Sip, savour & celebrate your long weekend Add a fun twist to your well-deserved break with these delicious drinks
/Sip, savour & celebrate: 6 refreshing cocktails to amp up your long weekend Add a fun twist to your well-deserved break with these delicious drinks
Fill your fridge, stock your bar, and dust off your cooler. The long weekend is almost upon us, and no emergency trips to the store should come between you and your holiday schedule: sip, dip, repeat.
Add a refreshing twist to your weekend plans with these delightful cocktails. Whether you're feeling experimental or just seeking something new, we've rounded up the very best drink recipes to celebrate with your loved ones. Here are our top picks by Ali Hamdan, Head Mixologist and Beverage Manager at Hilton Maldives Amingiri and his team, Yangdup Lama, Mixologist - Budweiser Magnum Double Barrel Whiskey and Ami Shroff - Mixologist, Smoke Lab Vodka.
These are easy to mix, uniquely flavorsome, and the perfect way to channel your inner mixologist.
The Bardot
The Barot
Ingredients and quantities
Few American Gin - 40 ml
House-made chamomile citrus oil syrup - 30 ml
Freshly squeezed lemon juice - 10 ml Lychee syrup - 5 ml
Cocktail enhancer - 4 drops
Preparation
Add all the ingredients to a shaker and fill it with ice. Shake well, and fine strain into the glass.
Garnish and serve
Garnish with a Berry Tuile and serve in a coupe glass.
Kumiko
Ingredients and quantities
Kumiko
Beefeater 24 - 40 ml
Clarified melon, grapefruit, and yuzu blend - 40 ml
Mint cordial - 5 ml
Elderflower syrup - 5 ml
Finger lime - 1 tsp
Preparation
First, muddle the finger lime in a shaker. Add the rest of the ingredients and fill the shaker with ice. Shake well, strain, and pour over ice.
Garnish and serve
To garnish use a banana leaf and finger lime, finished with a pump of house-made sakura perfume- serve in a Kes-sho Geber.
Curry Highball
Ingredients and quantities
Curry leaves - 3
Passion fruit puree - 20 ml
Pressed lemon juice - 20 ml
Curry Highball
Simple Syrup - 15 ml
Beefeater 24 Gin - 60 ml
Tepache, fermented in the Cocktail Lab - 90 ml
Preparation
Muddle and shake.
Garnish and serve
Garnish with dehydrated pineapple and curry leaves and serve in a highball glass.
Sunset Soiree
Ingredients and quantities
Sunset Soiree
50 ml Smoke Lab Saffron Vodka 50 ml brew of jasmine & orange zest 10 ml honey-apple (or as per taste) Approx. 75ml tonic
Preparation
Jasmine-orange tea- Make a strong brew of dried jasmine flowers & orange zest and leave to cool.
Honey apple- Dilute organic honey with apple juice equal parts (1:1)
Garnish and serve
Built up - add all ingredients over ice in a wine glass or tall glass.
Garnish with a jasmine flower or any edible flower & smoke.
The Meadow
Ingredients and quantities
60ml Budweiser Magnum Double Barrel Whisky
10ml mint cordial
10ml fresh lime juice
3 drops vegan foamer
Preparation
Shaken and served straight up.
The Meadow
Garnish and serve
Garnish with an orange peel and fresh mint sprig.
American Pie
American Pie
Ingredients and quantities
60 ml Budweiser Magnum Double Barrel Whiskey
60 ml apple juice reduction
10 ml maple syrup
10 ml fresh lime juice
Preparation
Shaken and strained into a stem glass.
Garnish and serve
Dehydrated apple and grated cinnamon powder.
