Mixologists at The Gin Club, Novotel have created a range of three limited-edition ‘GIN-gle bell’ cocktails.
The delicious cocktails are a twist on traditional Christmas treats and flavours, and are available from 13th November through to the end of December. The indulgent spiced tipples have been carefully crafted with notes of gingerbread, mince pie, and cranberry with roasted pine nut – available at participating Novotel bars all over the UK.
The three cocktails have been lovingly developed by three regional bar staff. Dubbed the Gingerbread Gin cocktail, mixologists at Ropewalks Food & Drink Lounge at Novotel Liverpool Centre created a delicious creation to get us in the Christmas spirit. Cranberry and Pine Nut are infused into The Soap Factory, Novotel Leeds Centre’s tipple, which is sure to warm the cockles. And bar tenders at eXchange Food & Drink Lounge, Novotel Manchester Centre, prepared the delectable and indulgent Mince Pie infused gin cocktail – merriment in a glass!
The Gin Club is Novotel’s range of six premium gins produced all around the world. Each gin has distinct tasting notes and brands include: Whitley Neill, The Botanist, Gin Mare, Monkey 47, Silent Pool and Sipsmith.
If you are feeling experimental, why not try your hand at these tipples and spread some festive cheer?
Gingerbread Gin cocktail
Ingredients
50ml Whitley Neill
25ml Gingerbread Syrup
25ml Egg White
To make the cocktail
- Dip the rim of a glass in gingerbread syrup, then coat in gingerbread cookie crumbs
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour in the Whitley Neill, gingerbread syrup and egg white. Shake until contents are well combined and chilled
- Strain into prepared glass
Cranberry and Roasted Pine Nut Gin cocktail
Ingredients
25ml Gin Mare
40ml of cranberry juice
20ml apple juice
15ml lime juice
1 bar spoon grenadine
Top up with ginger beer
To make the cocktail
- Flame rosemary and pine nuts and place the glass upside down on top of it too infuse
- While the infusion occurs, put all ingredients in the shaker – except for the ginger beer
- Shake it and double strain into a martini or coupe shared glass
- Add the rosemary and the pine nuts that were previously flamed and top up with the ginger beer
Mince Pie Infused Gin cocktail
Ingredients:
75 ml of Cloudy pear juice
50ml of Sipsmith
25ml of Mince Pie Syrup (100ml water, 100g golden caster sugar, 50g mincemeat)
1 Egg white
To make the cocktail
- To make the mince pie syrup, put 100ml water, golden caster sugar and mincemeat in a pan and bring to the boil. Cool and strain though muslin into a sieve.
- Combine the Sipsmith gin with mince pie syrup, cloudy pear juice and egg white. Shake well and serve on a coupe glass with a garnish of powdered cinnamon and pear slice
Shane Munro, Vice President Food and Beverage at Novotel, commented, “We are delighted to introduce the range of three festive cocktails to our menu using favourite gins from our Gin Club. The ‘GIN-gle bell’ cocktails are an adult twist on traditional Christmas favourites and flavours. The festive season is a time for celebration and indulgence, and we can’t wait to welcome cocktail enthusiasts to Novotel this Christmas and see people enjoying our delicious drinks”
The Gin Club is Novotel’s range of six premium gins produced all around the world. Each gin has distinct tasting notes and brands include: Whitley Neill, The Botanist, Gin Mare, Monkey 47, Silent Pool and Sipsmith.