Wimbledon Inspired Cocktails
Wimbledon
June 28, 2018
To celebrate the countdown to Wimbledon we have teamed up with Roundwood Gin to bring a variety of Wimbledon inspired cocktails. Roundwood Gin experiment with a wide range of new ingredients and created these tasty cocktails that we are very excited to share with you. These cocktails are a fantastic way to get yourself truly involved in the spirit of Wimbledon whether you are at the heart of the action or watching from the comfort of your home.
Strawberry Smash Cocktail
Ingredients:
5 Strawberries
2 Sprigs of thyme
50ml Roundwood Gin
12ml Simple Syrup
Soda
Method:
Muddle 4 strawberries and a sprig of thyme together in the bottom of a glass. Add sugar syrup and gin – stir. Add ice to a glass, pour over the strawberry mixture, top up with soda. Garnish with strawberry and thyme sprig.
Perfect Serve Cocktail
Ingredients:
25 ml Roundwood Gin
25ml Lemon Juice
25ml Elderflower Liqueur
12ml Simple Syrup
Soda
Method:
Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Fill glass with ice, strain and pour over. Top up with soda. Garnish with mint sprig, ribbon of cucumber and lemon slice.
Jam Slam Cocktail
Ingredients:
50ml Roundwood Gin
12ml Lemon Juice
12ml Simple Syrup
1 Heaped Teaspoon Raspberry Jam
2 Raspberries
Sprig of Fresh Basil
Method:
Add all ingredients with a few ice cubes into the blender. Mix in torn basil leaves. Pour over ice and serve with fresh raspberries and a sprig of basil.
Apple Deuce Cocktail
Ingredients:
50ml Roundwood Gin
20ml Honey Syrup
25ml Lemon Juice
50ml Apple Juice
Slice of Apple
2 Rosemary Sprig
Method:
Shake gin, lemon juice, honey syrup and apple juice and rosemary sprig with ice. Strain and pour into chilled glass. Garnish with rosemary sprig and apple slice.
Game, Set and Marmalade Cocktail
Ingredients:
50ml Roundwood Gin
25ml Lemon juice
12ml Campari
2 heaped teaspoons bitter marmalade
Orange peel
Method:
Add all ingredients with a few ice cubes into the blender. Mix in torn basil leaves. Pour over ice and serve with fresh raspberries and a sprig of basil.
Roundwood Gin’s story:
There extra-small batch gin brings a subtle woodland twist to the classic London Dry recipe.
The botanicals include juniper, coriander seed, angelica root, elderflower and elderberries. Each one plays an essential role without shouting above another.
The delicate candied notes of elderberry perfectly pair with the juniper to gently lift it’s fruity pepperiness. This one-shot gin is macerated slowly in grain spirit before being carefully distilled by Emily and her team, a process that takes several hours.
The result is a smooth, well-balanced gin with a citrusy nose, bursts of elderberry and a long, juniper finish
Emily and Rupert both grew up in the countryside, they know a thing or two about high quality, real ingredients and simple, honest flavours.
“So as our journey into gin began, it felt natural to stay true to our roots and build the distillery in rural surroundings.”
Based on the Cambridgeshire estate they have grown to love, Emily swapped her daily commute for a three-mile country jaunt to the distillery, and is kept busy with the day-to-day running of the still. Assisted by Rupert at every spare moment, he rolls up sleeves and helps out with everything from tasting the latest experimental batch, to tinkering with the still.
As the journey continues around the woods, they are devoted to ensuring each bottle is as perfect as the first.
