5 Christmas cocktails for gin lovers

It's that time of the year again, the one we've all been waiting for... Well we certainly have! As you might have guessed, we are big Christmas lovers here at Gin in the Box! Our December gin of the month was carefully selected to go along with this festive period... For those of you who don't know what we are talking about, it's the Bishop's Gin "Belgian Chocolate Special Edition" of course. 

To help spread our festive cheers, we have chosen 5 exclusive Christmas cocktail recipes for your eyes only.

#1 The Gingerbread Sour

5cl Bishop's London Dry Gin

2cl Lemon juice

1.25cl Gingerbread syrup

1 dash of orange bitter

1 egg white

Ginger to garnish

Preparation

Step 1 : Pour all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker, fill with ice and shake.

Step 2 : Pour the mixture into a chilled cocktail glass.

Step 3 : Serve with ginger to garnish.

#2 The Classic Christmas G&T

5cl of Bishop's London Dry Gin

20cl of Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water

1 drop of cinnamon powder

Orange peel to garnish

Preparation

Step 1 : Add 5cl of London Dry Gin in a copa glass.

Step 2 : Pack the glass with ice.

Step 3 : Pour 20cl of tonic water.

Step 4 : Top up with cinnamon and orange peel to garnish.

#3 Gin Royale

1.5cl of Bishop's London Dry Gin

11cl of Champagne

1 strawberry

Preparation

Step 1 : Pour the London Dry Gin into the base of the flute.

Step 2 : Fill the flute with Champagne

Step 3 : Add 1 strawberry for a royale taste.

#4 Mulled Negroni

2.5cl of Bishop's London Dry Gin

2.5cl of Campari

2.5cl of Sweet Vermouth

Red Berry Tea

1 lemon peel to garnish

Preparation

Step 1 : Pour all the ingredients into a mug or double wall glass.

Step 2 : Add tea at last.

Step 3 : Top up with a lemon peel to garnish. 

And last but not least... Our very own Perfect Serve of the month! 

#5 The Belgium Touch

5cl of Bishop's Gin Belgian Chocolate 

1cl of sugar syrup

2cl of lemon juice

1 egg white

1 dash of Angustura Bitter

Preparation

Step 1 : Pour all the ingredients into a shaker.

Step 2 : Shake vigorously without ice for 5-7 seconds then fill shaker with ice.

Step 3 : Shake again for a few seconds and serve by filtering icicles and thyme into a pre-chilled copa glass.  

We hope that these recipes will come handly for your festive season. All the best wishes from all of us here at Gin in the Box.

Cheers!