3 Christmas Gin Cocktails With Amarula Gin
Looking for some gin based cocktails for your Christmas party this year? I’ve got you covered with 3 options covering an array of tastes that you can enjoy.
Christmas is right around the corner and after a quick google search for tasty tipples to enjoy this winter season, you’ve probably discovered that a lot of them have dark spirit bases. Which is great and all, I mean, I love a good hot toddy this time for year. Who doesn’t?
But what if you, like myself, and like many other, enjoy gin? Are we suppose to swap our drinking preferences just because the season has changed? And what if we still want to enjoy a summery cocktail? Is that sacrilegious? bah humbug!
You don’t have to be a scrooge to enjoy Gin at Christmas. That’s all I’m saying. And I’m thrilled to show you how with my 3 new serves created to be enjoyed at Christmas with that glorious botanical base we all do love so so much. Gin.
Seasonal Cocktails With Gin
Gin actually works great for all seasons. With juniper at its base, it’s a flavour that is easily paired with everything from passionfruit to cinnamon, summer to winter, spring to autumn. It’s one of the many reasons I love gin.
Winter warmers especially work great. A shot of gin in a mulled cider is heaven. Not to mention it makes the perfect gift right? So if you’re a gin lover and you’re expecting your yearly top up of gin, these 3 cocktails are ones to get prepared for so you can go from tearing open wrapping paper to sipping on something seasonal within minutes of seeing you’ve received a bottle gin.
And if you’re gifting a bottle of gin this year, I have the perfect one to consider. Amarula gin.
Amarula Gin
Amarula is an African gin made with the marula fruit. It’s the first gin ever to be made with the marula fruit so it’s a really unique sipper. What’s interesting about this gin is that it has a really exotic flavour. Juniper berries, orange peel and blossom, and Ghanaian grains of paradise are steeped for 24 hours in the complex, yet delicate marula spirit and later gently distilled in a pot still.
So it’s perfect for those light, crisp cocktails. Yet that contrast between the exotic flavours and wintery flavours really works great.
It’s also the gift that gives back. The Amarula Trust was originally set up to safeguard the African elephant – vital to the marula fruit harvest – and preserve the legacy of its local communities. Amarula’s charitable function is framed under the Giving as One campaign which splits its work into three main pillars: elephant conservation, empowering people, and strengthening local communities. For every litre of gin they sell, they donate £1 to the trust. So by purchasing Amarula for someone’s Christmas present, you’re ending the year on a charityable note.
Much like the good people who enjoy amarula gin, elehpants really enjoy munching on the marula fruit you see. So protecting those elephants is vital.
As a side note, do elephants munch? Or should I say elephants really enjoy “swallowing” the marula fruit? Do they even have teeth? I don’t think I’ve ever seen an elephant tooth but surely if they eat fruit they need teeth right?..
Anyway, you can find out more about Amarula gin here
If you want to gift this gin to a gin lover in your life (even if that gin lover is yourself) I recommend amazon. They have an official store on amazon so it’s coming straight from them, its currently at a 11% discount and you can get it on prime, so you know damn well it will arrive on time. Check it out here.
Below are those cocktails and whilst you get to sipping, I’m going to get to googling to see if elephants have teeth.
Cocktail Recipes
Blue Christmas
Ingredients
Instructions
- Shake everything and fine strain into a chilled Nick and Nora
- Garnish with an orange segment and a spoon of papaya seeds
Nutrition Facts
Calories
258.58Fat
0.1Sat. Fat
0.02Carbs
31.63Fiber
0.33Net carbs
31.3Sugar
27.95Protein
0.16Sodium
18.37Cholesterol
0The nutritional information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice. See our full nutrition disclosure here.
Drunk Elephants
Ingredients
Instructions
- Shake everything well and serve in a chilled Old Fashioned glass. Garnish with the orange leaves and grate nutmeg to taste.
- Combine both ingredients in a blender and blend till smooth. Bottle up and you're ready to use.
Notes
Did you know that elephants eating peanuts is a myth. Yep. They do however love the marula fruit which is used to make Amarula gin. So either way, you're drinking something an elephant would love.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
962.1Fat
83.7Sat. Fat
61.9Carbs
20.52Fiber
1.54Net carbs
18.98Sugar
8.31Protein
16.52Sodium
283.3Cholesterol
11.16The nutritional information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It includes ALL the milk as well as the cocktail. So don't worry, it's not 900+ cals per cocktail, that's per cocktail and a whole bottle of milk. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice. See our full nutrition disclosure here.
A Very Sunny Christmas
Ingredients
Instructions
- Build in glass over cubed ice and stir to combine.
- Garnish with a physalis and a wrapping paper wrapped glass, tied on with the string from your Amarula gin bottle
- In a pan, combine 200 grams of water, 100 grams of sugar, and 1 large banana (peeled) Muddle the banana into the water then bring to a boil whilst stirring.
- Once the sugar has dissolved, simmer the mix for 5 minutes then take it off the heat. Strain the mix whilst hot then stir in 3 teaspoons of citric acid (or 100ml of lime juice) and 100ml of fresh orange juice.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
713.47Fat
0.97Sat. Fat
0.18Carbs
141.01Fiber
3.69Net carbs
137.33Sugar
124.94Protein
2.19Sodium
14.11Cholesterol
0The nutritional information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It includes ALL the syrup as well as the cocktail. So don't worry, it's not 700+ cals per cocktail, that's per cocktail and a whole bottle of syrup. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice. See our full nutrition disclosure here.
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