It’s springtime...time for some seasonal-colored cocktails like this Pear-fection cocktail with gin, pear nectar and Pernod.

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April 2007

Product Reviews / Main Nibbles / Cocktails

Easter Cocktails

Serve Pastel Colors With Spring-Like Garnishes

Serve seasonal pastel cocktails for Easter with recipes courtesy of Martin Miller’s Gin.

The names of the cocktails may not be Easter-like, but when you think that a drink called the Easter Bunny consists of 1-1/2 ounces dark Crème de Cacao, 1/2 ounce vodka, 1 teaspoon chocolate syrup and 1 teaspoon cherry brandy—that’s just an alcoholic Easter basket!

These cocktails provide a little sweetness with a lot more sophistication!

French 75

• 2 ounces Martin Miller’s Gin
• ½ ounce simple syrup (2 parts sugar/1 part water)
• ½ ounce fresh lemon juice
• Shake all ingredients in a shaker with ice.  Pour into martini
  glass and garnish with fresh berries.

Martin Miller’s Aloha

• 1 ounce Martin Miller’s Gin       
• ½ ounce crème de cassis
• 1 ounce pineapple juice
• Shake all ingredients with ice in shaker;
  strain into martini glass. 
• Garnish with a pineapple wedge

Martin Miller’s Pear-fection

• 2 ounces Martin Miller’s Gin                                                 
• 4 ounces Pear Nectar                                               
• ¼ ounce Pernod                                                       
• Shake all ingredients in shaker
• Strain into martini glass and garnish with a pear slice

Martin Miller’s Southsider

• 2 ounces Martin Miller’s Gin
• ½ ounce lime juice (1/2 fresh lime)
• ¾ ounce simple syrup (2 parts sugar/ 1 part water)
• Dash of egg white (optional)
• 10 mint leaves (tear)
• Pour all ingredients over ice and shake vigorously. 
• Serve in a collins glass filled with ice
• Garnish with a sprig of mint
  

Martin Miller’s Pom-tini

• 2 ounces Martin Miller’s Gin
• 1-½ ounces pomegranate liqueur or juice
• Dash of egg white (optional)
• Shake all ingredients in a shaker filled with ice
• Pour into a martini glass and garnish with a sprig of mint

Miller’s Madras

• 2 ounces Martin Miller’s Gin
• 2 ounces cranberry juice 
• 2 ounces orange juice
• Combine ingredients in an ice-filled collins glass
• Garnish with an orange twist

Miller’s Melon-tini

• 1 ounce Martin Miller’s Gin       
• 1 ounce Midori melon liqueur
• 1 ounce white cranberry juice

• Shake ingredients in shaker; strain into martini
  glass

• Garnish with a watermelon and honeydew melon balls
  arranged on a toothpick

Very Berry Martini

• 2 ounces Martin Miller’s Gin
• ¾ ounce crème de cassis
• ½ ounce grenadine

• Shake all ingredients in a shaker with ice

• Pour into a martini glass and garnish with fresh berries

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