Let's make a beautiful Strawberry Gin Cocktail! This gorgeous pink gin and tonic uses a fresh strawberry syrup blended with your favorite gin and tonic for a fresh, bright, pink signature cocktail for spring and summertime. Great for Mother's Day, Bridal and Baby Showers, Easter or any summer cocktail hour.
1. Place strawberries, sugar, lime juice and water in a blender and process until smooth and sugar has dissolved.
2. It'll take about 2 minutes using all-natural cane sugar, could take a little less time using white sugar. Mixture should be smooth and syrup like. Refrigerate until ready to use in airtight container. Store in fridge up to 3 weeks.
Strawberry Gin Cocktail
Grab a couple of tall glasses, this is more of a "tall glass cocktail" if that is thing.
Measure and pour desired amount of gin, in the same measuring cup so you get all of that strawberry syrup.Top off with your favorite tonic water! For Easter I provided three options, ElderflowerTonic Water (a beautiful compliment to the strawberries), Citrus Tonic Water and plain ol' Tonic Water <== my favorite brand!
Give it a good stir so you mix through the strawberry syrup, better yet, pop in a pretty straw!
Sip responsibly on this delicious strawberry gin and tonic!
SEE POST FOR HOW TO SET UP A COCKTAIL STATION and for FREE PRINTABLE COCKTAIL INSTRUCTION SIGN.
Notes
How to rim a glass with sugar:A beautiful look for a Mother's day signature cocktail would be to rim these glasses in pink or regular sugar. BEFORE filling glasses with ice, do the following, this may be done ahead of time.
Pour some sugar onto a small plate - (pink sanding sugar would work great here, or make your own by placing sugar in baggie or container and add a drop of red or pink food color and shake until it colors the sugar to desired hue), all natural cane sugar or white sugar would work great here too.
Using a lime wedge, rub around the rim of glass.
Turn glass into sugar until rim is coated, set aside, repeat for number of glasses needed.
Can I use something different than tonic water?Absolutely! Try lemonade, still or with bubbles like a San Pellegrino Limonata, use Sprite, Ginger Ale, Club Soda or simple seltzer water.