Cocktail O'clock - Favourites.

Let's talk about cocktails... everyone who knows me knows that I am a sucker for a delicious, sweet & boozy tipple. Whenever my friends and I go out I'm usually the first person to pick up the cocktail menu so I thought I'd share a few of my favourites with you! Cocktails are alcoholic drinks consiting of a spirit or spirits mixed with a variety of other ingredients, such as fruit juice, sugar and or syrup etc. If you don't drink and don't want to be left out there are also a huge variety of virgin cocktails better known as mocktails avaliable in most bars/restaurants..

MOJITO - If ever I was unsure of what to drink in a bar I would almost certainly go for a good old fashioned Mojito, usually I'd go for an apple one but I'm also a huge fan of the passion fruit mojitos too! They're super easy to make and always go down a little too well!  Ingredients include 1 Lime, 2 teaspoons of Sugar, Fresh Mint, Bacardi (any white rum) & Soda Water! There is only one place in my local town that I'd go to for one of these (Verdigris) and luckily they still make them for me despite them not being on the menu.

MAI TAI - I had my first Mai Tai experience earlier this year when I was in Havet with a friend. We had decided to basically sample their whole entire cocktail menu and I was so pleased I did as it soon became one of my favourite saturday night drinks. Now whilst there are many variations of this drink it is a cocktail based on Rum, Curacao Liqueur, Oregeat Syrus and Lime Juice. If like me you love a tropical drink bursting with sweet flavour then this is most definitely the cocktail for you. 

DAIQUIRI - The famous Daiquiri belongs to a family of cocktails whose main ingredients are Rum (There's a theme occuring here), Citrus juice & sugar or syrup. There are a large variety of daiquris out there but I'd always stick to the original recipe which offers the perfect balance between sweet & sour making them refreshing and easy to drink. A great thing about this particular cocktail is that the ingredients are so basic you could easily make them at home for all your friends and family. 

PORN STAR MARTINI - Now we're talking. You know shit is about to get real when you go out with the girls on Saturday night and everyone orders a billion martinis just because they're 2 for 1! Ingredients include Vodka, Passionfruit Liqueur Puree, Vanilla Sugar & serve with a shot of Prosecco or Champagne! We recently visited The London Cocktail Club and all I remember is mum going to the bar and coming back with 8 of the delights as she liked them so much.. not bad for someone who usually nurses her drink all night right? 

BRAMBLE - This particular cocktail is another new favourite of mine. The bramble brings together a mix of Gin, Fresh Lemon Juice, Sugar Syrup and Creme de Mure. Now whilst there are many variations of this cocktail my favourite in particular would have to be a Lychee Bramble. I'm not sure why but this particular drinks gets me excited for warm summer evenings with friends at our local cocktail bar.

These are just a handful of my favourites and I could go on for hours but I won't bore you with my binge cocktail drinking. Whoever doesn't like any of these clearly hasn't tasted one good enough yet, they're so easy to drink you don't even feel like you're drinking.. well that's until you go outside and your drunkenness goes from a 1 to a 12 in five seconds flat..

Cheers!