Summer cocktail with Gin and fresh coconut water

Summer, that time of the year when mercury levels are soaring. And it just keeps getting hotter with every passing year. Each year promises to be hotter than the previous year. However, humans who are to blame have also devised various remedies to combat the heat. And as a human, well, let me play my part in beating the heat 🙂 . Here is one great summer cocktail with gin. And to make it even better, let’s add fresh coconut water to it.

a summer cocktail with gin

For a summer cocktail, gin won’t be a bad deal. For those who aren’t aware, gin is a redistilled spirit with botanicals. The raw material source wouldn’t matter because the distilled spirit would again have to undergo another distillation by adding botanicals to it. Botanicals are the star, which adds the main character to gin. You could add as many botanicals as you wish. But for it to be called gin, it has to be juniper berry in the botanicals. With every gin distillery having its secret ingredient and recipe, every gin is unique in its flavours and characters. There are various styles of redistilling gin, which we will try to explain in our later blogs

Fresh coconut water can be a great hydrating agent. Most of us are aware of the benefits it provides us with. And I wouldn’t be the right person to comment on the science part of it. I prefer sticking to bartending and leaving the science to the experts 🙂 . However, one aspect that remains to be researched is: When mixed with ethanol, how does fresh coconut water react? Does it still manage to hold on to the same benefits as before the addition of ethanol? However, as a bartender, I can assure you that it tastes amazing when added to cocktails. And the combination of gin with fresh coconut water in cocktails is fantastic. Resulting in a great summer cocktail.

The cocktail mixer

Then we follow it up with some cocktail mixers. The lavender syrup adds a great flavouring agent and also provides the much-needed sweetness to the cocktail. Also, the addition of pineapple juice and tonic water. This results in sweetness and a touch of sourness, which gives the cocktail a refreshing feel. The addition of lime and the large pickle lime ( Vadukapuli Naranga Urugai) make it a perfectly balanced cocktail. Yes, this is not on the classic list of cocktails and has yet to be named. Making it difficult to find it elsewhere

Ingredients

1. Gin
2. Lime
3. Lavender syrup
4. Fresh Coconut Water
5. Pineapple Juice
6. Tonic water
7. Vadukapuli Naranga Urugai – Giant Pickle Lime

Equipment

1. Knife
2. Bar spoon
3. Cocktail glass / 500 ml class

How to make a summer cocktail with gin and coconut water

1. Squeeze and add 2 and a half lime,s cut into 4 pieces each to a glass
2. Add 25 ml of lavender syrup
3. 120 ml gin
4. 1 cut wheel of giant pickle lime
5. 100 to 120ml of fresh coconut water
6. 100 ml of pineapple juice
7. 100 ml of tonic water
8. Add ice and stir

The above is for 500 ml glass..

As a summer cocktail, this gin and fresh coconut water cocktail ticks most of the requirements. Making it one great refreshing drink to hang out. Be it a long and lazy day or evening, its fresh and invigorating notes will help provide that extra boost required to fight and beat the soaring heat this summer.

Cheers

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