One of our favorite things to do with freshly juiced citrus juice from our Hands-Free Citrus Juicer is to make cocktails. Using the Vinci Hands-Free Juicer to juice citrus for cocktails makes quick, clean and easy work of a usually sticky job.
Austin, TX. based Mixologist Eleanor Ahmuty shared with us some of her customer favorite cocktails using fresh citrus juice.
Ahmuty says that, "fresh citrus juice works to freshen up and balance craft cocktails, sometimes adding sweetness and sometimes sour- and that it can’t hurt to add a little vitamin C to your favorite cocktails."
All recipes are for 1 cocktail, scale up proportionally for one than one cocktail.
Classic Shaken Daiquiri
¾ oz simple syrup*
¾ oz lime juice
2 oz White Rum
Add all of the ingredients into a shaker tin, top with ice.
Shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
*To make simple syrup combine 1 cup of hot water with 1 cup of sugar, stir and let dissolve to create the syrup.
Bee’s Knees
¾ oz honey syrup*
¾ oz lemon juice
2 oz Gin
Add all of the ingredients into a shaker tin, top with ice.
Shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
*To make honey syrup combine ½ cup of hot water with 1 cup of honey, stir and let dissolve to create the syrup.
Chilton Collins
¾ oz lemon juice
2 oz Vodka
Add ingredients into a shaker tin, top with ice.
Shake lightly. Strain into a highball that is half rimmed with salt. Top with ice and club soda.
Paloma
¾ oz simple syrup*
¼ oz lime juice
¾ oz grapefruit juice
1 ½ oz Silver Tequila
Add ingredients into a shaker tin, top with ice.
Shake lightly. Strain into a collins glass that is rimmed with salt. Top with ice and club soda.
*To make simple syrup combine 1 cup of hot water with 1 cup of sugar, stir and let dissolve to create the syrup.
Apple Snap
½ oz lime juice
2 oz Bonded Applejack Brandy
Add ingredients into a highball glass, add ice and top with ginger beer.
GF Shandy
¼ oz simple syrup*
½ oz lime juice
¾ oz grapefruit juice
¾ oz St. Germain Elderflower liqueur
¾ oz gin or vodka
2 dashes of grapefruit bitters
Add all ingredients into a collins glass, add ice and top with a gose or lager style beer.
*To make simple syrup combine 1 cup of hot water with 1 cup of sugar, stir and let dissolve to create the syrup.
Bootlegger’s Retreat
½ oz Giffard’s Orgeat syrup*
¾ oz lemon juice
¼ oz St. Elizabeth’s All Dram spice liqueur
1 ½ oz Rye Whiskey
2 dashes orange bitters
Add all of the ingredients into a shaker tin, top with ice.
Shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
*Contains almonds
Miro Negroni
½ oz lime juice
¾ oz Dolin Blanc vermouth
1 oz Aperol
1 oz Silver Tequila
Stir all of the ingredients over ice until chilled and serve over one big rock with a grapefruit twist.
French 75
½ oz simple syrup*
½ oz lemon juice
1 oz Gin
Add all of the ingredients into a shaker tin, top with ice.
Shake lightly. Strain into a champagne flute and top with a brut sparkling white wine.
*To make simple syrup combine 1 cup of hot water with 1 cup of sugar, stir and let dissolve to create the syrup.
Dolin Spritz
½ oz Agave syrup
¾ oz lemon juice
½ oz Dolin Dry vermouth
1 ½ oz Dolin Blanc vermouth
2 dashes grapefruit bitters
Add ingredients into a shaker tin, top with ice.
Shake lightly. Strain into a collins glass. Top with ice and club soda.
*To make simple syrup combine 1 cup of hot water with 1 cup of sugar, stir and let dissolve to create the syrup.
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