Try these delicious cocktail recipes from Urchin at Cliff Townhouse

If you're planning a cocktail hour this weekend, why not go back to the classics for inspiration. 

All you need are some top-quality ingredients - and a bit of expert advice on how to make and serve them. Here are four classic recipes, from a Bloody Mary to a Whiskey Sour, courtesy of Urchin at Cliff Townhouse to try this weekend.

Bloody Mary

Ingredients:

• 50ml Absolute Vodka
• 25ml lemon juice
• 3 dash celery bitters 
• 4 dash Tabasco (adjust spiciness as required)
• A pinch of salt
• A pinch of black pepper

Method:

1. Put all the ingredients into a mixing glass, add cubed ice and stir for two minutes until properly mixed 
2. Pour into a high ball glass and garnish with a celery stalk.

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Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 50ml Kettle One vodka
• 25ml lime juice
• Top up with Thomas Henry Ginger Beer

Method:

1. Put all the ingredients into a mule cup or whiskey tumbler, add cubed ice and mix using a bar spoon.
2. Add the ginger beer and top with crushed ice.
3. Garnish with some lime.

Whiskey Sour

Ingredients:

• 50ml DWD whiskey
• 25ml lemon juice
• 25ml sugar syrup
• 30ml egg white

Method:

1. Put all the ingredients in a shaker. Dry shake first, then add ice and shake again.
2. Fine strain into a sour glass and garnish with lemon peel and cherry.

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Negroni

Ingredients:

• 30ml Campari, 
• 20ml Bombay Saphire gin
• 20ml Antica Formula Vermouth

Method:  

1. Put all the ingredients in mixing glass, add ice and stir for 90 seconds.
2. Serve over ice in a whiskey tumbler and garnish with orange peel.