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6 Valentine’s cocktail recipes to impress your love

No Valentine’s Day meal is complete without a delicious tipple (or two). Why not try one of these love-inspired Valentine’s cocktail recipes? 

An evening in enjoying a nice meal accompanied by some delicious cocktails is the perfect treat, whether or not you’ll be celebrating Valentine’s Day this year.

We’ve curated a few Cupid-approved, Valentine’s sips to add a little extra love to your evening…

Berry Cream Gin Blitz

This indulgent fruity offering is refreshing and looks delicious! It can easily be made alcohol-free and taste just as good, too.

Ingredients:

  • 35ml Herno old Tom Gin
  • 40g frozen strawberries
  • 40g frozen raspberries
  • 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
  • 100ml milk
  • whipped cream

Method:

  1. Place the gin, frozen berries, ice cream and milk in a blender until everything is broken down and the mixture is smooth.
  2. This will make quite a thick mixture so you can add a little more milk if you want a thinner drink
  3. Pour into the glass, top with whipped cream and raspberry for decoration.
Berry cream gin blitz Valentines cocktail
Photo: Herno Old Tom Gin

Salcombe Gin Seabirds

Stir up this special cocktail with flavour-packed grapefruit and the extra kick of lime. It’s definitely going to kickstart your Valentines evening!

Ingredients (serves 2):

  • 100ml Salcombe Gin ‘Start Point’
  • 100ml fresh red grapefruit juice
  • 25ml lime juice
  • 25ml agave syrup
  • red grapefruit peel (to garnish)

Method:

  1. Prepare your garnish before juicing the red grapefruit
  2. Add Salcombe Gin ‘Start Point’, grapefruit juice, lime juice and agave syrup to a Boston shaker filled with plenty of ice and shake vigorously for 10 seconds
  3. Double strain into two chilled Nick & Nora glasses
  4. Garnish with red grapefruit peel on the side of the glass

Gin cocktail on kitchen island

Damiana’s charm

If you and your date are a fan of floral and fruity cocktails, this gorgeous concoction could be for you.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 oz lime juice
  • 1/2 oz pomegranate syrup
  • 1/2 oz Combier Rose
  • 1/4 oz Punt e Mes
  • 1/4 oz Campari
  • 1 oz vodka
  • 1/2 oz egg white
  • Pinch of ground Damiana and powdered raspberry to garnish

Method

  1. Pre-chill your cocktail glass and add all ingredients (minus damiana and raspberry powder) into a shaker.
  2. Shake without ice first, then with ice.
  3. Shake without ice again. Double strain into a glass and dust with ground damiana and powdered raspberry mixture.
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Photo: The Cauldron London

Free Burn High Ball

Get in the mood with this tasty Valentines cocktail recipe that’s said to have aphrodisiac qualities!

Ingredients

  • 37.5ml Tomatin 12-year-old
  • 12.5ml sweet vermouth
  • Dash Angostura bitters
  • Ginger ale
  • Garnish with lemon and fresh thyme

Method

  1. Mix together the Tomatin, vermouth, bitters and ginger ale in a high ball glass with ice.
  2. Garnish with a wedge of lemon and fresh thyme.
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Photo: Tomatin

The first kiss

This gorgeously sweet cocktail is a velvety sipper with tropical notes, finishing with a sweet, fruity kiss.

Ingredients

  • 35ml Valentine’s Edinburgh Gin
  • 15ml Edinburgh Gin’s Raspberry Liqueur
  • 60ml pineapple juice garnish – fresh raspberry

Method

  1. Add the gin, liqueur and pineapple juice to a shaker with ice.
  2. Shake, then double-strain into a coupe glass.
  3. Garnish with a fresh raspberry.
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Photo: Edinburgh Gin

Herno Fizz Rose Gin Fizz

Take your romantic Valentine’s evening up a notch with this flavourful, yet simple cocktail

Ingredients

  • 35ml Herno gin
  • 15ml Rose liqueur
  • 25ml lemon juice
  • 15ml sugar syrup
  • 2 dashes rhubarb bitters
  • 60ml soda
  • Lemon wedge and rose petals to garnish
  • Chunky ice cubes

Method:

  1. Add the first 5 ingredients to a cocktail shaker.
  2. Shake well and then double strain into a glass with some chunky ice cubes.
  3. Top with the soda
  4. Garnish with a fat lemon wedge and petals
Gin fizz valentines cocktail with petals
Photo: Herno gin

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