To get in the mood, below you will find our top 5 of the tastiest cocktail recipes for this summer, so you can get started at home. Cheers! Curious about a cocktail workshop at Eat2Gather, click here for more information.
1. Moscow Mule
The Moscow Mule is rightly a classic, which, by the way, does not come from Russia, but was invented in 1941 by the American producers of a vodka and a ginger beer brand, in collaboration with a copper manufacturer. That's why you traditionally serve this delicious cocktail in the now well-known copper mug. Of course, it doesn't taste any less in a regular glass, but still... it looks extra hip this way, and the material keeps the drink colder for longer. A quick note about the name: Moscow naturally refers to the vodka (typically Russian) and mule is an old-fashioned term for mixed drinks with ginger, citrus fruit, and a strong spirit. This gives your cocktail a nice 'kick'.
Ingredients
½ lime
40ml vodka
90ml ginger beer
1 dash angostura
Preparation
1. Fill the copper mug with crushed ice
2. Add the vodka
3. Add the lime juice
4. Fill the mug to the brim with ginger beer
5. Add a few drops of angostura
6. Stir and garnish with a lime slice and mint
2. Pina Colada
If you close your eyes, you imagine yourself on a tropical island when you drink this cocktail. Especially if you serve it in a coconut! It might be the most popular vacation cocktail in the world, and we understand why. So simple yet so delicious!
Ingredients
40ml white rum
15 ml coconut milk
90 ml pineapple juice
Preparation
1. Fill a shaker with 1/3 ice cubes
2. Add the pineapple juice, coconut milk, and rum
3. Shake vigorously
4. Serve in a nice glass (or coconut)
5. Garnish with a piece of pineapple and to top it off with a kitschy cocktail cherry
3. Cosmopolitan
The Cosmopolitan originated in the 1930s, experienced a comeback in the 1970s, and became immensely popular again in the 1990s because Carrie Bradshaw and her friends often ordered this stylish pink drink in the TV series 'Sex and the City'. The name refers to New York, a city as iconic as this cocktail.
Ingredients
30ml vodka
20ml triple sec
50ml cranberry juice
¼ lime
Preparation
1. First, put your cocktail glass (preferably a martini glass) in the freezer or fill it with ice cubes. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice cubes and all the ingredients.
2. Shake well until everything is well chilled.
3. Pour the drink (without ice) into the chilled martini glass. Serve with a lime slice or curled orange peel.
4. Dark ’n Stormy
The name of this cocktail might remind you of autumn, a drink you enjoy by the fireplace. Yet it is refreshingly tasty thanks to the lime, and moreover, this creation comes from Bermuda: a rather exotic place. As far as we are concerned, the Dark 'n Stormy can be enjoyed in any season! This cocktail owes its name to the dark layer that forms when you add the dark rum.
Ingredients
½ lime
40ml dark rum
90ml ginger beer
1 dash angostura
Preparation
1. Fill a highball glass with ice cubes
2. Pour the juice of half a lime over it
3. Fill the glass 80% with ginger beer
4. Add the dark rum last
5. Stir with a bar spoon (do not shake, as the beautiful layers will be lost) and garnish with a lime slice
5. Sex on the Beach
The ultimate summer cocktail is, of course, a Sex on the Beach. According to legend, it originated in Florida during Spring Break, sometime in the 1980s. During this popular vacation week, thousands of young people come to the beach to party, hence the name - invented by a young bartender who created the drink during a cocktail competition with the then newly released peach schnapps.
Ingredients
20ml vodka
20ml peach liqueur
50ml pineapple juice
50ml cranberry juice
Preparation
1. Fill a cocktail glass with ice
2. Add the vodka and peach liqueur
3. Then fill your glass with orange juice until it is 90% full
4. Stir and then top with the cranberry juice, creating beautiful layers
5. Garnish with an orange wedge and a red cocktail cherry
