6 Simple Recipes To Celebrate National Cocktail Day On The 24th Of March

In case you had forgotten, National Cocktail Day is next Monday! Why not celebrate the occasion and get creative at home with 6 easy recipes where you only need a few ingredients from your kitchen. The spirits are available to buy from Amazon or your local supermarket so you can be ready for the occasion in no time.

Renais Gin

Renais Gin is the product of two generations of the Watson family and their passion for winemaking in France. Founders Alex Watson and his sister Emma Watson were inspired by childhood trips to their family’s vineyard, Domaine Watson, in Northern France, which their father has operated for more than 30 years; while Alex’s expertise, formed over a decade working in the drinks industry, has informed the product’s production process. The result is a bold and vibrant spirit with a truly incredible story and flavour profile, combining modernity and heritage in a beautiful bottle. Made to be sipped over ice as well as mixing in cocktails.

Renais Gin RRP: £48 for 70cl. ABV: 40%. Available from: Amazon.

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Cucumber Rickey

Fresh cucumber and bubbles tease out the minerality of Renais Gin for a thirst quenching sun downer. Use up leftover cucumber and simply make the sugar syrup by dissolving sugar in water.

50ml Renais Gin | 25ml Fresh Lime Juice | 25ml Sugar Syrup | 1 Ribbon Of Cucumber | Soda Water

Add all your ingredients to a shaker except the soda and shake as hard as you humanly can for 20 seconds to smash all the cucumber inside. Strain through a fine strainer over ice and top with soda water.

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Côte du Sud Fizz

Brimming with citrus and minerality, this is the most refreshing drink. Perfect for using up old mint leaves and limes.

50ml Renais Gin | 25ml Lime | 20ml Sugar | 8 Mint Leaves

Add all your ingredients to a highball glass and fill to the top with crushed ice. Using a spoon, briskly churn to rapidly chill and dilute until the outside of the glass becomes frosted.

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Renais Colada

Tropical and fruity with the smoothness of coconut. Simply make the sugar syrup by dissolving sugar in water.

50ml Renais Gin | 50ml Pineapple Juice | 50ml Coconut Water | 20ml Sugar Syrup | 15ml Lime

Add all your ingredients to a cocktail shaker, shake as hard as you can and strain over a big block of ice.

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Cotswolds Distillery

Cotswolds Distillery Dry Gin is made from a delectable blend of nine carefully considered botanicals, including local lavender for the Cotswolds and freshly peeled pink grapefruit and lime zest.

Cotswolds Distillery Dry Gin RRP from: £38.50 for 70cl. ABV: 46%. Available from: Waitrose, Tesco, Morrisons and Amazon.

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Gimlet

A classic yet simple cocktail.

60ml Cotswolds Dry Gin | 25ml lime cordial

Fill a cocktail jar with ice and stir down the lime cordial with the gin until chilled and diluted. Strain into a chilled coupe glass. Express with fresh lime.

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Paloma

A refreshing, easy-to-make cooler with a Cotswolds twist.

50ml Cotswolds Dry Gin | 10ml lime juice | 60ml pink grapefruit juice | Soda water

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add the first three ingredients. Shake and strain into an ice-filled highball glass. Top with soda water and garnish with a wedge of pink grapefruit.

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The award-winning Cotswolds Signature Single Malt Whisky was launched in 2017 and is the first whisky ever distilled in the Cotswolds.

Cotswolds Distillery Signature Single Malt Whisky RRP from: £46 for 70cl. ABV: 46%. Available from: Morrisons, Waitrose, Tesco and Amazon.

Old Fashioned

The Old Fashioned is simplicity in a glass. Delicious notes of sweet malted barley, hints of caramel and overtones of toasted butterscotch with a bitter marmalade finish.

60ml Cotswolds Signature Single Malt Whisky | 10ml maple syrup | 2 x dashes aromatic bitters

Dissolve the whisky and maple syrup in a cocktail jar or glass. Add ice and stir continuously for dilution. Add the bitters, more ice and stir a few more times. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass and express orange peel around the glass. Garnish with the orange peel and serve.