The British Grand Prix is a beloved sporting event that only comes around once a year, and is an absolute staple on the calendar of any major motorsport superfan’s calendar. Whether you’ve followed Formula 1 for years, or are just getting started on your journey, you’ll want to make sure you have the right drinks to help you put your foot flat to the floor and dive straight into the day.
For this reason, Wise Bartender have created a list of our favourite British cocktails, split into four sectors, that you can free practice at home. Straight from our paddock to yours.
Without further ado, it’s lights out, and away we go.
English Breakfast Martini
Our first cocktail off the marker is a classic English cocktail mixed with a quintessentially British hot drink: the English Breakfast Martini. You will definitely have heard of each of these tasty beverages as individual drinks, but when you put the two together, you get something that’s certain to leave a blistering impression on your guests.
And, regardless of race result, you have a drink that is both bitter and sweet to either celebrate or commemorate the win.
Ingredients:
- 1 tbsp English Breakfast tea
- 180ml New London Light (NLL) First Light Non-Alcoholic Aperitif
- 30ml Conviv Blanco Alcohol Free Vermouth Style Spirit
- 1 tsp honey/sugar syrup
- Orange peel
Recipe:
- Leave the tea to infuse in the New London Light spirit overnight to infuse
- Strain the tea into a cocktail mixer
- Combine with plenty of ice, vermouth and sugar syrup
- Strain into martini glasses
- Garnish with orange peel
Tip top tipple advice: Experiment with garnish to create a cocktail that is truly pole-sitting.
Raspberry Bramble
The Bramble is fresh, bright and colourful, and a few sips of our alcohol-free alternative will set you up for the race perfectly. Like the tyre variations that can make or break a driver’s position on the grid, the berry liqueur you choose to replace the traditional creme de mure with can define your entire drinking experience.
So, we’ve put a lot of thought into our strategy.
Ingredients:
- 60ml Brunswick Aces Spades Sapiir Alcohol Free Spirit
- 30ml lemon juice
- 2 tsp sugar syrup/honey
- 15ml Whitley Neill Alcohol Free Raspberry Spirit
- Raspberries to garnish
Recipe:
- Combine plenty of ice, the Brunswick spirit, lemon juice and spirit in a cocktail shaker
- Strain into glasses of your choice
- Pour over the raspberry spirit
- Garnish with a couple of fresh raspberries
Gimlet
A speedy drink for a speedy sport, the Gimlet is well known for providing a shot of citrusy goodness to any evening, so why not delight your guests with a tray of lime and gin, straight from the cocktail shaker?
Ingredients:
- 150ml Pearsons 'London Dry' Gin Alternative Alcohol Free Spirit
- 45ml lime juice
- 45ml sugar syrup
Recipe:
- Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker
- Shake well and stir
- Serve with a herbal garnish of your choosing
Tom Collins
We’ve reached the final sector so we need a particularly special drink before we fly the chequered flag of this blog, and a Tom Collins does just the trick. This cocktail is not only a perfect tribute to our British teams and drivers at their home Grand Prix, but also phenomenally refreshing on a hot summer’s day in July.
In fact, we might even say it hits the apex.
Ingredients:
- 60ml Gordon's 0.0 Alcohol Free Spirit
- 30ml lemon juice
- 15ml sugar syrup
- Double Dutch Soda Water
- Lemon peel
- Cocktail cherry
Recipe:
- Combine ice, AF gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup in a cocktail shaker
- Shake until chilled
- Strain into a tall glass
- Top with soda water
- Garnish with lemon peel and a fresh cherry
If you plan to watch the Silverstone Grand Prix from the comfort of your own home in the UK, then there are plenty of other alcohol-free alternatives available to you.
At Wise Bartender, we stock a wide range of alcohol-free gin, cider, wine and even fruity soda options that might just oversteer you into the mood.
