If any of you are like us, choosing which cocktail to drink can be a hard choice. Short, long, sweet or sour – mood and context changes the decision each time. Fortunately for all, Bombay Sapphire have come up with an inspired trio of tipples to suit any mood. Served in the tranquil surroundings of the V&A’s John Madejski garden Bombay Sapphire’s Imagination bar is serving a range of cocktails during the museum’s Friday Late Summer camps.
Imagine
50ml Bombay Sapphire
15ml Maraschino (cherry Liqueur)
15ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
5ml Crème de Violette
15ml egg white
Lemon twist
Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice, shake and then strain into a chilled martini glass
Punch Illusion
30ml Bombay Sapphire
10ml Martini Rosso
10ml Chambord
125ml lemonade
Place all ingredients into a highball glass, add ice, stir
Garnish with lemon slice, orange slice, raspberry and a mint sprig
Blue Sky Thinking
50ml Bombay Sapphire
25ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
10ml sugar syrup
15ml Creme de Myrtle
dash of soda
Place the first 3 ingredients into your glass, stir
Add crushed ice to until the glass is 3/4 full and stir again
Add the dash of soda and a little more crushed ice
Stir once more and then garnish with a couple of slices of lemon and a few blueberries
Finally lace or pour the Creme de Myrtle over the top of the cocktail
All three cocktails featured above, along with other cocktails are available to purchase at the Bombay Sapphire Imagination bar during V&A FRIDAY LATE: SUMMER CAMP (Friday 29 July, 26 August & 30 September, 18.30-22.00).