
Our Cocktails
“ Every cocktail tells a story — ours begins with handcrafted spirits and ends with unforgettable flavour.”
Gin & Tonic
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60ml Banks & Solander Signature Gin
120ml - 180ml Fever-Tree Elderflower Tonic
Lime wedge
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Add gin into your preferred glass.
Fill glass with ice.
Top with desired amount of tonic.
Give a slight stir to combine.
Garnish options include: lemon, lime, grapefruit, orange, raspberries, blackberries, or pomegranate.
Gin Martini
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75ml Banks & Solander Signature Gin
7.5ml Dry Vermouth
Choice of garnish
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Prechill coupe glass prior to use.
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass and add ice.
Stir for about 20-30 seconds and strain into glass.
Garnish with your choice of orange peel, grapefruit peel, lemon peel, or olives.
Note: Add a teaspoon of olive brine to your mixing glass for a Dirty Martini.
Lost & Flightless
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30ml Banks & Solander Signature Gin
10ml Lillet Blanc
20ml White Creme de Cacao
30ml Lemon Juice
1/2 Kiwi Fruit
2 Barspoons Marmalade
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Combine Signature Gin, Kiwi Fruit, and marmalade in a cocktail shaker and muddle.
Add White Creme de Cacao, Lillet Blanc, and lemon juice.
Shake with ice and double strain into a glass.
Garnish with a slice of Kiwi Fruit.
Figroni
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30ml Banks & Solander Fig Gin
30ml Port
30ml Aperol
Apple Slice
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Combine Fig Gin, Port, and Aperol in a mixing glass.
Stir with ice.
Strain into an old-fashioned glass over a large block of ice.
Garnish with thin apple slices.
Fig Gin Sour
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60ml Banks & Solander Fig Gin
15ml Honey Syrup
30ml Lemon Juice
2 Dashes Banks & Solander Walnut Bitters
Lemon Wedge
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Combine Fig Gin, Honey Syrup, Lemon Juice, and Bitters in a cocktail shaker.
Shake with ice and double strain into a chilled coupe glass.
Garnish with a lemon wedge.
Optional: Add a small float of a light bodied red wine on top of the drink for added complexity.
Red Snapper
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60ml Banks & Solander Fig Gin
90ml Tomato Juice
15ml Lemon Juice
2 Dashes Tabasco Sauce
4 Dashes Worcestershire Sauce
Pinch of Salt & Cayenne Pepper
2 Dashes Banks & Solander Bitters
Garnishes:
Celery Stick
Pearl Onion
Olive
Lemon Wedge
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Rim a tall glass with salt, pepper, and paprika.
Add ingredients to glass and top with ice.
Stir slowly to combine flavours and chill drink.
Garnish with celery stalk, olive, pickled onion, and a fresh lemon wedge.
Limoncello Spritz
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60ml Banks & Solander Limoncello
120ml Prosecco
60ml Soda Water
Lemon Slice
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Fill a prechilled wine glass with ice.
Combine Limoncello, prosecco, and soda water in glass.
Stir.
Garnish with a lemon wheel.
Note: Add 15ml Campari to elevate spritz or swap out Limoncello for Limecello.
Limoncello & Mango Iced Tea
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60ml Banks & Solander Limoncello
90ml Cold Black Tea
Mango
30ml Lemon Juice
Lemon Wedge
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Take a mango cheek, remove skin and slice.
Muddle the mango in the bottom of a cocktail shaker.
Add in Limoncello, lemon juice, and cooled tea.
Shake with ice and double strain into a highball glass filled with ice.
Garnish with a slice of lemon and mango.
Serve with a straw.
Limecello Margarita
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22.5ml Banks & Solander Limecello
60ml Tequila
30ml Lime Juice
7.5ml Agave Syrup
Lime Slice
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Before making the drink, rim an old-fashioned glass with flake salt.
Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker.
Shake with ice and double strain into prepared glass filled with ice.
Garnish with a slice of lime.
Oasis Highball
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45ml Banks & Solander Limecello
22.5ml Aloe Drink
60ml Fever-Tree Lime & Yuzu Soda
15ml Coconut Liqueur
Lime Wedge
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Add all ingredients except for the soda into a cocktail shaker.
Squeeze and drop in a lime wedge, shake with ice.
Double strain into a highball glass filled with ice.
Top with soda and give a light stir to combine.
Garnish with a fresh lime wedge.
White Russian
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45ml Banks & Solander Vodka
45ml Banks & Solander Noir (Coffee Liqueur)
22.5ml Milk
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Add Vodka and Noir to an old-fashioned sized glass filed with ice.
Stir the drink then slowly pour the milk over the top.
Espresso Martini
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60ml Banks & Solander Noir (Coffee Liqueur)
30ml Espresso
Coffee Beans
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Prechill a martini glass prior to making the cocktail.
Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake well.
Double strain into glass and garnish with coffee beans.
Note: Use fresh, quality espresso for best results.
Irish Coffee
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22.5ml Banks & Solander Noir (Coffee Liqueur)
60ml Irish Whiskey
100ml Hot Brewed Coffee
15ml Brown Sugar Syrup
Lightly Whipped Cream
Coffee Beans
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Before making the drink, fill a heat proof glass/mug with boiled water.
Once the glass/mug is hot, empty the hot water and then add the Noir, Whiskey, coffee & syrup.
Give it a quick stir, then slowly layer cream on top.
Garnish with coffee beans or grated dark chocolate.
Botany Flip
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30ml Banks & Solander Noir (Coffee Liqueur)
30ml Bourbon
15ml Port
1 Whole Egg
15ml Heavy Cream
10ml Maple Syrup
Nutmeg
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Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker.
Dry shake without ice.
Add ice and shake again.
Double strain into glass.
Garnish with grated nutmeg.
The Passionate Botanist
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45ml Banks & Solander Vodka
15ml Banks & Solander Limoncello, Limecello or Kumquatcello
Pulp from 2-3 Passionfruit
45ml Soda Water
Passionfruit Half
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Add all the ingredients except for the soda to a mixing glass and stir.
Strain into an old-fashioned glass over a large block of ice.
Top up with soda and give a light stir.
Garnish with a half a passionfruit.
Moscow Mule
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60ml Banks & Solander Vodka
30ml Lime Juice
90-120ml Ginger Beer
Cinnamon Stick & Orange Twist
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Prechill copper mug prior to use.
Add Vodka and lime juice to mug.
Fill with crushed ice and top with ginger beer.
Give a light stir and garnish with cinnamon stick and an orange twist.
Note: Add 15ml of Banks & Solander Noir to elevate your cocktail.
Blushing Dorothea
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45ml Banks & Solander Vodka
30ml Grapefruit Juice
20ml Ginger Syrup
2 Dashes Peychauds Bitters
Grapefruit peel
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Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake with ice.
Double strain into a chilled coupe glass.
Express oils from grapefruit peel over the drink.
Garnish with a grapefruit peel.
Ginger Syrup: Add 150mL white sugar and approximately 25g of fresh, chopped ginger to a pot and put over medium heat. Stir until sugar completely dissolves and syrup turns yellow from the ginger. Strain the mixture, bottle it, and store in fridge for up to two weeks.