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These are our recommended servings. We’ve also included a selection of cocktails.

Credit goes to Roshni for the gin cocktails and photographs.
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Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur

Espresso Martini

You can make an espresso martini without the need for a shot of espresso.

This gives an ABV of 14.7%.
If you want it sweeter, increase the sugar syrup and reduce the water.
If you want it drier, reduce the sugar syrup and increase the water.
You can make flavour variations on the traditional espresso martini by using flavoured sugar syrups like caramel, vanilla and gingerbread.

Method

Add ice to a cocktail shaker.
Add the coffee liqueur, sugar syrup and water.
Shake well.
Double strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass.
Optional garnish by placing three coffee beans on top.

Espresso Martini

White Russian

Make in the glass. No need for vodka.

If you don't like vanilla, swap to a different syrup.
If you want a less sweet taste, leave out the syrup entirely.

Method

Mix and stir the coffee liqueur and syrup in a cocktail shaker or small jug.
Add ice directly to a rocks glass.
Pour the coffee liqueur and syrup over the ice.
Pour the single cream on top.
No need to stir, drink as per the photo.

White Russian

Tameside Gin

Mixers

A tonic with a slight sweetness can bring out the more citrusy notes in the gin.

Garnish with a fresh lime or lemon slice.

Gin Buck

Add the gin and lemon juice to a glass filled with ice.
Top with ginger ale.
Stir and garnish with a slice of lemon.

Gin Buck

Vitamin Sea Gin

Mixers

Use a premium mixer. These are our recommendations.
Alternatively use your favourite mixer.
Once mixed with ice and tonic the gin will go cloudy.

Garnish with a fresh lemon slice.

Army & Navy

Add everything to a cocktail shaker with ice.
Shake and strain into a chilled coupe glass.

Army & Navy

Blueberry Gin

Mixers

Lemonade, soda and tonic works well with this.
For tonic, use a light tonic.
Try a squeeze of lime with the mixer.

Garnish with a slice of fresh lemon or lime.
Or with a few fresh blueberries and a sprig of mint.

Blueberry & Vanilla Mojito

Muddle the fresh blueberries, mint leaves, lime and vanilla syrup in the bottom of a tall glass.
Add the gin.
Add ice and top with soda water.

Blueberry & Vanilla Mojito

Dark Cherry Gin

Mixers

Lemonade works with this. For tonic, use a light tonic.

Garnish with a slice of fresh lemon or a maraschino cherry.

Cherry Bomb

This is featured in the photo below.

Half fill a highball glass with crushed ice.
Add the gin, elderflower cordial and cranberry juice.
Give it a stir.
Optionally garnish with cherries or lime wedges.

Cherry Cooler

Add everything to a tumbler or highball glass filled with ice.
Top with lemonade or soda water.
Garnish with fresh or maraschino cherries.
Optionally garnish with a sprig of mint as well.

Cherry Cooler

Pink Grapefruit Gin

Mixers

Use a premium mixer. These are our recommendations.
Alternatively use your favourite mixer.

Garnish with a slice of fresh grapefruit.

Grapefruit Spritz

Add the gin, grapefruit juice and sugar syrup to an ice filled wine glass. Stir.
Add the sparkling wine and top with soda water.
Serve with fresh grapefruit slices and thyme sprigs.

Grapefruit Spritz

Pink Peppercorn Gin

Mixers

Use a premium mixer. These are our recommendations.
Alternatively use your favourite mixer.

Garnish with a slice of strawberry and some pink peppercorns.

Peppered Strawberry Gin Smash

Muddle the strawberries and lime in a cocktail shaker.
Add the gin, liqueur, sugar syrup and ice.
Shake and strain into a tumbler or rocks glass over ice.
Garnish with fresh strawberry and a smattering of Pink peppercorns.

Peppered Strawberry Gin Smash

Triple Berry Gin

Mixers

We recommend a slightly sweeter tonic to bring out some of the more sweet berry notes in the gin.

Garnish with fresh berries. Raspberries, strawberries or blackberries.

Tameside Raspberry Ramble

Add the gin, lemon juice and raspberry syrup to a cocktail shaker with ice.
Shake and strain into a glass filled with crushed ice.
Drizzle over the raspberry liqueur to create a “bleeding” effect in the glass.

Tameside Raspberry Ramble

Willow Wood Gin Gin

Mixers

Use a premium mixer. If you already have a favourite mixer, try that first.

Garnish with a fresh lemon slice.

Original Spiced Rum

Spiced Mojito

Half fill a highball glass with crushed ice, adding the mint leaves as you go.
Add the rum, lime juice and sugar syrup.
Add the lime wedges.
Top up with soda water.
Give it a stir.

Spiced Mojito

Black Coffee Rum

Rum Cream

Half fill a rocks or highball glass with crushed ice.
Add the Irish cream liqueur.
Add the rum.
Pour whipped or double cream on top.

Rum Cream

Orange & Ginger Rum

El Diablo

The El Diablo is traditionally a Tequila based cocktail.

Half fill a highball glass with crushed ice.
Add the rum, blackcurrant liqueur and lime juice.
Add the lime wedges.
Top up with ginger beer.
Give it a stir.

El Diablo

Rainy City Golden Rum

Golden Daiquiri

The classic daiquiri was originally created with white Cuban rum. This golden rum makes an excellent daiquiri.

Cocktail shaker method

The way a bar would make it.
Add everything to a cocktail shaker with ice.
Shake and strain into a chilled coupe glass.
Garnish with a lime twist.

Rocks glass method:

A bit quicker. Like making a G&T.
Add a couple of ice cubes to a rocks glass.
Add all ingredients to the rocks glass.
Stir with a spoon.

Rainy City Black Rum

Dark & Stormy

The classic dark rum cocktail.

Half fill a highball glass with crushed ice or ice cubes.
Add the rum and lime juice.
Top up with ginger beer.
Add the lime wedge.
Give it a stir.

Sugar Syrup

Sugar syrup is used in a few recipes on this page.
It is simply 1 part water to 1 part sugar.
You can dissolve the sugar in the water using a pan on a hob, or add boiling water to a jar.
You can use any sugar. In the rum recipes, we used demerara cane sugar.

This makes 200ml of sugar syrup. Scale up or down as you need to.

  1. Add 125g of sugar to a jar or jug
  2. Add 125g of boiling water to the jar
  3. Stir and wait for all the sugar to be dissolved before transferring to a bottle
  4. Keep the bottle in the fridge