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A Cocktail For Every Mood: Bold, Bright And Boozy Recipes To Try This Weekend

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From vodka coolers to gin smashes, these refreshing drinks bring bold flavours, playful twists, and the perfect sip for every occasion.

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These recipes are perfect for hosting friends or unwinding after a long week.

These recipes are perfect for hosting friends or unwinding after a long week.

Why settle for the usual when you can sip on something extraordinary? From vodka coolers and gin fizzes to rum slushies and whiskey smashes, these cocktails bring together bold flavours, playful twists, and a splash of luxury. Whether you’re hosting friends, lounging by the beach, or simply unwinding after a long week, here’s your go-to list of cocktails to shake, stir, and savour.

The Cranberry Cooler – Crafted by Gaurav Khurana, Modi Illva

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Ingredients: 50 ml Artic Ripe Cranberry Vodka, 10 ml lime juice, 15 ml cranberry juice, 10 ml honey syrup, soda water, fresh cranberries & mint

Method:

  • Combine vodka, lime juice, cranberry juice, and honey syrup in a shaker with ice
  • Shake until chilled, strain into an ice-filled glass
  • Top with soda water, garnish with cranberries & mint

Luscious Lemonade – Crafted by Gaurav Khurana, Modi Illva

Ingredients: 50 ml Artic Luscious Limone Vodka, 20 ml lemon juice, 10 ml simple syrup, 5 ml elderflower syrup, 10 ml club soda, lemon wheel

Method:

  • Shake vodka, lemon juice, simple syrup, and elderflower syrup with ice
  • Strain into an ice-filled glass
  • Top with club soda, garnish with lemon wheel

Boozy Lemonade Twist – Crafted by Gaurav Khurana, Modi Illva

Ingredients: 50 ml Artic Vodka, 15 ml lime juice, 10 ml cranberry juice, 5 ml agave syrup, sparkling water, lime wheel & cranberries

Method:

  • Shake vodka, lime juice, cranberry juice, and agave syrup with ice
  • Strain into a highball glass with ice
  • Top with sparkling water, garnish with lime & cranberries

French 75 – Crafted with Smoke Lab Vodka

Ingredients: 1 oz Smoke Lab Classic Vodka, ½ oz lemon juice, ¼ oz sugar syrup, Brut Champagne, lemon spiral

Method:

  • Shake vodka, lemon juice & syrup with ice, fine-strain into a champagne flute
  • Top with Champagne, garnish with lemon spiral

Greyhound – Crafted with Smoke Lab Vodka

Ingredients: 2 oz Smoke Lab Classic Vodka, 4 oz grapefruit juice, grapefruit spiral

Method:

  • Fill a highball glass with ice
  • Add vodka, top with grapefruit juice, and stir gently
  • Garnish with a grapefruit spiral

Smokaroni – Crafted with Smoke Lab Vodka Aniseed

Ingredients: 20 ml Vodka Aniseed, 20 ml Campari, 10 ml Rioja wine, 10 ml sweet vermouth

Method:

  • Stir all ingredients with ice in a mixing glass
  • Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube

Wicked Ronin – Crafted with Smoke Lab Vodka Classic

Ingredients: 40 ml vodka, 30 ml coffee stout, 5 ml Kahlua, 5 ml Fernet-Branca, 5 ml vanilla syrup

Method:

  • Shake all ingredients with ice until frothy
  • Fine strain into a chilled coupe
  • Garnish with coffee bean or cocoa dust

Le Grand Fizz – Crafted by Wayne Davis, Grey Goose

Ingredients: 50 ml Grey Goose, 15 ml elderflower, 15 ml lime juice, 60 ml soda, edible flower & orange

Method:

  • Build all ingredients in a white wine glass with ice
  • Stir gently, garnish with edible flower & orange

Espresso Martini – Crafted by Wayne Davis, Grey Goose

Ingredients: 50 ml Grey Goose, 30 ml espresso, 20 ml coffee liqueur, 10 ml syrup, coffee beans

Method:

  • Shake all ingredients with ice
  • Strain into a coupe glass
  • Garnish with coffee beans

Lemonberry Spritz – Crafted by Wayne Davis, Grey Goose

Ingredients: 55 ml Grey Goose, 15 ml lemon saccharum, 30 ml cranberry juice, 15 ml lime juice, 1 dash bitters, tonic water, lime & orange wheels

Method:

  • Build ingredients in a red wine glass with ice
  • Top with tonic water, garnish with lime & orange

(G)Litchi – Crafted with TERAI Litchi & Mulberries Gin

Ingredients: 45 ml gin, 5–6 cucumber chunks, 3–4 basil leaves, a splash of citrus

Method:

  • Muddle cucumber & basil, add gin & citrus
  • Shake with ice, strain into a glass
  • Garnish with basil or cucumber ribbon

Bramble & Bramble – Crafted with Bombay Bramble Gin

Ingredients: 50 ml gin, 25 ml lemon juice, 15 ml sugar syrup, lemon wedge, raspberries

Method:

  • Stir gin, lemon juice, and sugar syrup in a rocks glass
  • Add ice, stir again
  • Garnish with lemon wedge & raspberries

The Last Word – Crafted with Pumori Gin

Ingredients: 0.75 oz gin, 0.75 oz maraschino liqueur, 0.75 oz green chartreuse, 0.75 oz lime juice

Method:

  • Shake all ingredients vigorously with ice
  • Strain into a coupe, garnish with a cherry or lime

Ramos Gin Fizz – Crafted with Hayman’s Old Tom Gin

Ingredients: 60 ml gin, 30 ml cream, 15 ml lime juice, 15 ml lemon juice, 15 ml syrup, 15 ml egg white, 1 dash orange blossom water, 30 ml soda

Method:

  • Dry shake all ingredients (except soda)
  • Add ice, shake hard for 30 sec
  • Strain into a highball, top with soda

Peppered Kokum & Curry Leaf Smash – Crafted with Nicobar Gin

Ingredients: 60 ml gin, 4 curry leaves, crushed black pepper, 10 ml lime juice, 15 ml kokum syrup

Method:

  • Muddle curry leaves & pepper
  • Add rest with ice, shake & strain into a coupe
  • Garnish with curry leaf or kokum

Namaste India – Crafted with TERAI India Dry Gin

Ingredients: 50 ml gin, 20 ml turmeric-orange cordial, 80 ml tonic water, orange peel/star anise

Method:

  • Build all ingredients in a glass with ice
  • Stir gently, garnish with orange peel or star anise

Berry Bombshell Slush – Crafted with BACARDÍ Carta Blanca

Ingredients: 60 ml rum, 30 ml litchi juice, 20 ml strawberry syrup, 15 ml lime juice, ice cubes, strawberry

Method:

  • Blend all ingredients with ice
  • Serve in a coupe or a tall glass
  • Garnish with a strawberry

Irish Maid – Crafted by Jack McGarry, The Dead Rabbit, NY

Ingredients: 60 ml Teeling Small Batch, 15 ml elderflower liqueur, 25 ml lemon juice, cucumber, 15 ml sugar syrup

Method:

  • Muddle the cucumber in the shaker
  • Add the rest of the ingredients, shake with ice
  • Strain into a rocks glass with ice, garnish with a cucumber slice
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