World Gin Day is on Saturday June 12th and who am I to argue? Let’s make cocktails!

Tom and Tina Warner decided life was too short for mediocre gin, so in 2012 they overhauled their family farm and started growing and sourcing all-natural ingredients to make real gorgeous gin.

Why not try our one of the following recipes this World Gin Day?

The classic G&T

Warner’s London Dry Gin with Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic or Indian Tonic and fresh orange garnish.

A twist on the classic – perfect for those who don’t like tonic  

Warner’s Rhubarb Gin with Fever-Tree Ginger Ale and blood orange garnish.

The Classic Negroni

The Negroni dates back to Italy in 1919 and was a variation on the classic Americano cocktail (Campari, Martini Rosso and Soda). Count Camillo Negroni asked his bartender, Fosco Scarselli, to make the drink stronger so (being a man of taste and style) he added gin. The ‘Count Negroni’ was born but it soon became known simply as the Negroni. It’s become one of the drinks of the current gin renaissance.

Ingredients:

·       25ml Warner’s London Dry Gin

·       25ml Campari

·       25ml Sweet Vermouth

Garnish:

·       Orange peel

Glassware:

·       Rocks

Method:

·       Pour all of the ingredients into an ice filled mixing glass, stir for 60 seconds and strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish with an orange peel, sit back, relax and enjoy!

Warner’s Rhubarb Sour 

The classic sour can be made with many spirits; however using Warner’s Rhubarb Gin however changes the complexity of the drink completely. The lemon and sugar create a sherbet like flavour with a burst of rhubarb coming through. The addition of the egg white gives the drink a smoother, richer texture.

Ingredients:

·       50ml Warner’s Rhubarb Gin

·       25ml Lemon juice

·       20ml Sugar syrup

·       Dash Angostura bitters

·       1 Egg white (optional)

Garnish:

·       Lemon twist

Glassware:

·       Coupette

Method:

·       Shake all ingredients together with ice for 10 seconds. Double strain into the other half of the shaker and empty the ice

·       Dry shake for another 10 seconds and pour into a Coupette, garnish with the lemon twist

Warner’s Halfway to Harrington 

Created by Mikey Enright at The Barber Shop in Sydney, named as The World’s Best Gin Bar in 2020

Ingredients:

·       30ml Warner’s London Dry Gin

·       30ml Warner’s Rhubarb Gin

·       20ml watermelon juice

·       10ml lemon juice

·       10ml finger lime cordial

·       3 drops salt bush

Glass: 

·       Gold rim coupette

Method: 

·       Add all ingredients, dry shake, wet shake, strain

Garnish: 

·       Toasted rhubarb nest

Warner’s is available exclusively in all Dan Murphy’s nationwide, priced at $79.99 for Warner’s Rhubarb Gin and $69.90 for Warner’s London Dry Gin – keep an eye out for regular special offer pricing.