Toast To World Gin Day With These Refreshing Sips

World Gin Day happens to fall over the weekend (on Saturday, June 8), so raise a glass to gin as you relax this weekend.

Nolet’s Silver Carrot and Pineapple Punch:

2 cups Nolet’s Silver Gin

2 cups Carrot Juice

2 cups Pineapple Juice

1/2 cup Lemon Juice

1 tsp. Fresh Grated Ginger

2 cups Ginger Beer

Directions: Mix all ingredients together in a punch bowl and stir gently. Add ice and garnish with edible flowers and citrus wheels. Make ahead: freeze an ice mold adding citrus fruit or edible flowers. Makes 8-10 cocktails.

Rose & Berries:

1.25 oz. Tanqueray London Dry

1/2 Teaspoon Rose Water

Fever Tree Elderflower Tonic (to fill)

Rose Petals, for garnish

Raspberries, for garnish

Strawberries, for garnish

Directions: Build all ingredients in a coupe or Copa glass. Stir and garnish.

Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin Signature G&T:

1.5 oz. Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin

Top-off with chilled premium Tonic Water

Fresh Ruby Red Grapefruit

Directions: Fill a glass tumbler with cubed ice. Add a generous measure of Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin and top it with chilled premium tonic water. Garnish with a thick wedge of fresh, Ruby Red Grapefruit to emphasize the refreshing citrus notes.

Sweeny Tod Collins:

2 oz. Bombay Sapphire Gin

2 oz. fresh Watermelon Juice

1 oz. Simple Syrup

1 oz. Soda

Directions: Served in a couple or highball with ice (shaken or over ice)

Jaisalmer Indian G&T:

50 ml Jaisalmer Gin

125 ml Fever Tree Indian Tonic Water

Orange Peel, for garnish

Directions: Fill a Copa glass with ice. Add Jaisalmer Gin and top up with Fever Tree Indian Tonic Water. Add an orange peel twist.