The Melbourne Gin Company Christmas cocktails recipes

As we approach the festive season, we thought we'd share four delicious cocktail recipes from MGC to help keep the Christmas cheer going throughout the summer holidays.

Keeping it Classy.

Think champagne and take it a bit further. The French 75 brings together celebration and summer in this classic cocktail. At the MGC we indulge in a vertically integrated cocktail. Distiller Andrew Marks makes both Gembrook Hill Blanc de Blancs and the MGC Melbourne Dry Gin which complement each other perfectly. We have substituted lemons for grapefruit which creates a flavour connection with the gin botanicals used in the MGC.

French 75
In a Champagne Flute
30ml Melbourne Gin Company Dry Gin
20ml Grapefruit sherbet (2:1 grapefruit juice to sugar)
Top with 100ml Gembrook Hill Blanc de Blancs (sparkling wine)
Garnish with a twist of Grapefruit

Taking it Easy

We feel that we may have the stumbled across the taste of summer with this. With pure ginspiration we present the Negroni Float, essentially an ice cream spider for adults.
Taking it next level we have combined two all time favourites, ice cream and Negroni. We recently road tested this funky take on the well-known classic at the Juniperlooza Festival and were overwhelmed with the response.

MGC Negroni Float
Over a scoop of Vanilla ice cream add
30ml Melbourne Gin Company Dry Gin
30ml Campari
Top with Capi Blood Orange Soda
Garnish with blueberries on top

Doing it Melbourne style

An MGC take on the classic Tom Collins long drink this is a great alternative to the G&T, with a twist of Melbourne…

The Collins Street
Build over ice cubes
60ml Melbourne Gin Company Dry Gin
10ml Manzanilla sherry (dry Spanish sherry)
30ml Grapefruit sherbet (2:1 grapefruit juice to sugar)
Top with soda
Garnish with Maraschino cherry, Thai basil and a rosemary sprig.

Go High-Tea

A playful take on the classic cuppa, this gin and tea companion will work perfectly with a lazy afternoon tea. Cucumber sandwiches and pavlova anyone?

Melbourne Afternoon Tea
Shake over ice
150ml cold Earl Grey tea
45ml Melbourne Gin Company Dry Gin
30ml honey simple syrup
15ml fresh-squeezed lemon juice
2 sprigs of lavender
Serve in a teapot

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