Cocktails & Perfect Serves

How to Make a "Darnley's Sweet Nothings"   Ingredients  50ml Darnley's Original Gin 25ml Lemon juice 12.5ml Sugar syrup  50ml Fever Tree Rhubarb and Raspberry Tonic Strawberries to garnish Method  Add ingredients to a glass and gently stir. Garnish with strawberry love hearts for the perfect Valentine's Day twist. Whether you're celebrating Valentine's Day or Galentine's Day we hope you enjoy your day!

Hosting friends or family this weekend? Darnleys Elderflower Punch is incredibly simple to make and perfect for sharing.Made with our Original Gin, this delicious punch really brings out the bright citrus and light elderflower flavours in the gin. We’d love to hear if you try this recipe, so let us know by tagging us in your posts on social media. Discover Darnley's Original Gin Darnley’s Elderflower Punch Serves 4 You will need:200ml Darnley’s Original Gin500ml Pressed Apple Juice200ml Elderflower Cordial100ml Lemon Juice10ml Absinthe (adds an optional herb taste)Lemon WheelsMint Leaves Add all to a large serving jug or carafe and fill with...

Hosting friends or family this weekend?   This Darnley's G&T cheesecake is incredibly simple to make and perfect for sharing. Made with our Original Gin, this delicious dessert features zingy citrus flavours balanced with our light and floral elderflower gin. Wash down with a Darnley's Original G&T, garnished with a wheel of lemon for the ultimate complimentary drink. INGREDIENTS  FOR THE BISCUIT BASE 320 g digestive biscuits 150 g hard margarine / butter FOR THE CHEESECAKE 5 gelatine leaves 70 g caster sugar 150 ml Darnley's Original Gin 50 ml premium tonic water 600 g cream cheese 100 g icing sugar 1...

The word 'tonic' has for a long time (since the 16th century) been associated with medicine or at least having the property of restoring health. It is fitting then that the history of Tonic Water as we know it starts with its link to healing capabilities. The bitter flavour of Tonic comes from quinine, from the bark of the cinchona tree, which breeched the world of medicine as a cure for malaria. Malaria was rife across most parts of the world in the 17th century, but many of the first stories of quinine come from the Spanish and Portuguese expeditions...