Ingredients:

• 2 parts gin
• 1 part blue curacao
• 1 part lemon juice

Instructions:

Shake with ice, strain into glass and garnish with a slice of lemon. This is basically just a variant on the White Lady, with cointreau replaced by blue curacao. I didn’t find this recipe anywhere, I just made it up. When I was starting to make the ninja turtle with the Bombay Sapphire gin & Blue Curacao I thought the blue was gorgeous, particular next to the blue bottles. So when the Ninja Turtle was vile tasting, I made myself this instead.

Ingredients:

• 2 parts gin
• 1 part blue curacao
• orange juice

Instructions:

Half fill glass with ice. Add curacao, then gin and fill up with orange juice. Stir to mix.

This is a nice tasting drink … if you like orange juice. It appears that I don’t anymore – it is far too sweet for me now.

Ingredients:

• 2 parts gin
• 1 part cointreau
• 1 part lemon juice

Instructions:

Shake with ice, strain into glass and garnish with a slice of lemon or orange.

This is similar in taste to the Maiden’s Blush but less sweet. Very nice though, this is something I’d make again.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 parts gin
• 1/2 part Cointreau
• 1/2 part sour mix
• spash of grenadine

Instructions:

Shake with ice and strain into chilled cocktail glass.

I’m not normally a fan of gin, but this is actually quite nice. The sweetness of the Cointreau and the sour mix balance the gin very nicely without overpowering its flavour.