Cocktails define our craft.

We refined each serve through countless tastings at markets, dinners, and private events. Guests kept asking to enjoy them at home.

This collection raises the bar. Classic recipes. Precise ratios. Made with our award winning spirits. Polished, balanced, and ready to pour. No shortcuts. Only elegant cocktails that feel considered, taste refined, and sit proudly on any table.

About

The Southside sits in the classic cocktail family. Fresh, sharp, and built around mint. At its simplest you can call it a gin mojito. Swap the rum for gin. Keep the mint, citrus, and sweetness. Shake, strain, and you have the idea.

The history has a few competing stories.

One version links it to Chicago in the early 1900s. The “South Side” of the city had rougher spirits during Prohibition, so bartenders used mint, sugar, and lemon to soften the taste. Gin made it cleaner and more aromatic.

How to Order

• These are made to order, and not held in stock.
• Please use within 7 days of receiving. 
• Send your pouch back to us, using our free-post service.

Servings

• All pouches hold 700ml.
• This can be served as 10 x 70ml servings or 7 x 100ml servings.

How to Use

• On receiving, refrigerate and enjoy within 7 days.
• Shake the pouch before use.
• Either pour into a shaker with ice or straight into your glass with ice.
• When ice is added to the cocktail, accounting for ice dilution the cocktail will increase between 20% to 40% resulting in a serve around 150ml.
• Garnish as suggested.

Ingredients

• Explorer's Gin / Lime and Lemon Juice / Mint / Simple Sugar Syrup

About: The English Garden is a fresh, elegant cocktail built around Great Bustard Gin. Bright citrus and soft floral notes sit over gentle herbs, creating a clean, balanced drink that feels light, composed, and quietly refreshing.

This was show cased on Sunday Brunch in 2024.

Garnish: Orange / Apple / Mint / Cucumber

Glass Type: Coupe or Rocks Glass

Allergens: Nil

About: Our Hazelnut Espresso Martini is built for depth and balance. Roasted hazelnut brings warmth and texture, whilst the coffee brings bitterness, and the finish stays clean and composed. Rich without heaviness, it is a confident, grown up take on a modern classic.

Garnish: Chocolate or Coffee bean

Glass Type: Coupe

Allergens:

• Hazelnut has been used
• Caffeine (amounts may vary)

About: Our Negroni delivers bold, confident flavour from the first sip. Campari leads with clean bitterness, balanced by the aromatic structure of gin and the richness of sweet Cocchi Vermouth di Torino. It is a composed, bitter classic made to be sipped slowly, with depth that builds and lingers on the palate.

Garnish: Orange Peel Twist / Wheel

Glass Type: Rocks / Old Fashioned

Allergens:

• Grapefruit / Pink Pepper in Explorer's Gin.
• Sulphites naturally present from the fortified wine base.

About: This is our Mojito which delivers clean, refreshing precision. Fresh mint brings a cool lift, lime juice adds sharp citrus, and sugar rounds the edges without excess. Explorer’s Gin replaces rum, with its Szechuan pepper enhancing the mint and lime, adding a subtle tingle and extra brightness. The result is crisp, balanced, and quietly invigorating.

Garnish: Mint / Lime

Glass Type: High ball

Allergens:

• Grapefruit / Pink Pepper in Explorer's Gin.

• We do hope that you are happy with your purchase.
• We aim to make the return process as simple as possible.
• We must be notified of damaged goods within 2 days of delivery.
• We will refund you using the method of payment used to make the purchase.
• Goods must be returned unopened, sealed and in the original packaging.
• Downton Distillery Ltd will refund accepted returns within 30 days of you notifying us.
• The postage of the return is the responsibility of the purchaser.
• Loss or damage during transit of goods being returned is the responsibility of the purchaser.

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