspberry Syrup
Method:
Muddle fresh raspberries in a cocktail shaker
Add Sentia red, lime juice and raspberry syrup and shake
Double strain into a glass
Garnish:
Rose glass
Rose petal and raspberry on a skewer
10
Dragons Delight
A sophisticated and fruity peach and dragonfruit blend.
Ingredients:
50ml Sentia Red (or another non-alcoholic spirit alternative of your choice)
25ml Dragonfruit syrup
25ml Peach puree
12.5ml Lemon juice
Method:
Add all of the ingredients into a shaker, shake over ice and strain into a glass
Garnish:
Dried dragonfruit
11
Wild Berry Medley
A rich and fruity wild berry blend with sweet and bitter notes and a touch of kombucha.
Ingredients:
50ml Sentia Black (or another non-alcoholic spirit alternative of your choice)
50ml Cranberry juice
25ml Bitter Monin
10ml Blackberry syrup
10ml Blueberry syrup
Top with Counter Culture spiced blackcurrant sparkling light kombucha
Method:
1) Shake all the ingredients and pour into a glass filled with ice and wild berries
2) Top with soda
Garnish:
Mixed berries
Lime cup
12
Peach & Thyme Bliss
A fruity and earthy blend of peach and thyme.
Ingredients:
50ml Sentia Red (or another non-alcoholic spirit alternative of your choice)
25ml Peach puree
12.5ml Thyme syrup
Top with Soda
Method:
1) To a shaker, combine Sentia Red, peach puree, and thyme syrup.
2) Shake well with ice and strain the mixture into a glass filled with ice.
3) Top the cocktail with soda
4) Gently stir to combine
Garnish:
Peach slices on a skewer
Thyme