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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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