If you’re entertaining this weekend and you’re looking for a selection of drinks which are both sophisticated and easy to make, then you’re in luck: we have the perfect trio of recipes for that. While you might go nuts with the elaborate ingredients and obscure liqueurs when you’re mixing up single cocktails for your own enjoyment and experimentation, the key to successful drinks for a group is to keep it simple.
Simple doesn’t need to mean boring though. If you use high quality ingredients, then even unfussy combinations of just a few different options can create a delicious, memorable drink. That’s the approach of these cocktails from Diplomático Planas Rum, which keep the ingredient lists short and to the point to show off the qualities of a fine rum.
Another essential tip for easy hosting is to batch your cocktails in advance. Here we have two batched recipes plus one iconic classic daiquiri, for classy and stress-free entertaining.
Classic Daiquiri
Ingredients:
- 2 Parts Diplomático Planas
- 1 Part Fresh Lime Juice
- 0.75 Part Sugar Syrup
- Lime wheel
Method:
Add all ingredients to a shaker, fill with ice, shake vigorously and strain into Coupe glass. Garnish with lime wheel.
Ginger Mint Lemonade
(Batched – 8 servings)
Ingredients:
- 16oz Diplomático Planas
- 8oz lemon juice
- 4oz fresh ginger syrup
- 4oz simple syrup
- 60-70 mint leaves
- Top up with soda water
Method:
Combine all ingredients except for soda water in a large pitcher or container. Pour serve amount into an ice-filled shaker tin, shake until cold, strain into glass until it’s ¾ full and top up with soda water. Garnish with a mint bouquet.
Hydrator
(Batched – 8 servings)
Ingredients:
- 12oz Diplomático Planas
- 4oz coconut liqueur
- 40oz coconut water
Instructions:
Combine all ingredients in a large pitcher or container. Pour serve amount into an ice-filled shaker tin, shake briefly & strain into ice-filled glass. Garnish with mint sprig and lime wheel; sugarcane stick is optional.
