- Hello and welcome back to the Cocktail Blog.
I'm Steve the Bartender
and behind the camera is my wife, Kat.
It was her birthday a few days ago
and she wanted to pick a few cocktails.
So from today onwards, we're running through
a few of her recipes that she's picked out
and hope you guys enjoy it.
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I'm a little bit wary.
(laughs)
Today we're doing a Saigon Cooler.
So, this is a gin-based cocktail.
It calls for a little bit of Chambord so it sweetens it up
and you've got some tart cranberry juice.
Cranberry works really well with lime.
Yeah, let's just get mixing with the cocktail.
Let's-
(laughs)
Let's just get mixing.
I've had a few spirits. I apologize.
Because it's got some sweet components, got some tart,
I didn't wanna accentuate that tartness in the cocktail
so I'm using bit of a spicier gin.
Maybe not spicy.
I think it's got a little bit of pepper in there
so I get a little bit of pepper from this.
I think it'll be an interesting addition to the drink.
Before I add that, it's got some muddled raspberries too.
So, throw it in.
Six to seven raspberries.
Normally, you would give it a muddle
but raspberry's such a soft fruit
that when I give it a shake-
and I have quite big cubes as well-
that it's pretty much gonna pulverize those raspberries
and the juice is gonna be extracted
and imparted on the cocktail as it is.
But you can give that a muddle if you like
which is what the original recipe called for.
60 mil of your preferred gin.
So, 60 mil, two ounces.
I'm using Mountain Gin.
And then we've got 15 mil
of Chambord black raspberry French liqueur.
Could also check out my Mother's Day video right there
with lots of Chambord cocktails.
Then we have 90 mil of cranberry juice, three ounces.
So, a cooler is generally, like, a sweet, fruity cocktail.
Sorry?
Great for hot summer days.
Easy drinking.
You've got 90 mils of cranberry juice
so it's gotta be pretty easy to drink.
It's not gonna be overwhelming;
it's not gonna be overpowering.
The ratios are gonna make it easy to sit on.
If you prefer, you could serve this over crushed ice
if you like.
This is gonna served over cubed ice.
So, it's 22.5 mil, three-quarter ounce of fresh lime juice.
Just give it a short shake
(shakes)
just to combine the ingredients.
Pulverize those- pulveroze? Pulverize those raspberries.
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Too many spirits.
Have a feeling this may be a little bit too much liquid.
Strain it over the fresh ice into a highball glass.
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Add a Surfside Sip; add a straw.
Don't use a plastic straw.
Use a little glass straw.
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This one is a little short straw but
(sips)
it'll do for this one.
And for garnish-
(laughs)
Use a long straw in a long glass.
That would make sense.
Don't use a short straw 'cause that's stupid.
(laughs)
Do you have a long straw?
(laughs)
I knew that was gonna happen but I did it anyway.
Serve it with a long straw.
Garnish with some raspberries.
And there you have a beautiful Saigon Cooler.
Cheers.
It's quite tart from the cranberry juice.
I was worried that the lime juice
was gonna be too overwhelming but it's not.
It helps subdue that tartness.
The gin is very, very well hidden.
I'd use, like I said, like, a spicy gin
or a juniper-forward gin.
If you used anything lighter,
it would just be completely lost.
And then you've got that black raspberry liqueur
that just gives it a little bit of a pop.
It's pretty tasty.
It's a summer sessionable drink.
It's really light. It's fruity.
It's exactly what you expect from a cooler.
Is it-
If someone gave it to me, I wouldn't complain.
But is it my cocktail? Is it my type of cocktail?
Probably not but it's enjoyable, it's sweet, sessionable.
Thanks for watching.
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Cheers.