Yield: 1 Emma Spritz Prep Time: 7 minutes Total Time: 7 minutes A refreshing long drink with Renais Small Batch Gin, warming liqueur, Domaine Watson Chablis and soda. Print Ingredients 30ml Renais Gin 10ml Domaine de Watson Chablis 20ml Elderflower syrup 20ml fresh lemon juice 2 dashes Suze gentian liqueur 80ml soda water Instructions Add all the ingredients to a wine glass filled with ice. Stir gently Top with soda water and stir again Garnish with a lemon slice and frozen grape Nutrition Information: Yield: 1 Serving Size: 1 Amount Per Serving: Calories: 139Total Fat: 0gSaturate ..read more

Yield: 1 Summer Days Prep Time: 7 minutes Total Time: 7 minutes Looking at something to refresh with the arrival of the "Iberian plume"? If you have some Cognac in your drink cabinet, we have a special cocktail recipe from the BNIC (coordination and decision-making body for the Cognac producers) that you probably never thought of!  A really lovely fresh summery way to enjoy Cognac, easy to make at home and best sipped on a sunny day! Print Ingredients 30ml Cognac VSOP 15ml Elderflower syrup 20ml Lemon juice 30ml Red fruit tea Instructions Pour in the Cognac, elderflower s ..read more

Yield: 1 C J Collins (Tom Collins) Prep Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 5 minutes What could be better than a Tom Collins on a sunny day, yep our cocktail of the week, the CJ Collins, get it?? (hint: named for the founder!) Print Ingredients 70ml Jensen's Old Tom 25ml Freshly squeezed lemon juice 12.5ml Simple syrup on a 1:1 ratio 70ml Soda water Instructions All ingredients directly in glass with large junks of ice, Give it a stir Garnish with a 1/2 lemon wheel and lemon zest.  Nutrition Information: Yield: 1 Serving Size: 1 Amount Per Serving: Calories: 35Total Fat: 0gSaturat ..read more

Who would have thought that sitting in a bar in Tokyo you might sip a gin that reminded you why you fell in love with the spirit in the first place?? Christian Jensen dreamt about gins gone by until the fateful sip….and upon returning to London he decide he needed to create a gin just for himself. That gin is Jensen’s and thank goodness he decided to share it with others.  Today he talks us through the journey he took to create that special gin he was dreaming about. Watch it on YouTube Cocktail of the Week: Yield: 1 C J Collins (Tom Collins) Prep Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 5 m ..read more

Blood Monkey Gin has been making waves in the gin world since its release. Don’t let the name scare you – no monkeys were harmed in the creation of this gin! Just to assure you, the name “Blood Monkey” is inspired by the practice of “bleeding the monkey,” which was a term used by sailors in the 17th century to describe when they would surreptitiously drill into an officers’ barrel to steal the spirit inside. What is Blood Monkey Gin. Blood Monkey Gin is a premium Irish gin distilled with ten botanicals, including juniper, lime leaf, almond, orris root, Irish rosemary, licorice, and coriander ..read more

Are you ready to be comfortable with discomfort? Our guest was. Now  after nearly 25 years in the Guinness and beer space, he’s making a name for himself in the spirit world.  Jason Kidd, founder of Outcast Brands, spent most of his career trotting around the globe working with beer; now he’s home in Ireland making Blood Monkey Gin and Two Shores Rum. Both prove that, in Jason’s words, “interesting drinks are always on the margins of the category that we work in.” Find out why his two liquids are not only breaking the mold but Irish through and through. Watch it on YouTube Cock ..read more

Yield: 1 Two Shores Golden Mojito Prep Time: 7 minutes Total Time: 7 minutes Print Ingredients 60ml Two Shores Single Malt Finish 1 teaspoon Golden Demerara Sugar 3 Limes 6 mint leaves and more to garnish Soda water Instructions Grab a highball glass and muddle two cut-up limes and about 6 leaves of mint.  Add 1 teaspoon of golden demerara sugar or light brown sugar and crush it with your muddler Add the rum Stir to mix everything, and then add crushed ice and a splash of soda water. Add more crushed ice if needed. Nutrition Information: Yield: 1 Serving Size: 1 Amount Per Se ..read more

Blood Monkey Cold Blood Prep Time: 2 minutes Total Time: 2 minutes Print Ingredients Blood Monkey Frozen or Chilled shot glass Instructions Open the bottle Pour in an ice cold shot glass Drink! Made this cocktail? Take a pic and tag @alushlifemanual on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook. Cheers! © Lush Life Recipes ..read more

Blood Monkey Orange Prep Time: 7 minutes Total Time: 7 minutes Print Ingredients 50 ml Blood Monkey Gin 25 ml Benchmark Brown Sugar Whisky Fresh blood orange or red grapefruit juice Blood orange peel Sprig of rosemary Instructions Get the Blood Monkey Irish Craft Gin and Benchmark Brown Sugar Whisky together. Add the blood orange or red grapefruit juice and shake the mix over ice. Garnish the mixture with a blood orange peel or a sprig of smashed rosemary. Made this cocktail? Take a pic and tag @alushlifemanual on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook. Cheers! © L ..read more

Yield: 1 Blood Monkey Gin B&T Prep Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 5 minutes Print Ingredients 50 cl Blood Monkey Gin Premium bitter orange tonic Blood orange slice Sprig of rosemary Ice Instructions Fill a glass with ice. Add the Blood Monkey Gin and your choice of premium bitter orange tonic to it. Top of the mix with a bold slice of blood orange and a sprig of ripped rosemary. Made this cocktail? Take a pic and tag @alushlifemanual on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook. Cheers! © Lush Life Recipes ..read more