Ingredients

1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
1 ounce freshly squeezed pink grapefruit juice
1 tablespoon superfine sugar
6 to 8 fresh mint leaves
2 ounces light rum
3 to 4 ounces chilled champagne
Quartered grapefruit slice for garnish

Method

1. In the bottom of a highball glass (or mason jar!), muddle the mint leaves, sugar, and lime juice until the sugar is dissolved.

2. Add the rum and grapefruit juice.

3. Fill the glass with ice and top with champagne.

4. Garnish with grapefruit slice.

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Ingredients 

60 grams good quality white chocolate
5-6 tbsp granulated sugar
1/2 cup heavy cream
3/4 cup whole milk
1 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
180ml white rum or vodka

Method

1.   Roughly chop the chocolate and place it in a large heat-proof bowl. Set the bowl over a pot of barely simmering water, making sure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the surface of the water. Heat until the chocolate has melted, stirring frequently.
2.   Add the sugar and cream. Heat, stirring, until the sugar has dissolved. Add the rest of the cream and the milk, and stir until smooth.
3.   Remove from the heat, and stir in the vanilla extract and rum or vodka. Let cool completely at room temperature, then refrigerate overnight.
4.   Skim away any of the fat from the chocolate and cream that has risen to the top, and pour into a (very clean) bottle or jar. Keep refrigerated.

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Ingredients 

1 cup. blackberries + 8 more for garnish
1 cup. Water
1 cup. sugar
1 bottle of champagne
90ml gin
4 long sprigs of thyme
1 c. ice
Gold baking sugar for the rim

Method

1. In a small saucepan, bring blackberries, water, and sugar to a boil.  Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes, until the blackberries are soft and the simple syrup has turned to a bright pink/redish color. Remove from heat, drain blackberries, and allow to cool.  This step can be done well in advance as the syrup will keep for at least a week in the refrigerator.

2. Prepare your champagne glasses.  Okay, so here is a dirty little secret of getting those beautiful salts and sugars to stay atop the rim: butter.  It adheres perfectly and you honestly never taste it. Place the tiniest amount between your fingers and rub just around the rim of the glass before dipping the glass into the gold baking sugar.

3. Next, begin by adding 1 ounce of gin to each champagne glass.  Next drop two blackberries in each glass, followed by 60ml of homemade blackberry simple syrup. Fill the rest of the glass with champagne and top with a sprig of thyme in each glass. Voila!

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Ingredients

300 mls apple cider
120 mls bourbon
1 lady apple, cut in thick slices
2 teaspoon organic, raw honey
¼ teaspoon cinnamon

Method

1. Place cider, apple slices, honey and cinnamon in a sauce pot, bring to boil and let simmer for 5 minutes, just to release the flavours.

2. Strain the mixture (saving the apple slices for garnishing) and add bourbon.

3. Pour into serving glasses and sip warm.

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Ingredients & Method:

1 part muddled white peach

1 part gin

2 parts prosecco

2 parts iced peach green tea lemonade

Swirl it all up and garnish with peach slices and sugar on the rim!

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Ingredients

500 ml apple juice (use the cloudy type if you can)
500 ml cranberry juice
100 ml vodka
500 ml ginger ale
Ice, to serve

Method

Place the apple juice, cranberry juice and vodka in a blender and whizz until pale pink and frothy. Pour into a large serving jug, add the ginger ale and a good handful of ice. Serve immediately.

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Ingredients:

1 orange, thinly sliced
1/2 lemon, thinly sliced
1 cup blueberries
1 cup raspberries
10 large strawberries, sliced
1 cup orange juice
1 750ml bottle sweet white wine
1 750ml bottle your favorite champagne

Method:

Place all fruit and orange juice in a large pitcher or bowl, add wine and allow to sit in the refrigerator for 3 – 24 hours. Right before serving, add champagne.

Taste, and if you’d like it to be sweeter, add 1/4 cup granulated sugar, honey, or agave. Serve and enjoy!

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Ingredients

3 medium ripe yellow or white peaches, pitted and roughly chopped (about 3 cups)
3/4 cup unrefined granulated sugar
3/4 cup red wine vinegar
2 slices cling-free ripe peaches
1/6 medium lime
4 to 6 fresh mint leaves plus more for garnish
1 ounce peach shrub
1 1/2 ounces good-quality bourbon
2 dashes orange bitters
Ice
Splash chilled ginger ale

Method

For the shrub: Combine the peaches and sugar in a nonreactive (stainless steel or glass) bowl then cover and refrigerate at least 6 and up to 48 hours. Once the peaches have let off about 1 cup of liquid, strain the mixture and discard the fruit then stir in the vinegar as well as any accumulated sugar.

For the cocktail: Combine the peach slices, the lime wedge, the mint leaves, and 1 ounce of the shrub in a cocktail shaker and muddle until the peach and mint leaves are broken up.
Add the bourbon, the bitters, and enough ice to fill the shaker halfway. Shake until thoroughly chilled, about 20 seconds then strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Top with a splash of ginger ale and garnish with a few mint leaves and serve.

Credit // Aida Mollenkamp

Ingredients

1 measurement of Rum

A  few sprigs of Mint

Juice of 1 Lime

2 teaspoons of sugar

4 Watermelon chunks

Splash of Ginger Ale

Ice

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Ingredients

2 bottles blush wine

½ cup Limoncello

2 lemons, sliced

1 pint raspberries

2 cups cold sparkling water

Instructions

Mix the wine, Limoncello, lemons, and raspberry in a large pitcher.

Refrigerate until cold.

When ready to serve, top with sparkling water and give it a gentle stir.

Enjoy!

Credit // The Wunderlust Kitchen