3 Easy Summer Cocktails with Gin That Don’t Require Much Time or Effort

It can be all too easy to feel stuck in a rut when it comes to the classic G&T but, with some simple changes, you can upgrade it into an easy summer cocktail in no time.

These simple serves can be made in a matter of moments and don’t require fussy ingredients, equipment or even much time at all.

Easy Summer Cocktails with Gin

1. 

   Make a Summer Style Mojito

   Hrafn Gin Mandarin Mojito

   Ingredients:

   • • 50ml Hrafn Gin ‘Thought & Memory’
   • • 100ml Fever-Tree Sicilian Lemonade
   • • 10ml sugar syrup
   • • ½ unpeeled mandarin, chopped
   • • 7 mint leaves

   Method:

   1. 1.  Add mint & mandarin to heavy based rocks glass.
   2. 2. Muddle the mint and mandarin.
   3. 3. Pour over sugar syrup.
   4. 4. Fill a glass with ice and pour in the Hrafn Gin.
   5. 5. Top with Fever-Tree Sicilian Lemonade.
   6. 6. Garnish with mint & mandarin peel.
2. 

   Upgrade with Lemonade and Fruit

   Simmer Gin and Lemonade

   Ingredients:

   • • 50ml Shetland Reel Simmer Gin
   • • Fever-Tree Sicilian Lemonade
   • • Slice of orange and a sprig of rosemary to garnish

   Method:

   1. 1.  Pour the ingredients into a rocks glass with plenty of ice.
   2. 2. Garnish with a slice of orange and a sprig of rosemary.
3. 

   Create a Mediterranean Twist

   Mr Hobbs Gin Summer Twist

   Ingredients:

   • • Mr Hobbs Gin
   • • Mediterranean Tonic
   • • Lemon juice
   • • Wheel of lemon
   • • Sprig of rosemary

   Method:

   1. 1. Pop plenty of good quality ice into a tall, elegant glass and pour over a 50ml slug of Mr Hobbs Gin.
   2. 2. Add several drops of fresh lemon juice and fill to the top with Mediterranean Fever-Tree tonic water.
   3. 3. To garnish, add a wheel of lemon and a sprig of rosemary.