Drinks recipes: Three home-made cocktails to try

Replicating an iconic cocktail from your favourite character or movie is actually easy at home. You don’t need to go to the bar, homemade cocktails will do the trick.

When viewers were first introduced to the effortlessly smooth, white-jacket-and-black-bow-tie wearing bartender in Casablanca in the iconic film in 1942 such a scene has been repeatedly redone since.

Home-made cocktails

“The name is Bond, James Bond.” Fans of these classic movies will know that the spy’s preferred drink is a martini.

In Casino Royale, Bond ordered in Ian Fleming’s 1953 book a Vesper Martini, named after the seductive double agent Vesper Lynd.

This order is possibly the most famous drink order. Don’t be deterred, recreating this martini at home is quite easy, courtesy of Spruce Eats.

James Bond’s Vesper Martini

Ingreidents

• 85 grams of gin
• 28 grams of vodka
• 14 grams Lillet Blanc, or dry vermouth
• Lemon peel, for garnish

Method

1. In a cocktail shaker, combine gin, vodka, and Lillet Blanc or dry vermouth.
2. Shake well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
3. Garnish with a large piece of lemon peel. Serve and enjoy.

Every James Bond fan knows this recipe as the first martini that Bond ordered in Ian Fleming’s 1953 book, “Casino Royale” (or the 2006 movie). Named after the seductive double agent Vesper Lynd, it is possibly the most famous drink order in history and extremely precise. Recreating the Vesper martini at home is easy, but it also requires interpretation.

The Reyka cocktail

The new series on M-Net has impressed many viewers. Gripping edge of your seat crime drama starring Kim Englebrecht as the lead, Reyka Gema.

This homemade cocktail is as strong as the character in the series and unexpected too.

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Ingredients

• 2 parts Reyka Vodka
• ¾ parts pineapple syrup
• 1 part lime juice
• Pinch of coriander
• Organic dried Orange wheels

Method

1. Measure out all Reyka’s vodka, pineapple syrup and lime juice
2. Combine ingredients and mix well
3. Pour into your galss
4. Garnish with an orange wheel and a pinch of coriander

Holey Smokes

For centuries brandy has captured the imaginations of many and has been considered a status symbol in many parts of the world. Musgrave’s Copper was released in 2018 it has created a create two innovative, infused pot-still brandy blends – Musgrave Copper Vanilla and Musgrave Copper Black Honey.

The brandy is shaking up the sector and just like any movie, Musgrave is a protagonist in their efforts to change the narrative of the spirit.  

Pushing boundaries of the tradition that brand is “for men”, their range also appeals more to a female market and boasts some of Africa’s most celebrated ingredients such as honey and fig.                          

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Special solution:

Two-part coarse salt to 1 part boiling water. Blend in a blender till all salt has dissolved. Bottle and use a dasher dropper. 

What you need: Large clear ice block and a glass rocks tumbler.

Ingredients

• Evita Fig
• Thyme
• MG Copper Honey
• Pale dry Sherry
• Chambord
• Sailine solution
• Stoney Extra Kwetsa
• Half Fig and Thyme bundle

Method

1. Muddle half fig and pinch of thyme in a shaker
2. Add all ingredients except for Stoney Extra Kwetsa.
3. Add lots of ice and roll/throwback
4. forth x 4. top with ginger beer and garnish.