Festive Gin cocktails

22 Dec 2016
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FOUR brings you Christmas inspired cocktails this week using award-winning Elephant Gin that brings together high quality gin and African elephant conservation.

Not only is Elephant Gin award-winning(World Spirits Award 2016 – Double-Gold and Spirit of the Year 2016), genuinely delicious ginof such high quality that it’s excellent sipped on its own, what really sets the gin apart is that Founders Tessa and Gerlach created the brand as a means of raising money for a cause close to their hearts, Africanelephant conservation. Theygive15% of their proceeds to elephant protectionto help ensure thatthese beautiful creatures survive and thrive for manygenerations to come.

Golden Martini

Created exclusively for Elephant Gin by Kate Logvinova, The Botanical Club, Milan

Ingredients

40 ml Elephant Gin

20ml Genever

10 ml Red Vermouth

1 barspoon Talisker

1/2 barspoon Maraschino

2 dashes Absinthe

Grapefruit Twist

Method

Simply stir together with ice and strain. Serve in a martini glass and garnish with a grapefruit twist.

Hazlenut Elephant

Cocktail recipe created exclusively for Elephant Gin by Timo Schlimm, Hamburg, Germany

Ingredients

60ml Elephant Sloe Gin

1 Bs Hazelnut Liqueur

2 dashes Bitter Truth Spiced Chocolate Bitters

Method

Shake and strain and serve in a julep cup with fresh mint leaves as the garnish.

Sloe Punch

Created for Elephant Gin by Momo Haque, Mark’s Bar, Hix Restaurants

Ingredients

25ml Elephant Gin

25ml Elephant Sloe Gin

25ml Lemon juice

10ml Cherry brandy

10ml Sugar syrup

3 dashes Cardamom Bitters

Method

Stir ingredients with ice and top up with soda and garnish with a wheel of fresh apple.

Find out more about the Gin here |www.elephant-gin.com