{"id":17995,"date":"2021-04-05T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/?p=17995"},"modified":"2021-11-15T20:12:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T20:12:48","slug":"brockmans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/brockmans\/","title":{"rendered":"Brockmans One Two Three"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brockmans is a complex gin containing an intriguing mixture of 11 botanicals makes simple cocktails taste, well, complex.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18028 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/brockmans-collection-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/brockmans-collection-1.jpg 157w, https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/brockmans-collection-1-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here, we show how using a flavourful spirit like Brockmans Gin can make three memorable serves using just one, two, or three ingredients (not counting ice and garnishes).<\/p>\n<p>Brockmans Gin, a super-premium 40%ABV English spirit, is defined by its astonishing combination of juniper berries, blueberries, blackberries, bitter-sweet orange peel, lemon peel, orris root, angelica, coriander seeds, cassia bark, bitter almonds, and liquorice &#8211; plus of course that iconic, tactile, black bottle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The One Ingredient Drink &#8211; Brockmans on ice<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Brockmans is worth tasting alone and then over ice. Before you start mixing cocktail, this a great way to explore the sensual, smooth and subtle complexity of this gin. Fill a glass with large ice cubes; add gin. Simple. Yet not.<\/p>\n<h4><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18029 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/brockmans-collection-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/brockmans-collection-2.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/brockmans-collection-2-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/brockmans-collection-2-98x150.jpg 98w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>It is rare to find a gin that you wish to drink neat. Brockmans makes it possible to enjoy this simplest of serves:\u00a0 it is unusually smooth because the makers set out to create a gin with that in mind.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Two Ingredients Cocktail &#8211; The Dry Martini<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The ever-sophisticated martini is seeing something of a renaissance. Rinse or spray an elegant, chilled martini glass with dry vermouth. (You only need a hint of this ingredient.) Then, fill a cocktail shaker with ice; add 60ml of Brockmans Gin; stir until the gin is very cold; and strain into the prepared glass. Run the outer side of some lime zest around the rim of the glass to release delicious lime oils. Garnish with a fresh twist of lime zest and, perhaps, a fresh blueberry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Three Ingredients Cocktail &#8211; Negroni<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18030 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/brockmans-collection-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/brockmans-collection-3.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/brockmans-collection-3-137x150.jpg 137w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/>The Brockmans&#8217; mixologists have created several delicious riffs on the Negroni but here we remind you of the \u2018proper&#8217; classic recipe, because sometimes the classics are hard to beat.<\/p>\n<p>Half fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add 30ml each of Brockmans Gin, Red Vermouth and Campari. Shake until chilled. Fill an old-fashioned glass with ice and strain the cocktail into the glass. Stir. Garnish with a slice of fresh orange or a skewer of orange zest and blueberries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Protected by Outlook: http:\/\/www.brockmansgin.com\/. Click or tap to follow the link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brockmansgin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" auth=\"Verified\">Visit Brockmans Gin here www.brockmansgin.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brockmans is a complex gin containing an intriguing mixture of 11 botanicals makes simple cocktails taste, well, complex. 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