Be-gin the countdown to the new season

There is something lovely about this time of year; the light starts to change; the nights are a little bit shorter but there's still warmth and the 'last days of summer' vibe is in the air. People making the most of these last few weeks before the golden months arrive, and Autumn well and truly starts to set in.

The last few weeks of summer are a window of opportunity to start planning what you want the upcoming months to look like. Autumn and Winter challenge us all in so many ways; it gets wetter and the sun doesn't shine quite so much, so it's great to have a plan of all the things you want to achieve. It's also the perfect time to start mastering home mixology before the party season commences.

In fact, there's no better time of year to become a master of cocktail mixology (or at least master a few great cocktail recipes for those Autumnal evening entertaining friends!) So join us as we say cheerio to zesty zing and invigoration and think about warming spicy notes and discover some of our favourite Autumn Cocktails.

Here’s 6 our best Autumn cocktails from our #HighFiveToGin Cocktail Book

1.Scotch Bonnet

Ingredients

45ml Caorunn Gin

30ml King's Ginger Liqueur

20ml Homemade spiced apple shrub

60ml Schweppes Soda Water

2 dashes Angostura Aromatic Bitters

Method

Pour all ingredients over ice into a collins glass and gently stir.

2.Apple Blush

Ingredients

50ml Caorunn Gin

30ml Pressed apple juice

20ml Freshly squeezed lemon juice

20ml Homemade rosemary and cinnamon sugar syrup

3 drops Spiced apple bitters

Method

Mix all ingredients in shaker and strain into a chilled martini glass.

 3.Piquant C

 Ingredients

50ml Caorunn Gin

20ml Fresh lime juice

15ml Cinnamon sugar syrup (2:1)

15ml Pasteurised egg white

1 dash Green Tabasco sauce

 Method

Mix all ingredients in a shaker with ice and fine strain into a chilled glass.

4.Apple & Caorunn

 Ingredients

45ml Caorunn Gin (cinnamon infused)

60ml Pressed apple juice

60ml Freshly squeezed orange juice

20ml Triple sec liqueur

10ml Gooseberry Syrup

 Method

Put ingredients in blender with ice and blend until smooth.

5.Blythswood Square Punch

 Ingredients

45ml Caorunn Gin

15ml Fresh lemon juice

15ml Honey water (1:1)

15ml Homemade ginger juice syrup (1:1)

5ml Fernet Branca

45ml Medium dry apple cider

 Method

Mix the first five ingredients in a shaker with ice. Strain over ice into a collins glass and top with cider.

6. The Crummble Land

 Ingredients

40ml Caorunn Gin

7.5ml Fireball cinnamon whisky

5ml Honey Water

3 dash Peychaud's Aromatic Bitters

80ml Schweppes Indian Tonic Water

 Method

Add all ingredients to a glass gilled with ice before adding tonic.