If there is one thing we know at Matt La Moda it’s that no matter the season ,gin is in .

And with that said ,here are a selection of the freshest and finest in gin cocktails for the summer season.

The Blood Orange Bitter

A deep and delicious cocktail with a bitter twist that is sure to get those taste buds tingling.

Ingredients:

• Beefeater Gin
• 50 ml fresh blood orange juice
• 1 blood orange
• About 100ml tonic water
• Ice

How to make your Blood Orange Bitter:

1. Fill a highball glass with ice.
2. Add 50ml of gin then squeeze the juice from half a blood orange in.
3. Add 50ml of fresh blood orange juice.
4. Top with tonic water and gently stir.
5. Garnish with a blood orange slice and serve.

The Elderflower Cooler

One extraordinarily elegant drink that refreshes the pallet leaving you revitalized.

Ingredients:

• Beefeater Gin
• 10ml Elderflower cordial
• 50ml Apple juice
• Crushed ice
• Mint to garnish

How to make your Elderflower Cooler

1. Chill a long glass with plenty of crushed ice.
2. Pour 50ml of gin,10ml of elderflower cordial and 50ml of apple juice into a cocktail shaker.
3. Shake and strain into a long glass.
4. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint.

The Blackberry short

A mouth-watering classic that boasts subtle kicks of fruity flavour that dance of the tongue.

Ingredients:

• Beefeater Gin
• 5 blackberries
• 5 fresh mint leaves
• 1 lemon
• Tonic water

How to make your Blackberry short

1. Set out a short glass.
2. Place 3 blackberries,5 mint leaves and juice of 1/2 lemon in each glass and muddle together.
3. Fill each glass with ice, followed by 50ml of gin.
4. Add remaining blackberries to the glass.
5. Top off with tonic water, stir and serve .

God Luck from The Matt La Moda Team