hi and welcome to today's video I'm
Steve the bartender and today I'm going
to show you five variations on the
classic mojito so the first couple of
mojito variations are going to make are
going to be like most simple fruit
flavored mojitos and then I'm going to
move on to something a little bit
different bit more left of field that I
think you guys will absolutely love so
first up the spiced pineapple mojito
first start with your fresh mint and
grab prob about six to ten mint leaves
just tear them off make sure your mint
is nice and fresh and if you want to can
give it give it a clap to release the
oils before adding it into your Boston
glass and then add five or six pieces or
five or six small cubes of fresh
pineapple and then muddle those
ingredients together it's actually quite
important to make sure the mint is on
the bottom if you press them in too hard
then it releases the bitter flavors and
it becomes quite vegetal but as if you
have the pineapple on top you're
squeezing the juice out of the pot and
getting all that flavor without
releasing those bitter notes next onto
your preferred spiced rum and measure
out 60 ml or two ounces
and follow that with fresh lime juice 30
ml or 1 ounce some people prefer to
muddle the lime in the drink rather than
using fresh lime juice this is because
they extract the oils from the lime rind
but this still does take place this
still works when you're using an elbow
and you're pressing it in you're pushing
those oils out of the the lime skin so
either way they're both going to work
and it's completely up to you what your
personal preference is you want to
follow that with a simple syrup so this
is a 1 to 1 simple syrup 22.5 mil 3/4 of
an ounce next add ice to your Boston
glass and give it a quick stir to
combine your ingredients if you prefer
you can also shake the cocktail as well
I'm gonna just stir it and then fill it
up with crushed ice add a small dash of
soda if you're in the u.s. seltzer water
I like to only add a small dash and then
garnish with a big mint sprig again clap
the pipe the mint to release the oils
get those aromas and then serve it with
a straw they have a spiced pineapple
meadow
cocktail number two the strawberry-basil
Mohito so first up start with picking
out time again about six to eight leaves
but this time we're going to use basil
instead of the mint if you like we can
tear the leaves and give it a clap
before adding to Boston glass and then
add about three or four strawberries
they've all been quartered add that into
your Boston glass before giving it a
light muddle now it's 60 mils of useful
third white rum today I'm using a Cuban
rum havana club so 60 ml two ounces into
a cocktail shaker and then follow that
with some fresh lime juice 30 ml one
ounce and then 50 ml half an ounce of
the supership
so I've lowered this a little bit in
comparison to the first one because
there's a higher sugar content in the
strawberry so it should still balance
out that lime juice
now food bottoms glass with ice give it
a stir before adding your crushed ice
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finish that with a dash of soda or
seltzer water you can give it a light
stir now if you like and then garnish
with a bit of basil basil sprig give a
bit of a clap and release those aromas
again and you can also garnish with some
fresh strawberries
they have a strawberry basil mojito
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gs-12 cocktail number three this your
truce Mohito
also known as the should truce ito or
the garden party so this one we're going
to start with mint and then give it a
light model to release those oils tear
off 6 to 10 leaves I often go even more
than that because I really liked my
minty drinks
give it a clap and then add it to your
Boston glass just gently press the mint
and add 45 mil or 1.5 ounces of your
green chartreuse now load this
measurement in comparison to the other
mijitos because your truce is about 55
percent so it's really quite strong but
this is going to add a lot of herbal
characteristics to drink and it makes a
really really good mojito
despite not having any Roman now 30 mil
one ounce of your fresh lime juice
followed by a simple syrup 3/4 ounce
22.5 bill now add ice to your drink and
give it a good stir then top it up with
crushed ice finish it with a dash of
soda or seltzer water now garnish your
truce potato with a lime wheel and a min
spree
so with the straw and they've got
ashifreeshma hito Cheers
next up we're on to Melanie's moto so
this is a mojito variation with another
strip truce except we're using yellow
chartreuse which is lower ABV and it's
sweeter in style but it's still going to
have those herbal notes to start off
we're gonna add six to eight basil
leaves into your Boston glass add them
into the Boston glass and just give them
a light breasts nice and gentle for
measuring at 60 ml or two ounces of
Bacardi if you want you can use another
white rum and follow that with yellow
chartreuse 22.5 bill or three quarters
next ingredient fresh lime juice Sam
again three-quarter ounce twenty two
point five mil and simple syrup just 50
ml half an ounce
now top with crushed ice and a dash of
soda
served with the straw and garnished with
a basil spring
and I almost forgot
finish it with a dash of Angostura
bitters as well they have Melanie's moto
Cheers and the last mojito variation to
round out this video we're making this
dizzy and Mohito so stygian means dark
and reason why it's probably name that
is because we're using a dark rum so
original recipe does call for Blackstrap
rum we're decided to use a Jamaican dark
rum and we're gonna start with measuring
out 30 mil one ounce add that straight
into a cocktail shaker so this one is a
shaken cocktail unlike the other mojitos
so 30 mils one ounce of your dark rum
followed by a gold rum I'm using
Angostura same measurement 30ml one
ounce and I've made another slight
alteration with recipe so the original
recipe does call for Branca mentor which
is a minty er version of Fernet Branca I
don't have it and I'd actually don't
think it's available in Australia so I'm
using 50 ml or half an ounce of Fernet
Branca and I'm lucky it's only 50 mils
because that's the bottle back next 30
mils of fresh lime juice one ounce and
only 50 ml half an ounce of your simple
sure
I'd asked you a cocktail shaker and
shake him for 12 seconds so like the
other ones I'm using cubed ice and then
topping it with crushed so strain over
the top of that cubed ice so this drink
is going to have a little bit of a
different profile in comparison to the
original recipe because we're
essentially taking out the the muddled
mint that we normally use in the mojito
and replacing it with Branca mentor
which is more minty notes but I've use a
different one but this is still going to
work really well top of the crushed ice
and finished with a dash of soda or
seltzer water nice and simple garnish a
sprig of mint and they have the stygian
mojito Cheers and they have five mojito
variations that are going to rock your
world and it's now on to my favorite
time of the video where I get to run
through and taste them all first up the
spiced pineapple mojito
quite sweet but the pineapple has
contributes like a nice tartness to the
drink pineapple is quite acidic really
fruity tropical and that's that's a
really good meter actually I feel like
I'm going to say that for each of these
mijitos because you can't really go
wrong with a rum based mint refreshing
cocktail next the strawberry mojito less
tart a little bit sweeter you get more
of the the strawberry flavor coming
through with a hint of herbaceous nurse
from from that basil and then I think
this is definitely to step it up and the
herbal notes are going to be even more
with the the short rows Mader
surprisingly because it's diluted
because of use crushed ice on top of it
add that added that extra dilution it's
released the herbal characteristics
without being overpowering concerning
chartreuse is 55% you can't tell
this is delicious next on to Melanie's
moto what really intense you do have a
double shot of white rum as well as the
yellow chartreuse
you got those herbal characteristics I
did go a little bit hard on aromatic
bitters I actually added an extra dash
for the photo pretty intense
but it's delicious make sure you always
especially for these two I always
recommend serving over crushed ice
because as that extra dilution an exodus
DigiD mojito so two different kinds of
rum as well as the Branca mentor or
fernet branca
depending what you have on hand so
you've got that real intense flavor from
the dark rum as well as the gold
surprisingly minty considering that you
you don't actually have mint in the
drink itself and it's just in the
garnish so you do get those notes from
the photo Branca coming through so there
you have five mojito variations thanks
for watching and make sure you check out
my youtube channel and Steve the
bartender Cheers