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Gnu Cocktail Recipes
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The Gnu Refresher
Ingredients

The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin
Your favourite tonic and/or soda
A navel or cara cara orange sliced into 8 pieces
Ice and your favourite tumbler

Steps

Add lots of ice in your tumbler.

Add 1.5 oz of The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin

Add your tonic or soda or half and half to strength

Squeeze in the orange slice and drop it in the glass

Stir lightly and enjoy.
Ahhh... refreshing!
The Gnugroni
Ingredients

1 oz The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin
1 oz Campari
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
1 Orange - Garnish

Steps

Place all the liquid ingredients in a shaker with ice

Shake for 15 seconds

Strain into glass over large ice cubes

Garnish with an orange zest. (Don’t rub the orange zest on the rim!)

Our award-winning Gnu Normal orange and grapefruit citrus-forward London Dry Gin is perfectly matched for this classic cocktail. Enjoy responsibly with your herd. (They go down easy. Be careful!)
Gnu Citrusonic Punch
Ingredients

Grapefruit Cocktail Juice
The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin
Grand Marnier
Empire Provisions Bourbon Sour Cherries
Ice and your favourite tumbler

Steps

Add lots of ice in your tumbler. Crushed ice is nice.

Add 1 oz of Grand Marnier Liquer

Add 1 oz of The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin

Add 2 oz (or more to dillute) Grapefruit Cocktail Juice

Add a cherry and a lime slice to garnish

Stir lightly and enjoy
Gnu Gimlet
Ingredients

Fresh Lime Juice
The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin
Simple Syrup
Cucumber and/or Lime Wedge
Ice and a Cocktail Shaker

Steps

Add lots of ice into your cocktail shaker

Add 2 oz of The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin

Add 3/4 oz of Fresh Lime Juice

Add 3/4 oz of Simple Syrup

Strain into a chilled martini glass, or strain over a rocks glass filled with ice, depending on preference.

Stir vigorously with a long cocktail spoon very until cold

Garnish with cucumber wheel and/or lime. Enjoy.
Gnu Gin Fizz
Ingredients

Fresh Lemon Juice
The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin
Simple Syrup
Soda or Sparkling Water
Lemon wedge, ice and your favourite tumbler

Steps

Add lots of ice into your cocktail shaker

Add 1.5 oz of The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin

Add 3/4 oz of Fresh Lemon Juice

Add 1/2 oz of Simple Syrup

Shake well until the outside of the shaker feels cold

Strain into a tall glass filled with more ice and top up with soda or sparkling water

Garnish with a lemon wedge
Gnu Basil Smash
Ingredients

Fresh Basil Leaves
The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin
Fresh Lemon Juice
Simple Syrup
Ice and your favourite tumbler

Steps

Muddle 12 Basil Leaves in the bottom of shaker

Add lots of ice into your cocktail shaker.

Add 2 oz of The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin

Add 3/4 oz of Fresh Lemon Juice

Add 1/3 oz of Simple Syrup

Shake vigorously and then strain into an ice-filled glass

Garnish with a leaf of Fresh Basil and enjoy
Gnu Mint Julep
Ingredients

Fresh Mint Leaves
The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin
Superfine Sugar
Soda or Sparkling Water
Ice, preferably crushed, and your favourite tumbler

Steps

In the bottom of your cup, muddle 12 mint leaves with 1.5 tsp of sugar until mint starts to break down.

Stir until sugar dissolves

Add 2 oz of The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin

Add ice to fill cup 3/4 of the way

Top with Soda or Sparkling Water

Stir lightly, garnish with a Fresh Mint Leaf and enjoy
Gnu Pink Lemonade
Ingredients

Lemonade
The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin
Aperol Italian Apéritif
Soda or Sparkling Water
Ice, preferably crushed, and your favourite tumbler

Steps

Add lots of ice in your tumbler. Crushed ice is nice.

Add 2 oz of Lemonade

Add 1 oz of The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin

Add 1 oz of Aperol Italian Apéritif

Top with Soda or Sparkling Water

Garnish with a Fresh Lemon Slice and enjoy
Gnu Apple Cider Cocktail
Ingredients

4 oz The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin
4 oz Apple Cider
1 oz Lime Juice
2 oz Honey Simple Syrup
Dash Cinnamon

Honey Simple Syrup Recipe
¼ Cup Honey & ¼ Cup HOT Water
Make the honey simple syrup: Add the HOT water and honey to a mason jar and shake vigorously until the honey dissolves.

Steps

Combine gin, apple cider, lime juice, honey simple syrup, and cinnamon in a cocktail shaker or pitcher with ice.

Shake or stir vigorously until chilled.

