Cocktails

Cocktails

Summer is here and what better way to celebrate than sitting in the sun with your feet up, enjoying a nice refreshing cocktail.

Shloer, the makers of the adult soft drink, has created a range of fabulous cocktails and top party tips guaranteed to get your summer gatherings sizzling! Be it a BBQ, picnic or simply an alfresco meal with friends Shloer will make it sparkle.

Leave the beer to the boys and indulge in these deliciously glam cocktails. Created by top mixologists, they are the perfect tipple for a lazy evening in the garden. Consider matching your food to your cocktails to create a themed party.

Those in the know will love the refreshing taste of ‘Minted Shloerberry’ – a modern twist on a summer classic. This mojito, muddles fresh mint leaves with raspberry vodka, lime and sugar all shaken up with Shloer Red Grape. Serve in a long glass with crushed ice for pure refreshment. For all the taste without the kick try the “Shloer No-jito” a refreshing blend of White Grape and Elderflower Shloer, mint and lime without the alcohol. Serve with barbecued chicken fajitas, blackened fish and fresh salsa for a taste of Latin America.

Minted Shloer-berry
Raspberry Vodka, fresh raspberries and mint leaves muddled with lime, sugar and gently shaken with Shloer Red Grape, decorated with a red grape and mint sprig.

100ml Shloer Red Grape
50 ml Raspberry vodka
15ml sugar syrup
6 raspberries
6-8 mint leaves
2 lime wedges
Red grape to garnish
Mint sprig to garnish

For a twist on the drink made famous by SJP and co turn to ‘Shloer in the City’. This version of the classic Cosmo treats your taste buds to a shhhparkle of Red Grape Shloer shaken with citron vodka, cointreau and lime juice. The piece de résistance is the garnish of white grapes and flambéed orange zest. Perfect with chic canapés, serve up with juicy olives, mini homemade steak burgers and parsnip crisps. If you have a sweet tooth try “Sparkling Cherry Bakewell”, it’s like a cake in a glass with muddled cherries, Amaretto and cherry syrup all shook up with plenty of Red Grape Shloer. This one is the perfect partner for some creamy ice cream with fresh summer berries.

Shloer in the City
This version of the sex in the city classic treats your taste buds to a shparkle of Shloer Red Grape, shaken with citron vodka, cointreau and lime juice, flambé orange zest and white grape to garnish. Serve in a martini

75ml Shloer Red Grape
25ml citron vodka
25ml Cointreau
25ml orange juice
2 lime wedges
Flambe orange zest to garnish
1 white grape to garnish

If you have a sweet tooth try “Sparkling Cherry Bakewell”, it’s like a cake in a glass with muddled cherries, Amaretto and cherry syrup all shook up with plenty of Red Grape Shloer. This one is the perfect partner for some creamy ice cream with fresh summer berries.

Sparkling Cherry Bakewell
Muddle the fruit with the cherry and almond syrup, then add plenty of Shloer White Grape, Raspberry and Cranberry and squeezed lemon juice. Shake and strain then serve chilled in a rocks glass with a cherry garnish.

100ml Shloer Red Grape
25ml Amaretto
10ml cherry syrup
25ml Amaretto
15ml lemon juice
4 muddled maraschino cherries
2 cherries to garnish


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