This World Gin Day, enjoy your cocktails at home with these easy-to-make recipes curated by Monkey 47, an ultra-premium craft gin from Germany; Diageo India, a portfolio of over 50 local and international iconic spirits, and Stranger & Sons, an Indian company that makes gin at its distillery in Goa.
This year, Diageo India is encouraging people to experiment with their gin drinks by using fresh homegrown garnishes to create a #GardenInMyGlass.
Bee’s Knees

Ingredients:
Monkey 47 Gin – 60 ml
Fresh lemon juice – 20 ml
Honey Syrup – 20 ml (15 ml honey mixed with 1 tsp warm water)
Lime (for garnishing)
Method:
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.
Add gin, lemon juice and honey syrup. Shake well.
Strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass.
Garnish with a lime twist.
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Monkey 47 Gin Julep

Ingredients:
Monkey 47 Schwarzwald – 5 cl
Dry Gin – 5 cl
Simple syrup – 1 cl
mint leaves – 15
Method:
Muddle all the ingredients and shake it with ice cubes.
Double-strain into a silver mug filled with crushed ice.
Garnish it with a mint leaf.
Classic Tanqueray & Tonic

Ingredients:
Tanqueray London Dry Gin – 50 ml
Indian Tonic Water – 150 ml
Method:
Fill a large wineglass with ice.
Pour in Tanqueray and tonic water.
Stir well.
Garnish with fresh citrus slices (oranges, lemon, lime, or sweet limes).
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Mango & Gin

Ingredients:
Tanqueray London Dry Gin – 45 ml
Tonic – 150 ml
Mango juice – 30 ml
Mint spring – 2
Star anise – 1
Raw mango – 2 pieces
Method:
Pour the gin and mango juice in a glass and stir.
Tap the mint spring (to release the aroma). Add the star anise.
Fill the glass with crushed ice. Top it up with tonic and stir well.
Garnish with mint spring and raw mango.
Berried Tanqueray

Ingredients:
Tanqueray London Dry Gin – 60 ml
Cranberry juice – 30 ml
Lime juice – 10 ml
Tonic – 60ml
Soda – 60ml
Fresh Thyme
Method:
Add the gin, cranberry juice and lime juice in a glass
Tap the thyme. Fill the glass with ice, top it up with tonic, soda and stir well.
Garnish with a thyme sprig.
Pro Tip: You could also freeze some berries and flowers from your garden in ice and add it to make #GardeninMyGlass
Citrusy Sweet Tanqueray
