Red is the colour of love and what better way to say I love you than with an Angostura® Valentine’s Day cocktail recipe, perfect to accompany your romantic evening in with that special someone. Here are three easy to mix cocktails you can make at home for the month of love.
New England Fizz
Glass: Champagne Flute
Method: Add all ingredients into a shaker, except for the bubbles. Shake with ice and double strain into a chilled champagne flute. Top with champagne. Garnish with fresh or dried cranberries.
Ingredients
- 30ml White Rum
- 15ml Maple Syrup
- 15ml Fresh lemon juice
- 2 bar spoons cranberry jam
- 2 dashes Angostura® aromatic bitters
- Top with Bubbles
Garnish: fresh or dried cranberries
Metropolitan
Glass: Chilled Coupe
Method: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice cubes and combine all the ingredients. Shake well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Drape a pair of fresh cherries over the side of the glass.
Ingredients
- 45 ml Brandy
- 25 ml Sweet Vermouth
- 2-3 dashes of Angostura® aromatic bitters
- Dash of Simple Syrup
Garnish: Fresh Cherries
Hurricane
Glass: Highball
Method: Shake all ingredients except the Angostura aromatic bitters. Add ice to highball glass and strain mix over ice.
Float Angostura aromatic bitters on top to taste.
Ingredients
- 50 ml Rum
- 25 ml Orange juice
- 25 ml Pineapple juice
- 25 ml Passionfruit syrup
- 15 ml Lime juice
- 10 ml Grenadine
- Float Angostura® aromatic bitters
Garnish: orange slice, pineapple leaves and an edible flower
