QVT products can be enjoyed neat, on the rocks or in a cocktail. Here are some ideas.
Gin & Tonic Pink
Make sure that your glass is filled with lots of ice!
Pour over the gin and add the tonic, ideally also cold when put in the glass.
Decorate with strawberries or raspberries or something else that you like!
Here is how you make it :
(Serves 1)
4 cl QVT Gin
Pink Tonic (for example Fever Tree Aromatic or Fentimans Pink Grapefruit tonic)
Ice
Margatini (Gin Margarita)
If you would like salt-rimmed glasses, begin by running a lime slice (the juicy part) around the top rim of a glass. Fill a shallow bowl with salt, and dip the rim in the salt until it is covered with your desired amount of salt. Set aside.
Add gin, lime juice and Cointreau to a cocktail shaker, and shake or stir until combined. Taste, and if you would like it to be sweeter, stir in a half teaspoon of agave or simple syrup at a time, until the mix reaches your desired level of sweetness.
Fill glass with ice. Pour in the margarita mixture over the rocks. Serve immediately, garnished with an extra lime wedge if desired.
Here is how you make it :
(Serves 1)
4.5 cl QVT Gin
3 cl Cointreau (or other orange liqueur)
2 cl freshly-squeezed lime juice
optional sweeteners: agave nectar or simple syrup, if desired
for serving: lime wedge, coarse salt, ice
Tom Collins
One sip and you will discover why the Tom Collins has been a favourite cocktail for over a century. It is a tall, refreshing gin sour and a really nice option for a hot summer day. The recipe is easy to follow, making it a drink that anyone can mix – perfect for those hot summer evenings!
Instructions
Pour the gin, lemon juice and syrup in a long drink glass with ice cubes. Stir thorougly.
Top up with soda. Garnish with an slice of lemon (or other fruit if you prefer).
If you prefer, you can shake the gin, juice and syrup and pour over the ice, then top up with soda. Voilà!
Here is how you make it :
(Serves 1)
4-6 cl QVT Gin
3 cl lemon juice (ideally fresh)
1-2 tbsp simple syrup
sodawater
ice
a slice of lemon
Classic Martini
Perhaps the simplest of all cocktails, what the martini lacks in ingredients it more than makes up for in mystique and popularity. Famous fans include President Franklin D Roosevelt, Churchill, Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Chandler, WC Fields and, last but not least, Homer Simpson, a man who is very clear how he likes his martinis: “full of alcohol”.
As Mittie Hellmich writes in the Ultimate Bar Book, a martini is “structured on the perfect botanical balance between gin’s juniper berry and dry vermouth’s herbal qualities”. Conversely, vodka, a deliberately smooth and neutral spirit, brings nothing to the party.
Instructions
Put the martini glass in the freezer along with the gin and chill for at least half an hour.
Dissolve the salt in 20ml water.
Half fill a mixing glass with ice and add the gin, vermouth and a tiny dash of salt solution, if using.
Stir for 30 seconds, touching the glass as little as possible to keep it cold, then strain into the chilled glass.
Twist the lemon over the top of the drink, then wipe it around the rim of the glass and drop it in.
Serve immediately. Repeat at your own risk .
Here is how you make it :
(Serves 1)
4 parts QVT Gin (or adjust ratio to suit your own tastes)
5g fine salt (optional)
1 part chilled dry vermouth
Ice
1 strip of lemon peel
Guillotine
This drink is also called The Red Snapper and this is gin’s answer to a Bloody Mary. As this is France we have adjusted the ingredients slightly and also given it a more suitable name. This is a tall, refreshing pick-me-up, designed with 11am on Sunday in mind. It can easily be made in a pitcher for those friends who stayed the night.
Instructions
Use the salt and pepper to rim your glass/es (preferably a long drink glass). Add the rest of the ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into your glass. Garnish with rosemary and add a celery stick if you like. Ready for the day.
Here is how you make it :
(Serves 1)
30ml QVT Gin
120ml tomato juice
15ml lemon juice
7 drops Tabasco hot sauce
4 dashes Worcestershire sauce
2 pinches celery salt
2 grinds black pepper
A sprig of rosemary
Southside Fizz or Royale:
This is also called a Gin Mojito, and is refreshing alternative to a gin and tonic.
Instructions
Add the mint to a shaker and gently mash. Pour in the gin, lime and sugar syrup and add ice. Shake. Fine strain into a long glass and top up with soda water or turn it into a Royale buy toping it up with Champagne, we use some of the local Provence sparkling wine such as Mirabeau’s delicious ‘ La Folie.
Here is how you make it :
(Serves 2)
60ml QVT Gin
30 ml Fresh Lime
15 ml Sugar syrup
8 Mint leaves
Soda Water for a Fizz
Champagne for a Royale