Cocktails of the week are submitted by 2010 staff and contributors. Posts include standout cocktails they created or enjoyed at an event, cocktail bar or at home.

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Chocolate Margarita

After trying a few different creations with creme de cacao the chocolate margarita was the stand out. 30mls tequila 15mls triple sec 15mls creme de cacao small dash of sugar syrup This is an easy one, just shake all ingredients hard on ice and strain into a chilled martini glass, garnish with shaved chocolate. Enjoy responsibly . . . → Read More: Chocolate Margarita

Mandarin and Saffron martini

mandarin and saffron martini

Using seasonal winter citrus in a home cocktail bar environment this is a highlight from some tasty creations made over a few evenings.

Mandarin and saffron martini

45ml vodka 15ml white rum a whole mandarin 1/4 lemon honey caster sugar 3/3 strands of saffron

Muddle  citrus, honey and sugar, and 3 strands of saffron

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Ginger apple pash

Made in a Caipiroska style this drink was a surprise hit at the Friday afternoon end of financial year in-house event for Multiport.

45ml Vodka 15ml Cointreau granny smith apples limes passion fruit syrup ginger beer 5ml gomme Raw sugar

Muddle limes, apple and raw sugar

Top shaker with ice and add everything except the ginger beer

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Hot toddy; winter warmer

Feeling the chill? Well chase it away with a classic European warm cocktail that was once a treatment for a cold or flu.

Get experimentally with different dark spirits and sweeteners.

45ml good dark rum or whiskey splash of lemon juice Sugar syrup 50-100ml boiling water

Add all ingredients to a heat proof glass, stir and let sit until . . . → Read More: Hot toddy; winter warmer

Ten Times the Fun Cocktail

15ml Tanqueray ten yr

10ml passionfriut syrup

5ml gomme

Shaken and topped with champagne

Garnish layered.

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Herbaceous Daiquiri 45-60mls white rum 30mls fresh lemon/lime juice 15ms sugar syrup Handful of coriander of your favorite herb Shake hard on ice and double strain

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