As much as you would like to step out and grab a drink with a friend at your favourite cocktail bar in your city, wouldn’t it be more exciting to prepare a drink at home? Wondering how to do it? We have got you covered. From a rum and gin punch to a grapefruit julep, here are four easy-to-follow cocktail recipes that you can put together at home and host a bunch of friends for drinks.

Prepare A Rum Punch

Ingredients:

• Fresh lime juice, a full shot glass
• Sugar syrup 2 tbsp
• Dark rum, two full shot glasses
• Water – for mixing
• Angostura bitters, 2-3 drops
• Nutmeg – for garnishing

Method: 

1. In a jug, stir the rum, lime, syrup, and water.
2. Measure some crushed ice into a glass and pour the mix on top.
3. Shake a few drops of the bitters, and add grated nutmeg to garnish.

Grapefruit Julep

Ingredients:

• Vodka 2 shots
• Fresh mint leaves
• Fresh lime juice 1 shot glass
• Pomegranate syrup  1/2 shot glass
• Fresh grapefruit juice  3/4 shot glass
• Honey 1 tsp

Method: 

1. Mix the vodka with honey in a shaker. Add other ingredients and shake with ice.
2. Strain the drink into a glass with some crushed ice.

Gin Punch

Ingredients:

• Gin/vodka/rum 60ml
• Jimmy Gin Cherry Sour mix 90ml
• Maple syrup 10 ml
• Fresh lime juice 10 ml

Method: 

1. Pour the above ingredients in a shaker glass filled with ice and shake well.
2. Strain into a tall glass filled with ice and garnish with glazed cherries.

Negroni With A Twist

Ingredients:

• Gin 25ml
• Sweet vermouth 25ml
• Campari 25ml
• Ice
• A tender twig of curry leaf to garnish

Method: 

1. Measure out the gin, vermouth and Campari into a cocktail mixer with ice.
2. Add in curry leaves and muddle it. Stir it well.
3. Strain into a tumbler and add some fresh ice.
4. Garnish with a tender twig of curry leaf.