Optional Garnishes 2 Thyme Sprigs, 1 Apple – cut into matchsticks 2 Cinnamon Sticks

Sugar Rim: Try rimming your cocktail glass in sparkling sugar

Cinnamon Sugar Rim: Swap the sparkling sugar for cinnamon sugar if you prefer a warming, sweet flavour!
Gnu Pine G&T
Ingredients

2 oz The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin
1/2 oz Pine Syrup (Recipe below)
1/4 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice
4 oz tonic water

Pine Syrup Recipe
Make an easy simple syrup (sugar and water), and then remove from heat, add the pine needles and steep for 2-3 hours. When cool, strain the pine syrup.

Steps

Add lots of ice in your tumbler.

Add all ingredients and top with your tonic.

Stir lightly and enjoy.

Garnish with a pine ice cube or sprig of pine
Gnubarb Rhubarb Sour
Ingredients

2 oz The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin
1 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 oz Rhubarb Simple Syrup (Recipe below)
1 egg white

Steps

Make Rhubarb simple syrup
Combine water, sugar and chopped rhubarb and let the mixture simmer until the rhubarb is falling apart. Then strain out the rhubarb.

Add lots of ice in your shaker.

Add all ingredients to shaker.

Shake vigourously, then strain into a cocktail glass

Garnish with a lemon peel or a piece of rhubarb.
Enjoy.
Gnu Espresso Cocktail
Ingredients

1 oz The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin
1 oz of espresso (Cooled)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 oz simple syrup*
Whipped cream (Optional, but go for it!)

*Simple Syrup Recipe
1/2 cup granulated sugar and 1/2 cup water Add the sugar and water to a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Let cool, then store in a container in your fridge.

Steps

Add the ice, coffee, gin, vanilla and syrup in a cocktail shaker.

Shake vigorously for about 30 seconds .

Strain into martini glasses.

Top with whipped cream (Optional) and nutmeg .
Serve.
El Diablo
Ingredients

1 oz The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin
1/2 oz Chambord
¾ oz Lime Juice
3 oz Ginger Beer
1/2 oz Ginger Simple Syrup
Raspberry Puree

Ginger Simple Syrup Recipe
Make an easy simple syrup (1/2 sugar and 1/2 water), and then remove from heat, add teaspoon of chopped fresh ginger and steep for 2-3 hours. When cool, strain the syrup.

Steps

Add a teaspoon of raspberry puree to bottom of a highball glass

Fill the glass with ice

Add the gin, Chambord, lime juice, and ginger syrup

Top with the ginger beer and stir gently.
Serve
Gnu Blueberry Mojito
Ingredients

1 oz The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin
4 Lime Wedges
5 Mint Leaves
1/3 Cup Blueberries
1 oz Simple Syrup
Club Soda

Steps

Gently muddle lime wedges, mint, and blueberries

Add ice, Gnu Normal London Dry Gin, and simple syrup

Shake vigorously for 15 seconds

Pour mixture (ice included) in glass and top with soda water

Garnish and serve!
Gnu Apple Pie
Ingredients

1 oz The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin
1 Cup Apple Cider
1/2 oz Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Rosemary Simple Syrup

Rosemary Simple Syrup Recipe
Make an easy simple syrup (sugar and water), and then remove from heat, add the fresh sprigs of rosemary and steep for 2-3 hours. When cool, strain the rosemary syrup.

Steps

Place all ingredients in a shaker with ice, shake for 15 seconds, strain into glass, and serve with cinnamon stick.

Or Combine all ingredients into pot and gently warm over stove top.

Garnish and serve hot.
Gnu 'N Cider
Ingredients

1 oz The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin
1 oz Village Brewery Cider
Splash of Lime Juice
1/2 oz Simple Syrup
Soda or sparkling water

Steps

Add gin, lime juice, simple syrup to shaker with ice.

Fill a glass with ice

Strain shaker into glass

Top with the cider and soda then stir gently.

Garnish with orange and lime slice and add a few cubeb peppers(Careful not to swallow these!)
Serve
French 75
Ingredients

1 oz The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin
1/2 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed
1/2 ounce simple syrup
3 ounces Champagne (or other sparkling wine)
Garnish: lemon twist

Steps

Add the gin, lemon juice and simple syrup to a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.

Strain into a Champagne flute.

Top with the Champagne.

Garnish with a lemon twist.
Cranberry Ginger Snap
Ingredients

2 oz The Gnu Normal London Dry Gin
1.5 ounces cranberry juice
1/2 ounce lime juice
3/4 cup Annex Ales Ginger Beer
Garnish: fresh cranberries, lime slice, rosemary sprig

Steps

Add the gin, cranberry juice and lime juice to a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.

Add in ginger beer

Stir until mixed

Strain into a Champagne flute.

Garnish with fresh cranberries, a lime slice and a rosemary sprig.

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