Published on 9th May, 2024.
World Cocktail Day
Monday 13th May
World Cocktail Day is celebrated annually on May 13th. It’s a day dedicated to honouring the art and enjoyment of cocktails worldwide. The origins of World Cocktail Day can be traced back to May 13, 1806, when the first known definition of the word “cocktail” was describing a cocktail as “a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters.” Since then, cocktails have evolved into a diverse array of creative and complex drinks, each with its own unique ingredients, flavours, and cultural significance.
World Cocktail Brazil – Caipirinha
Ingredients
5 limes
2 tbsp sugar
90ml Cachaça
Method
Juice 1.5 limes and set aside. Cut the other lime into 8 pieces. Add the sugar and lime pieces to a large glass and muddle until you’ve juiced all the little pieces and they’re nicely combined. Add lime juice and cachaça to muddled limes and stir gently until sugar is dissolved. Pour over ice.
World Cocktail Peru – Chilcano
Ingredients
120ml ginger ale
60ml Pisco
1 tbsp lime juice
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Method
Juice approximately half a lime. Fill a highball glass with ice. Add ginger ale, pisco, and lime juice. Stir. Add 2 dashes of bitters, lightly stir, then garnish with a lime slice.
World Cocktail Mexico – Paloma
Ingredients
60ml Tequila
60ml fresh grapefruit juice, plus wedges for garnish
60ml sparkling water
15ml lime juice
10ml agave nectar or simple syrup, or to taste
Coarse sea salt, for the rim of the glasses
Method
Salt the rim of the glass by rubbing a grapefruit wedge around the edge, then dip into a plate of salt. Pour all ingredients into a glass and stir. Fill glass with ice and garnish with grapefruit wedge.
World Cocktail UK – Pimm’s Cup
Ingredients
250ml Pimm’s No.1
500ml lemonade
½ orange, cut into chunks
5 strawberries, cut into chunks
4-inch piece of cucumber, cut into chunks
Small bunch fresh mint, torn
Method
Add 10 ice cubes to large pitcher. Add all ingredients into pitcher and stir gently.
World Cocktail Poland – Szarlotka
Ingredients
60ml Żubrówka Bison Grass Vodka
120ml apple juice
Dash of ground cinnamon
Method
Mix the vodka with the apple juice. Have all your ingredients ice-cold. Transfer to a serving glass and sprinkle a pinch of ground cinnamon on top. Serve with ice.
World Cocktail Thailand – Siam Sunray
Ingredients
30ml Vodka
30ml Coconut Liqueur
15ml simple syrup
1 small Thai chilli pepper
3 slices young ginger
1 kaffir lime leaf
3 slivers lemon grass
3 drops lime juice
Soda water
Method
Crush chilli pepper, ginger, kaffir lime leaf and lemon grass together in a shaker to bring out the aroma and flavour. Add syrup, lime juice, coconut liqueur, and vodka. Shake well. Strain into a glass wit ice. Top with soda, garnish with chilli, lemon grass and a lime slice.
World Cocktail Singapore – Singapore Sling
Ingredients
30ml Gin
15ml Cherry Brandy Liqueur
10ml D.O.M Bénédictine
10ml Cointreau
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
100ml pineapple juice
15ml lime juice
10ml Grenadine
Soda water, to top
Pineapple and cherry, to garnish
Method
Pour the gin, cherry brandy, Bénédictine, Cointreau, Angostura Bitters, pineapple juice, lime juice, and grenadine into a cocktail shaker. Shake well to combine. Drop 4 ice cubes into a tall Collins glass. Pour the mixed cocktail over the ice cubes in the Collins glass. Fill the glass to the top with soda water. Garnish the drink with fruit.
World Cocktail Japan – Ginza Mary
Ingredients
60ml Vodka
45ml Sake
60ml tomato juice
15ml lemon juice
3-5 dashes Tabasco sauce
2 dashes soy sauce
Dash ground pepper
Method
Combine all ingredients except pepper in a mixing glass with ice and stir. Pour into a chilled Old-Fashioned glass. Grind pepper on top.
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