Skinny and non-alcoholic cocktails for January

Don’t laugh but some of us are in abstinence mode this month. If you’re doing a detox-lite version, purely to atone for over consumption on the Christmas calorie front, try the slim-line GA & P Skinny Hi-ball with gin and Aperol (above), but if you’re going hardcore, perk up your tastebuds with these fruitilicious non-alcoholic versions, all created by the experts at Shaker Consultancy.

SKINNY COCKTAILS

G A & P

35ml London Dry Gin
15ml Aperol
2 dashes Plum Bitters
15ml fresh lemon juice
Top with tonic water

Method:
Build first four ingredients in a Collins glass over ice, top with tonic water and garnish with a halved kumquat and pink grapefruit slice.

NON-ALCOHOLIC COCKTAILS

Blueberry & Rosehip Sling

8 blueberries
20ml rosehip cordial
25ml passion fruit puree
15ml fresh lemon juice
50ml apple juice

Method:
Muddle blueberries in glass, build and churn through crushed ice into a Sling glass. Garnish with a quartered passion fruit and three blueberries.

Rhubarb Smash

8-12 mint leaves
25ml rhubarb and rosehip cordial
25ml fresh lemon juice
50ml apple juice

Method:
Shake all ingredients over ice. Fine strain into a Collins glass and garnish with a lemon spiral, raspberry and dried apple slice.

Ginger and Nettle Lemonade 

Small piece fresh ginger
20ml nettle cordial
20ml fresh lemon juice
5ml sugar syrup
Topped with soda water

Method:
Muddle ingredients in a shaker tin. Shake over ice and strain into a Collins glass. Garnish with a sprig of mint and ginger and lemon slices.

Shaker Consultancy barconsultancy.com.