Who doesn’t love a shaken stirred and well-done cocktail? From classic to contemporary the cocktail world has seen it all and is all evolving each day.  Simplicity and that perfect balance lie at the heart of their enduring cocktail. And yes with Instagram taking the forefront not only the cocktails are infused with floral flavors (like this lavender, Rose, Hibiscus) but flowers have also make it to the show stopper garnish at bars and restaurants.

Few of city’s mixologist share some of their best creations on this World Cocktails Day

Banging With Berries, By Joel Scholtens Lindsay, Liquid Chef & Mixologist, The Blue Bar, Taj Palace, New Delhi

Banging the berries/ Pic- Taj Palace, New Delhi

 

Ingredients

Grey Goose 60mls

20mls Blueberry puree

20mls Blackberry Puree

20mls Strawberry Puree

Top Cranberry juice

Glass: Collins 

Mixology

Build over ice 20mls Strawberry Puree, 20mls Blackberry Puree,  20mls Blueberry Puree, 60mls of Grey Goose Vodka and top with Cranberry Juice, swizzle all ingredients with a bar spoon

Garnish : Mixed Berries and Cherry

Fuku Sour By Rajat Tolia, Mixologist, PaPaYa Gurgaon: Fuku Sour is PaPaYa’s own version of Whisky Sour

Ingredients:

Vodka 60ml

Lime 25ml

Melon Syrup 30ml

Egg white 1No

Method:

1.    Take Cocktail mixer glass; add vodka, lime, melon syrup and egg white.

2.    Shake it really well for 30-45 seconds

3.    Serve it in a Margarita Glass and top it up with edible flower

Berry Blossom by Deepak Sharma, Bar Manager, SAGA, Gurugram

Ingredients:

1-Beer shrub -60ml

2-Egg white

3-Sweet &Sour -30ml

4-Whiskey -30ml

5-Jasmine tea -20ml

Method:

1.    Take Cocktail mixer glass; add beer shrub, sweet & sour syrup, whisky, jasmine tea and egg white.

2.    Shake it really well for 30-45 seconds

3.    Serve it in a Cocktail Glass and top it up with Orange Peel.

The First Sip by Ankit Ghawana Head mixologist Ivoryy and Aviary

Inspiration of the cocktail comes from the first stage of Drinking when you start drinking that night. The First sip is when you know it is a go time, when that first drop of alcohol hits your tongue and your mind & body are taken to another world. You are ready to get weird.

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Ingredients:

    Gin 

    Lime

    Blueberries

    Tonic water

Method-

    First muddle fresh blueberries in a cocktail shaker then add fresh lemon juice, blueberry puree and gin. 

    Shake it well. 

    Top it up with tonic water. 

    Serve over crushed ice in a brandy baloon  with the garnish of fresh blueberries, mint and edible flower.

Go Green by Ankit Ghawana Head mixologist Ivoryy and Aviary

It is a nature inspired cocktail. We all know we are living in a polluted environment and we should understand the importance of trees. Everyone of us is aware about this very famous quote( go green) which is used to encourage people to plant trees. By this we want to make people understand the importance of trees.

Ingredients:

    Vodka 

    Lime

    Kiwi, 

    Kafir Lime Leaves 

    Lemonade

Method

    Take a tall glass. 

    Muddle fresh kiwi & kafir lime leaf. 

    Pour fresh lemon juice, kiwi puree. 

    Mix it well. 

    Fill the glass with ice cubes. 

    Top it up with aerated water. 

    Serve it with a garnish of parsley, kiwi and kafir lime leaf.

Purple Margarita By Noah from Miss Margarita 

Ingredients:

    Jamun juice-45ml

    Fresh coriander-2-3 sprigs

    Tequila-45ml

    Triple sec-15ml

    Lime juice-15ml

    Charcoal salt ( equal quantities of activated charcoal & salt)

 

Method

    Rim the  margarita glass with charcoal salt

    In a shaker muddle fresh coriander, jamun juice

    Follow with triple sec, tequila and lemon juice

    Add ice and shake well

    Serve over cracked ice & garnish with coriander leaves

Indian Mojito From Tamasha

Ingredients

    4 Lime chunks 

    8 to 10 leaves of Fresh coriander 

    2 tablespoons of muddled fresh pomegranate  

    60 ml white rum

    15ml lime juice

    15 ml mojito syrup 

Method

    Crushed ice with 20 ml of soda

    Garnish topping with 1 tablespoon of pomegranate and 1 strip of coriander 

Cocktail: Tiki++, Aakash Kaushik, Bartender at the Tangra Project

Tiki++

 

Ingredients

    Gin 60ml

    Elder flower -25ml

    Campari- 5-10ml

    Lime juice-25ml

Method

    Take a wine glass and pour ice in it to the chilled glass

    Add all ingredients Into the wine glass

    Stir the drink and top it up with mango soda.

    Garnish it with edible flowers and a dash of Angostura bitter

Charley’s Rum Punch Ajay Tomer, Mixologist at Grappa, Shangri-La Eros

Ingredients -

    Dark rum 60 ml

    Orange juice 45 ml

    Pineapple juice 45 ml

    Grenadine 5 ml

    Lemon juice 15 ml

    Nutmeg Powder 1 pinch

    Angostura bitter 2 dash

Method -

Shaken and served in tikki glass with ice