Cocktail safari

Fresh Flavours Evoke Different Parts of South Africa

There’s more than one way to travel! Cocktail fans can take a journey from bush to beach with recipes that bring the spirit of adventure into your home.

Sala Beach House: The Sala Genius

Introduce a blend of elderflower, rose syrup, and triple sec to elevate a gin and tonic experience.

• Gin Sala: 45mℓ
• Triple sec: 20mℓ
• Lemon juice: 15mℓ
• Elderflower syrup: 10mℓ
• Rose syrup: 10mℓ
• Pink tonic: 200mℓ

Grootbos Private Nature Reserve: My Dear Erica and Bees Knees

The flashes of pink seen flowering on Grootbos in the winter months belong to the unique Erica irregularis, a heath-like plant found nowhere else in the world.

My Dear Erica

• 2 tots of Grootbos gin
• 1 tot Tranquility syrup (made from the Grootbos tea)
• 1 tot lemon juice
• Teaspoon strawberry liqueur
• Top up with soda water
• Garnish with Erica sprig

Bees Knees
Honey sourced from hives located on the Grootbos Reserve adds a distinctive bitter-sweet fynbos flavour to this cocktail.

• 2 tots Grootbos gin
• 1½ tots honey-infused water
• 1 tot lemon juice
• ½ tot orange juice
• 4 drops Foamee (vegan cocktail foam)

Steps:
Shake all ingredients together in a shaker and fine strain into a chilled glass. Garnish with dehydrated oranges.

Kruger Shalati: The Kruger Station

Kruger Shalati recently celebrated 100 years since the first tourists visited Kruger via the Selati Bridge.

Buffalo Rum

• Base: White rum
• Flavours: Appletiser, cranberry juice, and lime juice

Steps:

1. In a shaker, combine dark rum, Appletiser, cranberry juice, and lime juice with ice.
2. Shake well and strain into a rocks glass over ice.
3. Garnish with fresh blackberries and a sprig of mint.

Rainbow Rhino

• Base: Vodka
• Flavours: Blue curacao, lemonade, and cranberry juice

Steps:

1. Shake vodka, blue curacao, lemonade, and cranberry juice in a shaker with ice.
2. Muddle the cherry.
3. Strain into a rocks glass over ice.
4. Garnish with a lemon twist and a maraschino cherry.

Lion’s Mane

• Base: Scotch whisky
• Flavours: Apple liqueur, ginger beer, and lemon juice

Steps:

1. Combine Scotch whisky, apple liqueur, and lemon juice in a shaker with ice.
2. Shake well and strain into a rocks glass over ice.
3. Top with ginger beer and gently stir.
4. Garnish with an apple slice and a cinnamon stick.

Station Sunset

• Base: Tequila
• Flavours: Orange juice, passion fruit, and lime juice

Steps:

1. In a shaker, combine tequila, orange juice, passion fruit, and lime juice with ice.
2. Shake vigorously and strain into a martini glass.
3. Garnish with an orange slice and an edible flower on the rim of the glass.

Full Steam Ahead

• Base: Cranberry
• Flavours: Vodka, gin, triple sec, white rum, strawberry liqueur, and lemon juice

Steps:

1. In a cocktail glass, combine vodka, gin, triple sec, white rum, strawberry liqueur, and lemon juice.
2. Garnish with one strawberry.

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