Kiwi Nation (Cocktail/Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• Half kiwi fruit
• 6 raspberries
• 10ml Schweppes Raspberry cordial
• Schweppes Lemonade

Method: Add kiwi fruit, raspberries and cordial into glass. Muddle. Add ice, stir and top with lemonade.
Note: To make it a cocktail, add a dash of raspberry liqueur.

The Blackness (Cocktail/Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• 8 blueberries
• 30ml Schweppes Blackberry & Vanilla cordial
• Pinch black pepper
• Schweppes Soda Water

Method: Add blueberries and black pepper into a glass. Muddle. Add cordial. Add ice and top with soda water.
Note: To make a cocktail, add a dash of blackcurrant-infused vodka.

Honeymoon (Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• 25ml clear honey
• 12.5ml lime juice
• 25ml orange juice
• 25ml apple juice

Method: Shake all ingredients with crushed ice in cocktail shaker. Then strain into glass.


 

Caribbean Cocktail (Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• 1 mango, peeled
• 1 banana, peeled
• Orange juice
• Dash lime juice

Method: Blend the mango and banana with the juices and a few ice cubes until smooth. Strain over fresh ice.


 

Moscow Mule (Cocktail)

Ingredients:

• 60ml vodka
• 45ml lime juice
• Ginger ale

Method: Fill the glass with ice, add vodka and lime, and stir. Top with ginger ale.

Mint Julep (Cocktail)

Ingredients:

• 40ml Bourbon whiskey
• Sugar syrup
• 3 spring mints

Method: Muddle the sugar syrup and mint in a glass. Add Bourbon and some ice. Stir well.

Strawberry Gin Martini (Cocktail)

Ingredients:

• 5 ripe strawberries, crushed
• 75ml London Dry gin
• 15ml sugar syrup
• 2 pinches black pepper

Method: Put the crushed strawberries in the bottom of the cocktail shaker. Fill the shaker with ice, and add the rest of the ingredients. Shake well and strain into glass.

Tequila Sunrise (Cocktail)

Ingredients:

• 60ml tequila
• Orange juice
• Grenadine

Method: Place two ice cubes in the highball glass. Pour in tequila and orange juice and then stir well for a few seconds. Add a dash of grenadine. Wait till grenadine is at the bottom of glass before serving.

Sea Breeze (Cocktail)

Ingredients:

• 60ml vodka
• 120ml cranberry juice
• 60ml grapefruit juice

Method: Fill cocktail shaker with ice, and pour in the ingredients. Shake well and strain into glass.

Screwdriver (Cocktail)

Ingredients:

• 60ml vodka
• 60ml orange juice

Method: Place ice in the cocktail shaker. Pour in juice and vodka; shake. Strain into highball with ice.

Buck's Fizz/Mimosa (Cocktail)

Ingredients:

• 60ml orange juice
• 90ml dry Champagne

Method: Pour the orange juice into the glass through a strainer to remove any pieces of orange flesh. Gently pour in champagne to fill.

Apple Jim (Cocktail)

Ingredients:

• 50ml Jim Beam Bourbon
• 30ml apple sour

Method: Fill the glass with ice cubes and pour in apple sour. Gently pour in Bourbon over the back of a teaspoon to give two layers of colour.

Aloe Vera (Cocktail)

Ingredients:

• 40ml lemon-infused vodka
• 30ml Midori
• 40ml sweet-and-sour mix
• 20ml lime cordial
• Soda water

Method: Fill the glass with ice, pour in everything except soda water and stir well. Top with soda water.

Gin Fizz (Cocktail)

Ingredients:

• 60ml gin
• 40ml lemon juice
• Sugar syrup
• Soda water

Method: Fill the cocktail shaker with ice, and pour in the gin, juice and a dash of sugar syrup. Shake, strain into glass and top with soda water and stir.

Pina Colada Mocktail (Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup pineapple juice
• 1/4 cup coconut cream
• Ice

Method: Place ice into cocktail shaker. Then add juice and cream to the shaker, shake until well mixed. Pour into glass.

Cosmo Mocktail (Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup lemonade
• 1 tablespoon raspberry cordial
• Splash lime juice

Method: Pour lemonade in a glass. Mix in raspberry cordial and a splash of lime juice.

Coco Choco Mocktail (Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• Ice
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup
• 2 tablespoons cream
• 2 tablespoons coconut cream
• Grated chocolate

Method: Add all ingredients, except grated chocolate, to a cocktail shaker. Shake until well mixed. Strain into glass. Add grated chocolate on top.

Hurricane Mocktail (Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1/2 cup cranberry juice
• 2 tablespoons grapefruit juice
• 2 tablespoons apple juice
• Crushed ice

Method: Stir all ingredients in a glass until well mixed.

Summer Sunset Mocktail (Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup lemonade
• 1 tablespoon Grenadine

Method: Place ice at bottom of glass. Pour in lemonade, followed by grenadine.

Sea Breeze Mocktail (Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup grapefruit juice
• 1/2 cup cranberry juice
• Ice

Method: Shake all ingredients in cocktail shaker and pour into glass.

Vodka Sour Mocktail (Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 cup water

Method: Add ingredients to cocktail shaker and shake over ice. Then strain into glass.
Note: If the drink is too sour and the glass isn't full, you can just top it up with lemonade.

Mimosa Mocktail (Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1/4 cup soda water

Method: Pour orange juice into glass, followed by soda water.

Mai Tai Mocktail (Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup pineapple juice
• 1/2 cup cranberry juice
• 1 tablespoon lime juice

Method: Place crushed ice at the bottom of the glass. Pour ingredients into glass, stir and serve.

Roy Rogers (Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cola
• 1/2 tablespoon Grenadine

Method: Stir grenadine with cola in cocktail shaker and pour over ice in glass.

Shirley Temple (Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup ginger ale
• 1 tablespoon Grenadine

Method: Stir ingredients together in cocktail shaker and pour over ice in glass.

Fruit Tingle (Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup lemonade
• 1 tablespoon raspberry/red cordial
• 1 tablespoon lime/green cordial

Method: Half fill the glass with ice, either crushed or cubes. Then pour lemonade into glass. When pouring the cordial, pour them on the back of a teaspoon, and make sure the tip of the teaspoon is on the inside edge of the glass. This will make a layering effect with the drink.

Sometimes the layering effect doesn't work for the first time, but the drink will still taste like a fruit tingle.

Flamingo (Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• 100ml cranberry juice
• 50ml pineapple juice
• 15ml lemon juice
• 50ml soda water

Method: Pour the juices into a cocktail shaker and shake with ice. Strain into a high ball glass and top with soda water.  

Welcome

Hi everyone. Welcome to my Cocktails and Mocktails blog. With my blog, I'll be posting cocktail and mocktail recipes that you might like to make at home or if you host a party. Most of the blogs that I'll be posting are recipes that I think are pretty cool and yummy. The recipes come from both recipe books and websites. Most recipes I can't remember were I got them from, so I'll just point to you come books and websites that you might want to check out. So I hope you enjoy my Cocktails and Mocktails blog.