Rhubarb and Strawberry Gin Cocktails

This summer Boodles launched a pink gin, a very English-sounding and very delicious-sounding Rhubarb and Strawberry Gin.

Boodles have been making gin since 1845, and no matter how successful you are there must come a time when you get tired of making the same old gin, year after year. So, 175 years after they were founded Boodles decided to produce a pink gin.

To make the pink gin Boodles took their original London Dry-style gin and added fresh rhubarb and fresh strawberries, both things I love and which are absolutely delicious in combination. Other than having them with custard, I can’t imagine anything better than infusing them into a gin.

Rhubarb and Strawberry Gin Cocktails

While this is a gin you could obviously sip neat, it sounds like one that’s crying out to add lots of flavour – and gin – to a creative cocktail. Thankfully Boodles have created some, starting with a couple of simple ones, a gin and tonic and a gin with lemonade.

BOODLES RHUBY TONIC

2 oz Boodles Rhubarb & Strawberry Gin

Tonic water

Combine gin and tonic in a tall glass over ice. Stir and garnish with thin slices of strawberry inside the glass.

Boodles Rhuby Tonic Rhubarb and Strawberry Gin Cocktail — Rhuby Tonic

LONDON LEMONADE

2 oz Boodles Rhubarb & Strawberry Gin

4 oz fresh lemonade (or Fentimans Rose Lemonade)

Combine gin and lemonade in a tall glass over ice. Stir and garnish with a strawberry.

Boodles London Lemonade Rhubarb and Strawberry Gin Cocktail — London Lemonade

RHUBY MARTINEZ

2 oz Boodles Rhubarb & Strawberry Gin

¾ oz sweet vermouth

¼ oz maraschino liqueur

Combine all of the ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Stir and strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Boodles Rhuby Martinez Rhubarb and Strawberry Gin Cocktail — Rhuby Martinez

RHUBARB SOUR

2 oz Boodles Rhubarb & Strawberry Gin

1 strawberry

¾ oz lemon juice

½ oz simple syrup

1 egg white

Angostura Bitters

Muddle a strawberry in the bottom of a shaker. Add all remaining ingredients except the bitters. Shake without ice, then add ice and shake some more. Strain into a chilled coupe glass. Add a few dashes of bitters on top of the cocktail.

Boodles Rhubarb Sour Rhubarb and Strawberry Gin Cocktail — Rhubarb Sour

RHUBY FIZZ

1 oz Boodles Rhubarb & Strawberry Gin

¼ oz fresh lemon juice

¼ oz simple syrup

Champagne, to top

Combine gin, lemon juice and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a chilled champagne flute or coupe. Gently top with champagne. Garnish with a rhubarb candy spiral.