Mocktails, every party must have!

Mocktails every party must have!

Having going through a number of tastes and varieties, I have come up with the concept that why not share the easy going mocktail recipes with all? Being a beverage chef, my personal experience in mixology making has helped me in sharing this with all. 

Well, mocktails, they are an amalgamation of two beverages together. Well, it oozes the freshness in you. But wait a minute, you have got a party at your place, so what special mocktails can be listed? Yes, this thing gives you the lines of tensions. So, don’t worry. Just, scroll this down to see how simple it is to prepare mocktails at your place. So, here are the simple yet easy to make mocktails for every party. Just try them!

Italian Cream Soda

Ingredients:

100 ml watermelon flavored syrup

250 ml passion fruit flavored syrup

250 ml carbonated water

30 ml half-and-half cream

Method : Fill in a tall glass with ice and fill 2/3rd of it with carbonated water. Pour in watermelon and passion fruit flavoured syrup, then float half-and-half cream on top. Stir it well when ready to drink. 

Designated Appletini

Ingredients:

60 ml fresh apple Juice

20 ml lemon juice

30 ml simple syrup

A slice of apple for garnishing

Granulated sugar for rimming

Method: In a cocktail shaker filled with crushed ice, add apple juice, lemon juice and simple syrup. Shake it well. Strain into a glass rimmed with granulated sugar. Garnish with an apple slice. Serve it chilled.

Shirley Temple

Ingredients :

2 tsp pineapple crush

500 ml Soda

2 tbsp vanilla ice cream

6 to 8 drops lime juice

Ice cubes (crushed)

2 tsp orange crush

Sugar syrup according to taste

Method :

Blend pineapple, orange crush, ice cream and lime juice. Pour in a glass and serve with ice.

Hope, these simple to try and experiment mocktails are of great help for all. So, get these easy to fetch mocktail recipes in all in one (especially for your parties)!

Easy Cocktail Garnish Ideas

Ranging from a flower or petal, an olive or sprig of mint, to a piece of crystallised stem ginger, garnishes add the finishing touch to a cocktail. Garnishing allows you to be creative, but it is intended for enhancing the flavour, colour and overall appearance of your drink rather than disguising it, so ensure you do not make your cocktail to look like fruit salad! Decorate after mixing and pouring the drink.

1.Choose a garnishing fruit that complements or reflects the ingredients of the drink.Apricot wedges to go with an Apricot Sour, Strawberries in a Strawberry Dawn, slices of banana in a Banana Diaquiri. Or try contrasting colours and tastes.

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 2.Slices or wedges of lemon, orange and lime are colourful and easy to use.

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3.Thread glace cherries on coloured cocktail sticks to achieve a brighter effect.

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4.Select exotic fruits such as mango, pineapple or kiwi to enhance tropical drinks.

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5.Use of a sprinkling of powdered nutmeg or cinnamon, or grated chocolate, to add to attractiveness of drinks with cream or egg incorporated.

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6.Try adding paprika, celery sticks, cucumber slices, stuffed olives and pearl onions to enhance less sweet cocktails.

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7.Extravagances such as paper parasols and coloured straws add a flamboyant touch.

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8.Twists or spirals of peel are made by using a sharp knife to shave off strips of the coloured part of the peel leaving behind the white pith. The peel is twisted over the drink, releasing a fine spray of oil into the glass and the peel then dropped in.

Ice Vs Mixology

Ice Vs Mixology

         Considering the frozen ingredient, it is most appreciated form and is a crucial ingredient that can melt hearts. Yes, when we are talking about Ice, if your ice is too small, then you need to add too much of mixer to the ice and if the ice is too big, then you need to add a very little quantity of the mixer. Then those crushed ice blended are easier for the blended drinks. In many cases, the cubed ice can actually melt fast and that cannot be distributed even more evenly. There is also a need to store the ice in a better way. This can be only done unless and until you have the right storage facility in your bar. Thus, this helps in making it more feasible to get the exact cocktail you have well reserved in your mind. Rounded ice is generally better as compared to the square ones. The reason is that they are less likely to stick together and can actually create problem for the bartender and also the drinker.

Then in the last place, there is actually a need to consider that you need to make sure that you should have a good strong metal ice scoop. In many cases, the ice will stick together and then a metal scoop can be actually used in the breaking of the ice. But in case, you are using plastics ones, they will melt very easily. It should be noted that, you should never scoop the ice directly with the glass. In case, if the glass breaks, then you will have to dump the ice out.  

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Tiki Cocktail

Tiki culture is a pop culture occurrence that swept the USA in the early 1950's. It happened to be a unique cocktail of Hawaiian dresses and tropical beverages...which dealt all about the good taste details in recent history.

Tiki cocktails turn out to be just one portion of this culture, a fact that continues to prosper even today. When one craves for taking pleasure in any particular thing and is about to make preparations for organizing a theme bash, 'tiki parties' continue to be one of the most preferred ones.
So friends, let's take a glance upon the minute details of what actually a Tiki Cocktail is.

What does a Tiki Cocktail really mean ?

Although there are 'n' number of characteristics that contribute in the making of a tasty and a notable drink of the tiki genre, the following features are considered much often whilst considering a tiki bartender's array -

Usage of Rum :- Any tiki cocktail includes no less than one rum (example: Caribbean), however more number of quantities are also used. Rum is basically distilled alcoholic beverage, that is made from the byproducts of sugar-cane.

Usage of Fruits :- In an exact tropical style, such drinks can include fruit extracts or can have countless number of fruits in that particular beverage. A major part of it include oranges, guava, coconuts, pineapples, etc. The presence of these fruits can also defy the dense alcoholic taste. This makes the cocktails mild enough and suitable for drinkers who fancy not much alcohol flavor. It's like an overpowering experience and gives you such a kick !

Usage of Flavor surfaces :- Use of maximum ingredients adds profundity to the drink's flavor, but again, moderation is the key factor so as to render a delectable experience.

Usage of Spices :- Though not compulsory, one can find that cocktails having an ingredient that adds just a quirky finishing touch to it. Falernum (a spiced lime and almond liqueur), cinnamon syrup, Pimento dram (allspice flavored liqueur), etc can be found much often.

Bartender Nikhil (founder, Mixoflair Institute of Beverage Studies) says, "Ever since tiki culture began, recipes were not known to the general public for long. Now that bartenders have began experimenting in their styles and the fact the audience has become much receptive than earlier, it has been gaining much required limelight recently".

Recipe :

1934 Zombie Punch :-

15 ml            Jamaican Rum

15 ml            Gold Puerto Rican Rum 

30 ml            151 Proof Demerara Rum 

1 Tbsp           Grenadine Syrup

15 ml            Cinnamon Syrup

2 Dashes       Absinth

1 Dash          Bitter

4                    Ice Cubes

Method :-

Shake Vigorously

Strain in to a tall tiki mug , filled with crushed ice

Garnish with mint sprig

Tiki culture is a pop culture occurrence that swept the USA in the early 1950's. It happened to be a unique cocktail of Hawaiian dresses and tropical beverages...which dealt all about the good taste details in recent history.