Easy Cocktail Recipes For The Quarantined

Hurrah for the weekend! If there was ever a time to allow yourself to sit back and indulge a cocktail, it’s during quarantine.

Stuck for inspiration? Caorunn Gin has released two simple cocktail recipes that anyone can make at home including 'Sofa Spritz' and 'Honey I'm Home'. 

Sofa Spritz

(Coul Spritz)

Occasion: Sophisticated serve for the gin lovers and more courageous connoisseurs.

Ingredients: 

50ml Caorunn, 50ml Pressed Apple juice, 100ml Soda water, 50ml Sparkling white wine

Garnish: Red apple slices
Glass: Wine
Ice: Cubed

Method: Build all ingredients in a wine glass with cubed ice. 

Rational: Explores the flavour of the coul blush apple - sweet and dry in an approachable spritz style serve that can be made according to whatever fizz you have at home. Light and floral, dry vermouth is a natural partner to a  London Dry gin, further complemented with a top of sparkling white wine to bring a sweet and crisp pop to a simple but delicious drink.

Honey I’m Home

(Twisted BEE’s KNEES)

Occasion: stay at home, curl up on the couch and drink something delicious.

Ingredients:

50ml Caorunn Raspberry, 25ml lime juice, 1.5 teaspoons honey

Garnish: Lime zest

Glass: Coupette or any cocktail glass

Method: Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and double strain into a cocktail glass. 

Rational: This drink originates from prohibition era only using ingredients that were available and lends itself well to the home bartender. Readily available honey and lime combine under the berry and spice notes from Caorunn Raspberry, giving a the drink a sweet nectar like mouthfeel.