A Quarantini? Yes please. Quarantine with cocktail recipes? Definitely!
What exactly is a Quarantini? It’s a drink you drink in lockdown and who says you can’t enjoy a nice glass of cocktail or schedule a cocktail hour while you are stuck at home.
This extended stay-home period (not all hope is lost!) is the perfect time for you to up their at-home bar game – to get the ball rolling, here is a list of quality cocktail recipes from some of the world’s top hotel bars to add to your repertoire.
Sydney Sling
Image Source: The Fullerton Hotel Sydney
Featuring the signature good ol’ Singapore Sling cocktail, the Sydney Sling is a local rendition of the Singaporean classic, by The Fullerton Hotel Sydney. Sweet, but with a touch spice, this cocktail is the ultimate happy hour tipple.
This ode to the original Singapore Sling allows you to get a taste of the iconic hotel cocktail experience, even while staying home!
Ingredients:
- 45ml gin -The Fullerton Hotel Sydney uses Four Pillars 58.8 Gin
- 45ml blood orange juice – grapefruit juice is a great substitute
- 15ml hibiscus liqueur – elderflower Liqueur is a great substitute
- 10ml ginger liqueur – alternatively, double up on ginger juice
- 25ml fresh lime juice
- 10ml fresh ginger juice
- 10ml Grenadine
- 20ml sugar syrup – see recipe below
- Dehydrated ginger slice – or any fruit of your choice, to garnish
Method:
- Combine all ingredients and shake together vigorously for five seconds.
- Strain into your desired glass over ice and enjoy.
Sugar Syrup: Making sugar syrup requires equal parts sugar and water. You can also make a thicker style syrup by adding two parts sugar to one-part water.
- Boil the water in a saucepan, add the sugar and stir until it dissolves.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Bob’s Old Fashioned
Bob’s Old Fashioned is a rendition of the classic, international cocktail with hints of Asian spices, made with Capella Singapore’s exclusive Navegante Rum.
Ingredients:
- Navegante Rum
- Sugar syrup
- Angostura bitters
- Homemade allspice dram (overproof rum, brown sugar, allspice berry, cinnamon)
- Cigar tincture
- Served with Navegante rum chocolate
Method:
- Place a large ice cube in an Old Fashioned glass.
- Combine rum, syrup, angostura bitters, allspice dram and cigar tincture.
- Garnish with orange twist.
Upper Southside Cocktail
Bringing the flavours of Hong Kong’s renowned Café Gray Bar to your home, this tipple here is a rejuvenating concoction of Hendrick’s Gin, fresh lime juice, mint leaves and cucumber chunks.
Ingredients:
- 50ml Hendrick’s Gin
- 20ml fresh lime juice
- 10ml fresh ginger juice
- 20ml sugar syrup
- 3-4 pieces of fresh cucumber chunks
- 3-4 fresh mint leaves
Method:
- Place the mint and the cucumber chunks into a shaker
- Add the syrup, lime juice and gin
- Lightly smash the mint leaves and cucumber
- Add ice and share for 6-8 seconds
- Double strain the liquid into a chilled Martini glass
- Garnish with a cucumber slice
Stay home, stay healthy and it’s time to “upgrade” your stay-at-home season by travelling to luxurious hotels and bars around the world with these cocktail recipes.
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