Dry January or Ginuary? – Cocktail recipes for both
By Lolo Stubbs
Are you in camp Dry January or camp Ginuary? It’s the first year we’d heard about Ginuary, not sure how we’ve missed it in previous years, but we were keen to find out more about it – is it just another hashtag or is there more to it than? Effectively Ginuary is simply a counterpoint to Dry January or Dryanuary.
Rather than campaigning for people to stop drinking during January, Ginuary – or Dry Ginuary – provides reasons to drink gin (in moderation of course!)
As January is deemed one of the hardest months of the year, many of us don’t want to have a month without alcohol especially when we’ve already lost our Christmas trees, fairy lights and we’re on the healthy eating wagon. Gin lovers claim the juniper berries in Gin offer a wide range of benefits to our well-being, as the juniper berries contain antioxidants, flavonoids, and enzymes that may help with digestion, blood circulation, and heart health. so it’s another reason to sway towards Ginuary!
But if you have stronger willpower than us we’ve asked our friends at George’s to include a mocktail in our Cocktail Hour feature, along with some cocktails to celebrate making it through Dry January with easy to make recipes, to add a little fun to your Valentines weekend!
All cocktail Recipes courtesy of @georges_worsley
No-jito
Ingredients:
- 7 mint leaves
- 50ml elderflower cordial
- 25ml lime juice
- Topped with soda,
- Crushed Ice
Method:
Muddle the mint at the bottom of your shaker, Add the lime juice, elderflower cordial, and a handful of ice to the cocktail shaker, and shake it vigorously.
Strain the contents of the cocktail shaker over a glass filled with ice. Top your glass with soda water, and garnish it with lime slices and more fresh mint sprigs.
All cocktail Recipes courtesy of @georges_worsley
Pink Gin 75
Ingredients:
- 50ml pink gin
- 3 muddled raspberries
- 1 tablespoon of grapefruit juice
- 1 tablespoon sugar syrup
Method:
All shaken in a cocktail shaker
All cocktail Recipes courtesy of @georges_worsley
Classic Vodka Martini with added Blue Curacao
Ingredients:
-
50ml Grey goose vodka,
-
25ml martini dry
- Blue Curacao
Method:
All shaken in a cocktail shaker
Campari Spritz
Ingredients:
-
50ml Campari
-
Top with Prosecco
-
Top with Sparkling water
-
Garnish with an orange peel
Method:
All shaken in a cocktail shaker
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