5 Delicious & Easy Champagne Cocktails to celebrate The Queen's Platinum Jubilee!
Heating & Plumbing London have created a range of cocktails to help you celebrate The Queen's Platinum Jubilee! The cocktails need just a few ingredients that can be pre-mixed and topped up with a bottle of chilled Champagne. You don’t need to be a mixologist or have a full cocktail bar kit to kick start your picnic season with bar quality cocktails! In your garden, or at a poolside, in you favourite park or on a beach, these cocktails are a perfect accompaniment for any picnic.
The Dusky Pink (in the banner image)
Our sweet and elegant cocktail, inspired by the scent of summer!
Ingredients
100g Strawberries
30g Caster sugar
Pink Champagne
3 Tbsp Rosewater
Method
1. Blend strawberries, sugar & rosewater to form a puree.
2. Divide between two glasses and top up with chilled Pink Champagne.
The Rainbow
Our bright & fruity cocktail, just what you need for picnics in the park!
Ingredients
Champagne
50ml Orange juice
25ml Sugar syrup
Orange peel
Method
1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, add the gin, orange juice & sugar syrup and shake well.
2. Divide between two glasses and top up with chilled Champagne.
3. Twist an orange peel into each glass.
Sherwood Forest
A fresh and rich tasting cocktail inspired by walks in the forest!
Ingredients
Champagne
30ml Lemon juice
20ml Maple syrup
40ml Gin
30ml Elderflower liquor
Rosemary sprig
Method
1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, add lemon juice, maple syrup, gin & elderflower liquor and shake well.
2. Divide between two glasses and top up with chilled Champagne.
3. Stir the glasses with a rosemary sprig.
The Posh Getaway
This Is the perfect beach cocktail. Full of exotic summer flavours!
Ingredients
Pink Champagne
50ml Gin
50ml Lychee juice
4 Drops of Lemon bitters
1 Tbsp of Elderflower cordial
Method
1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, add gin, cordial & lychee juice, shake well.
2. Divide between two glasses and add lemon bitters.
3. Stir and top up with chilled Pink Champagne.
Pink Checks
Our Summer fruit inspired cocktail. Perfect for evening picnics in the garden or in the park!
Ingredients
Champagne
80g Blackberries
40ml Gin
50ml Lime juice
Half a cup of fresh mint leaves
Method
1. Blend blackberries, mint & lime juice to form a puree.
2. Divide between 2 glasses and add the gin.
3. Top up with chilled Champagne and stir.
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