Valentine's Day cocktails to woo your loved one
Win over your special someone with a cocktail featuring some of the finest vodka and gin around
Crystal Head Vodka
It's been honoured with a gold medal for taste in Moscow – and if anyone knows good vodka, it's Russia. Dan Aykroyd's Crystal Head Vodka is as pure as they come, distilled four times and filtered seven, three of which are through Herkimer diamonds. Artist John Alexander's beautiful skull-shaped bottles are inspired by the legendary crystal skulls believed to have been carved by the Aztecs thousands of years ago. You'll be on to a clear winner if you romance your loved one with this cocktail.
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Available with its own cocktail shaker on Amazon, £85
Crystal Head Vodka Red Tempest
Ingredients
1.5oz Crystal Head Vodka
0.5oz amaretto
1oz fresh orange juice
2oz soda
0.5oz Monin Wildberry puree
0.25oz Monin Exotic Citrus syriup
Fresh rosemary sprigs
Method
Stir in shaker with ice until all the ingredients have dissolved. Top with soda.
Garnish
Blackberries and a sprig of rosemary.
Bulldog Gin
Wine Enthusiast magazine gave Bulldog Gin its highest rating ever for a gin when it launched. It is a multi-award-winning spirit and a delicious mix of British wheat and water with natural botanicals including Chinese lotus leaves, Turkish white poppy and Chinese dragon eye. Forget images of stuffy gin and tonics, this is a fresh, modern drink and its spicy taste and warm finish are guaranteed to add an exotic glow to your Valentine's Day.
Available on Amazon, priced £22.00
Bulldog Gin Clover Club
Ingredients
2 parts Bulldog Gin
0.75 parts lemon juice
0.25 parts grenadine syrup
1 egg white
Method
Shake all ingredients without ice in a shaker. Add ice cubes and shake again. Double strain into a Michelangelo coupette.
Garnish
Rasperry.
Hoxton Gin
Dressed in a trendy new bottle following a revamp last summer, this is a fun gin with exotic tones of coconut and grapefruit, followed by juniper, tarragon and ginger. The natural and ethically sourced ingredients are macerated for five days before a single distillation in a 150-year-old copper sill to give a premier blend ready for mixing with grain spirit taken from French summer wheat. If you're significant other has to be stylish, then Hoxton Gin is your Valentine.
Available on Amazon, priced £29.00
Hoxton Gin English Daiquiri
Ingredients
50ml Hoxton Gin
20ml Creme de Cacao white chocolate liqueur
20ml lemond juice
Dash of sugar syrup
Method
Shake together with ice and serve through a strainer.
Garnish
Twist of lemon peel.
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