Lyre's Negroni
By Lyre's Spirit Co on
Ingredients (serves 1)
- 30mL Lyre's Dry London Spirit
- 30mL Lyre's Aperitif Rosso
- 30mL Lyre's Italian Orange
Method
1. Stir briefly over fresh, cubed ice.
2. Serve in an old fashioned glass and garnish with an orange slice.
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Lyre's Mojito
By Lyre's Spirit Co on
Ingredients (serves 1)
- 75mL Lyre's White Cane Spirit
- 30mL lime juice
- 15mL white sugar syrup (1:)
- 8-10 mint leaves
- 30mL premium bottled soda water
Method
1. Add all ingredients into glass and fill with fresh, cubed ice.
2. Add soda water and stir.
3. Pour into a Highball glass.
4. Garnish with a lime wedge and plump mint sprig.
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Lyre's Espresso Martini
By Lyre's Spirit Co on
Ingredients (serves 1)
- 45mL Lyre's Coffee Originale
- 15mL Lyre's White Cane Spirit
- 45mL premium cold drip or fresh espresso
- 10mL premium vanilla syrup (not vanilla essence)
Method
1. Dry shake all ingredients to mix.
2. 1/2 fill shaker with ice, shake hard briefly.
3. Fine strain into a coupette and garnish with a coffee bean float.
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Easy Guava Mocktails With Lemon
By The Mindful Mocktail on
Ingredients (serves 2)
- 3 tablespoons guava nectar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 6-8 mint leaves
- 1 cup of your favourite sparking kombucha
Method
- Place guava nectar and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker or mason jar.
- Clap the mint together in your hands and add to the mixture. Press gently a couple of times with a muddler.
- Add some ice and shake ingredients together until combined.
- Fill a glass with ice and pour guava mixture in.
- Top with kombucha.
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Orange Ginger Mocktail
By The Mindful Mocktail on
Ingredients (serves 2)
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 8 mint leaves
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup ginger ale
Method
- Clap the mint in your hands to release the scent, then place into a cocktail shaker.
- Add orange juice, lemon juice and apple cider vinegar to the shaker.
- Add a few ice cubes to the shake and shake until combined.
- Pour into an ice-filled glass and top with ginger ale.
- Garnish with orange slices and mint.
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Strawberry Mojito Mocktail
By The Mindful Mocktail on
Ingredients (serves 1)
- 3 strawberries, sliced
- 10 mint leaves
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tsp sugar or sweetener of choice
- 1 cup soda water
- Extra mint and strawberries to serve
Method
- Muddle strawberries and sugar/sweetener in a glass to release the juices. Try to get the strawberry pieces small enough to fit through a straw. You can use a blender for this step if preferred.
- Add the lime juice and stir to combine.
- Clap the mint together in your hands to release the scent (you'll know it's worked when your hands smell minty!).
- Fill your glass with ice and soda water. Stir to combine.
- Garnish with extra mint and strawberry slices.
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Watermelon, Strawberry & Lime Mocktail
By The Mindful Mocktail on
Ingredients (serves 2)
- 2 cups watermelon
- 8 strawberries
- 1/2 cup lime juice
Method
- Place all ingredients in a high speed blender and blend until combined.
- Pour into an ice filled glass and garnish.
Tip: Add some mint for extra kick!
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Pomegranate Fizz
By The Mindful Mocktail on
Ingredients
- 60 mls pomegranate juice
- Half a lime cut in wedges
- 6-8 mint leaves
- 250 mls diet ginger ale
Method
- Place lime wedges and pomegranate juice in a tall glass. Muddle until all the juice has been pressed out of the lime. If you don’t have a muddler, use the back end of a wooden spoon or similar.
- Clap mint leaves together in your hands a few times to release the scent and add to the glass. Give the mint a gentle press a couple of times with the muddler.
- Add plenty of ice to the glass and top with ginger ale. Stir well.
- Garnish with pomegranate seeds, mint and lime.
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Beer before wine and you’ll feel fine? No you won’t says new study
By Kai Hensel on
Plenty of us have been there: waking up after a night out with a thumping headache, feeling sick and swearing never to touch alcohol again. If only there were a way to prevent these terrible hangovers.
It isn’t uncommon for us to mix our drinks, maybe a beer in the pub before moving on to wine. Folk wisdom has something to say about this: “Beer before wine and you’ll feel fine; wine before beer and you’ll feel queer.” This idea is very prevalent and versions of it occur in many languages. In my native country, Germany, for example, we say: “Wein auf Bier, das rat’ ich Dir—Bier auf Wein, das lass’ sein.” This translates as: “Wine on beer, I’ll advise you to drink beer on wine.”
But it turns out that there is no truth to these...