9 Cocktails To Fall Head Over Heels In Love With This Valentine's Day

With Valentine’s Day on the horizon - we have just the thing to take any at-home or virtual celebration to the next level. These delicious cocktails are the perfect way to cheers the one you love with something you both love. We have found a range of the most loved-up cocktails that you can make and shake together, or show-off your best mixologist impression and wait hand and foot on your other half.

With celebrations still a little different this year - adding these extra little flourishes is a simple way to make the occasion just that little bit extra special. Why not replicate a cocktail you both had on your first date - or at your wedding - or even spice things up a little and try something new.

Each cocktail has been hand-tested and expertly-crafted by only the best in the drinks world, because, you deserve only the best! It’s our little Valentine’s gift to you.

Cranes Cranberry and Blood Orange Liqueur

Valentine’s Cranbellini

This delicious sweetheart drink is made using Cranes Cranberry and Blood Orange Liqueur which is the perfect partner for your favourite Prosecco. A super simple pour and perfect for setting the mood.

1 Part Cranes Cranberry and Blood Orange Liqueur
4 Parts Prosecco

Chill a Champagne Flute (either in the fridge or with ice)
Pour the Prosecco into your chilled glass
Add the Cranes Cranberry and Blood Orange Liqueur
Stir if required and enjoy.

Baileys Red Velvet Cupcake

Baileys Red Velvet Cupcake Martini

This delectable dessert inspired cocktail is the perfect way to #TreatUp your loved ones this Valentine’s Day. Make sure to get your hands on a Baileys Limited Edition Red Velvet Cupcake before they’re gone (available in Tesco and Sainsbury’s until stocks last)

100ml Baileys Red Velvet Cupcake
50ml Vodka
White Chocolate, melted

Dip the rim of each martini glass in a small amount of melted chocolate and leave to cool
Add Baileys Red Velvet cupcake and vodka to an ice-filled shaker
Shake and pour into each martini glass.
Serve and enjoy.

STARLINO

STARLINO Rosé Spritz

Utilising STARLINO Rosé delicious combination of Rosé wine, spirit and pink grapefruit this delightful and refreshing cocktail is the perfect start (or end) to any Valentine’s Day celebrations.

1 Part STARLINO Rosé
1 Part Sparkling Wine
1 Part Soda
Grapefruit

Add ice to a long stem glass followed by 1 Part STARLINO Rosé.
Top up with 1 Part Sparkling Wine and 1 Part Soda
Garnish with a slice of grapefruit.

Cranes Cranberry and Blood Orange Liqueur

Love At First Sip

Fall head over heels with Cranes’s romantic twist of the classic Cosmopolitan with the added addition of fresh strawberries, which are, apparently, a natural aphrodisiac! Oh my.

1 part Cranes Cranberry and Blood Orange Liqueur
1 part Cranberry Juice
1 part Vodka
1/2 Squeezed Lime
Strawberries

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice
Add everything apart from the strawberries and shake well until mixed (approx 10 seconds)
Using a cocktail strainer, strain the liquid into a martini glass
Garnish with a whole strawberry on the rim of the glass, slice a second strawberry lengthways to creat a heart shape and place four floating slices in the glass.

Lanique

The Lanique Rose Fizz

The refreshing taste of fizz paired with the exotic and floral flavour of Lanique makes this a super simple serve but still a very special drink, perfect for any special occasion.

25ml Lanique
Prosecco, Cava or Champagne

Pour 25ml Lanique into a Flute and top with your choice of fizz.

Red Zealot / BrewDog Distilling Co.

Red Zealot

This delicious creation from the wonders over at BrewDog Distilling Co. is as beautiful as it is delicious. Just mix with honey and lime juice for a sweet drink for your sweet heart.

50ml Zealot’s Heart Gin
25ml Fresh Lime Juice
25ml Honey Syrup (50/50 Honey/Hot Water, Mixed
3 Strawberries

Add all ingredients into a shaker over ice.
Thoroughly shake until cold.
Strain into a Martini glass and garnish with strawberries.

The Bottle Club

Nutella Martini

A delicious take on the traditional and perfect for any sweethearts with sweet teeth. Delicious, delectable and perfect to share, created by The Bottle Club and loved by the entire Consommé Team.

400ml Whole Milk (Or Milk Alternative)
2 (very) Heaped Scoops of Nutella
1 Heaped Spoonful of Cocoa Powder
3 Shots of Vodka
2 Shots of Amaretto
Ice
Additional Nutella and Chopped Hazelnuts for Garnish

Gently heat the milk in a pan, with the Nutella and cocoa powder.
Stir until smooth and sufficiently warmed through. Leave to cool
Spread some Nutella onto a side plate, and cover another plate in chopped hazelnuts. Dip the rim of your glass into the chocolate and twist. Once dipped in the Nutella, dip the glass into the pile of nuts
When your chocolate milk is nice & cold, pour into a cocktail shaker and add the vodka and Amaretto. Shake it and enjoy!

Cotswolds No.1 Wildflower Gin

The Cotswolds Wild Passion Spritz

The Cotswolds Wildflower Gin is the perfect addition for any Valentine’s treats - it’s beautiful to look at and to taste and mixed with passionfruit it makes the perfect serve for any lovers.

50ml Cotswolds No.1 Wildflower Gin
25ml Lemon Juice
15ml Passion Fruit Syrup
Top up with Champagne or Soda

Place all of the ingredients into an ice-filled cocktail shaker.
Shake and strain over ice into a gin glass. Top up with champagne or soda and stir.

Lanique

The Lanique Rose Spritz

This spritz, garnished with a cucumber ribbon is the perfect marriage of Lanique’s floral and sweet rose notes against the dry prosecco and refreshing tonics.

25ml Lanique
100ml Tonic
50ml Prosecoo
Cucumber Ribbon to Garnish

Pour Lanique over Ice.
Add tonic and prosecco
And finish with a Cucumber Ribbon.
Stir and Enjoy.