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It’s springtime...time for some seasonal-colored cocktails like this Pear-fection cocktail with gin, pear nectar and Pernod.
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April 2007

Product Reviews / Main Nibbles / Cocktails

Easter Cocktails

Serve Pastel Colors With Spring-Like Garnishes

 

Serve seasonal pastel cocktails for Easter with recipes courtesy of Martin Miller’s Gin.

The names of the cocktails may not be Easter-like, but when you think that a drink called the Easter Bunny consists of 1-1/2 ounces dark Crème de Cacao, 1/2 ounce vodka, 1 teaspoon chocolate syrup and 1 teaspoon cherry brandy—that’s just an alcoholic Easter basket!

These cocktails provide a little sweetness with a lot more sophistication!

Cocktail Menu

 

 

French 75French 75

  • 2 ounces Martin Miller’s Gin
  • ½ ounce simple syrup (2 parts sugar/1 part water)
  • ½ ounce fresh lemon juice
  • Shake all ingredients in a shaker with ice.  Pour into martini
    glass and garnish with fresh berries.

 

AlohaMartin Miller’s Aloha

  • 1 ounce Martin Miller’s Gin       
  • ½ ounce crème de cassis
  • 1 ounce pineapple juice
  • Shake all ingredients with ice in shaker;
    strain into martini glass. 
  • Garnish with a pineapple wedge

 

PearfectionMartin Miller’s Pear-fection

  • 2 ounces Martin Miller’s Gin                                                 
  • 4 ounces Pear Nectar                                               
  • ¼ ounce Pernod                                                       
  • Shake all ingredients in shaker
  • Strain into martini glass and garnish with a pear slice

 

Martin Miller’s Southsider

  • 2 ounces Martin Miller’s Gin
  • Southsider½ ounce lime juice (1/2 fresh lime)
  • ¾ ounce simple syrup (2 parts sugar/ 1 part water)
  • Dash of egg white (optional)
  • 10 mint leaves (tear)
  • Pour all ingredients over ice and shake vigorously. 
  • Serve in a collins glass filled with ice
  • Garnish with a sprig of mint

PomtiniMartin Miller’s Pom-tini

  • 2 ounces Martin Miller’s Gin
  • 1-½ ounces pomegranate liqueur or juice
  • Dash of egg white (optional)
  • Shake all ingredients in a shaker filled with ice
  • Pour into a martini glass and garnish with a sprig of mint

 

Miller’s Madras

  • Madras2 ounces Martin Miller’s Gin
  • 2 ounces cranberry juice 
  • 2 ounces orange juice
  • Combine ingredients in an ice-filled collins glass
  • Garnish with an orange twist

 

Miller’s Melon-tini

  • 1 ounce Martin Miller’s Gin       
  • Melontini1 ounce Midori melon liqueur
  • 1 ounce white cranberry juice
  • Shake ingredients in shaker; strain into martini
    glass

  • Garnish with a watermelon and honeydew melon balls
    arranged on a toothpick

 

Very Berry Martini

  • Very Berry Martini2 ounces Martin Miller’s Gin
  • ¾ ounce crème de cassis
  • ½ ounce grenadine
  • Shake all ingredients in a shaker with ice

  • Pour into a martini glass and garnish with fresh berries

 

 

 

 

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