What could be better during a big winter dinner than a refreshing, palate-cleansing cocktail? The best thing about cocktails is that you can make them from whatever you want, as long as the ingredients go together and they have some fruit and a garnish to finish them off. After all, it would not be a proper cocktail without these things in them.
Pear Mojito
In a highball glass pour 1.5 oz of black rum, .75 oz of lime juice and the same amount of simple syrup. Add 1 oz of pear juice, some fresh mint leaves some ice and top up with club soda.
A couple of slices of fresh pears go really well to finish this off and it is one of the tastiest cocktails around, as well as looking very pretty too.
Cocktails With Campari
Winter cocktails are very easy to make with Campari. You can add rum, pineapple juice, lime juice, and simple syrup together with a pinch of salt to make a Salty Bird. For Parrots Grog, add fresh grapefruit juice, lime juice honey syrup, and club soda to the Campari.
Cocktails With Coconut Water
Coconut water mixes well with any alcoholic drink.
A favorite is to mix it with white rum and some pineapple juice. Add ice and some fresh pineapple to turn this into one of the most refreshing cocktails ever, making it the perfect palate cleanser for a big winter meal.
For a sparkling berry gin cocktail, you need about 7 fresh berries (whatever’s in season is good) 2 sprigs of fresh mint, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 3 oz of soda water, 1 oz of gin, and 3 oz of coconut water. Shake them all well together in a cocktail shaker and then strain the fluid into a glass over fresh ice. Garnish with more fresh strawberries.
Another popular one is very simply a case of putting 1 oz of tequila, 3 oz of coconut water and 3 oz of fresh lemonade into a cocktail shaker full of ice and shaking it vigorously for a minute or two. Pour the drink onto fresh ice in a glass and garnish with a lemon slice.
Coconut water is very versatile as well as having natural health benefits. It is a refreshing drink just on its own but mixed with other liquids, whether they are alcoholic or not, can make some of the best cocktails for the summer months.
Blackberry Bourbon Lemonade
Our final cocktail recipe, for now, is another one that is easy to make, after all, you do not want to have to spend hours mixing these drinks. You will need some bourbon, blackberries and lemon juice. Fill a cocktail shaker about half-way with bourbon, add fresh blackberries and top up with fresh lemon juice. Shake for while and then pour over fresh ice. What could be simpler?
The beauty of cocktails is that they can include whatever you want. Just throw some ingredients together and see what the result is. Some you will love and others you might not like quite so much, but you will certainly have fun trying them.
