Gin Cocktails — Recipes

Orange Blossom Martini with Cutlass Gin
Orange blossom isn't just a pretty face. Long used as an important scent in perfume making, it's also said to be an aphrodisiac. Partner it with Cutlass Gin and you'll have the perfect marriage!
Gin Fizz with Sur Lie Gin

Margarita Madness with our Broadside Gin
Margaritas may remind you of bingeing on Narcos episodes, but we would respectfully suggest that you can make a perfectly acceptable version with The West Winds Broadside Gin. And not risk running into El Chapo in the process.
Royal Tea Cocktail

The Cutlass Cocktail
It's orange season so we're rolling out the barrel and getting all creative with The Cutlass Cocktail. It's a simple enough proposition. Mix The West Winds Gin with lime juice, a soupçon of Roses Marmalade (yes, really) and then some fancy pants basil leaves to top the whole thing off. It's the only way to warm those cockles, me hearties.
The Cutlass Cocktail:
- 60ml The Cutlass Gin 25mll Lime Juice (freshly squeezed would be best)
- 1 tsp of Roses Marmalade (put the rest on toast)
- 2-3 fresh basil leaves
Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Fine strain into a low ball glass with ice and crown with that basil garnish.
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The West Winds Wild Apple and Plum Reviver
This cocktail works like a dream because the match made in heaven of plum and apple is just a no-brainer.
The West Winds Wild Apple and Plum Reviver
- 2 oz Wild Plum Gin
- 1 oz apple juice
- 1/2 oz lime juice, freshly squeezed
- 1/2 oz honey Dried apple slice and rosemary to garnish
Mix all of the ingredients together, top with the apple and rosemary and marvel at this glorious burgundy beauty. Copper mugs optional.
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Strawberry Gum Clover Club
Creating your own syrups is a great way to create distinctive and unique flavour profiles in your drinks and a really fun way to utilise Australian botanicals in your next creation. Sugar syrups can be infused with lemon myrtle or salt bush, Falernums with river mint or even raspberry with Strawberry Gum.
The West Winds Gin Bowls
Learn how to make the hottest trend in gin cocktails with our top 3 gin bowl recipes incorporating Native Australian ingredients including Saltbush, Banksia flowers and Eucalyptus leaves.
Yesterday our Brand Ambassador worked alongside our creative team to bring to life his unique take on gin bowls, specifically incorporating native Australian ingredients. These were a match made in heaven when paired with our award-winning Australian gins.

Keep reading to discover our top three contemporary cocktail gin bowl recipes and the background story about what inspired these unique combinations.
Dragonfruit & Lemon Gin Bowl
Ingredients:
- The West Winds Gin - The Sabre
- 120ml Capi Dry Tonic Water
- Lemon
- Dragonfruit
- Juniper Berries
- Banksia Flower
Light, fresh and designed to bring out the subtle complexities of The Sabre, this Gin and Tonic utilises the light sweetness of the dragonfruit to create a base for the soft aromas of the banksia flowers to blend with the Juniper Berries and lemon zest. Inspired by our Brand Ambassador's latest trips to South East Asia and his experiments with native botanicals from home and abroad.
Kiwifruit & Bush Tomato Gin Bowl
Ingredients:
- The West Winds Gin - The Cutlass
- 120ml Capi Dry Tonic Water
- Kiwifruit
- Habanero Peppers
- Bush Tomatoes
- Eucalyptus Leaves
Ideal for the more adventurous drinker, the stronger Citrus notes of the kiwifruit and the heat of the habanero peppers create a peppery blend that pairs beautifully with the aromas of native eucalyptus. For a special touch add native Bush Tomatoes to enhance that one in a million flavour that belongs distinctively to The Cutlass.
Grapefruit & Toasted Saltbush Gin Bowl
Ingredients:
- The West Winds Gin - The Broadside
- 120ml Capi Dry Tonic Water
- Grapefruit
- Blueberries
- Pimento
- Toasted Saltbush
- Snowpea Flowers
Bold and punchy, the salty flavours of The Broadside are complemented by roasted saltbush and fresh blueberries in this fun mix of tastes and textures. Pink grapefruit zest adds a light zing to pair with the pimento and don't be afraid to add edible snowpea flowers to fancy it up a bit.
We haven't even told you the best part about our gin bowl cocktail recipes yet... some of the key ingredients including Saltbush, Banksia Flowers and Eucalyptus Leaves can be foraged from almost any suburb!
The remaining ingredients can be found at your local growers' market (Fremantle Markets for example) or your local grocer (Fresh Provisions in this case).