Homemade cocktails are not as hard as you may think! Here are some easy ways to make a juicy cocktail at home in no-time!

Making a cocktail at home is not as hard as some people may think. It is actually a very common practice in these financially hard economic times that we are living in today because saving money is a top priority. Saving money is more important than ever before, however, you still want to be able to enjoy your earnings without the guilt of spending, especially the way we may spend when we are in a bar atmosphere type of setting. 

With the right tools, you too can make these at home cocktail drinks just by having a few key supplies available such as the alcohol, which are spirit(s) of your choice, the right kind of syrup to go with the spirit you have chosen, and it also helps by having a cocktail shaker. Once you have these tools that are needed to successfully make your cocktails yourself, you will be in business and you can impress your friends and family with your new technique in making refreshing inexpensive cocktails at home. If you want to add a special twist to those at home cocktails, try adding some delicious Monin syrups. There are some really good syrups, like Grenadine Syrup, that can be added to your spirits. Some of the very popular cocktail drinks that can be made at home are:

• Mojito
• Martini
• Daiquiri
• Margarita
• Negroni

Savory or Sweet with Grenadine Syrups

When you are making these cocktails at home, the choices are endless and some of the most common cocktails made with grenadine are drinks like Tequila Sunrise, Sea Breeze, Zombi, Pink Lady, and many more. Alcohol is not the only thing that can be used to make these delicious and refreshing drinks. You can add your choice of flavorful non-alcoholic syrups to give that extra twist to not only your cocktails, but you can do savory or sweet dishes like baking cookies, cakes, pies, including chicken recipes. Also, put a little on some ice cream; you can create some interesting flavors.

Tips About Grenadine Cocktails

To understand the term grenadine, it originates from the word grenade. This is the French word for the primary ingredient used which is pomegranate. This word comes from the Italian word pome, meaning apple, and granite, meaning seed. Hence the term grenadine. Grenadine is a non-alcoholic syrup and it is red in color and the taste of grenadine is sweet and tart. When this drink is made in places like a bar or restaurant, the bartender will usually add this syrup in to give the drink a reddish or pinkish color. 

Grenadine syrup is made out of pomegranate juice and water and sometimes it is flavored with a few drops of lemon juice. Bartenders, oftentimes, like to use blackcurrant juice for a more pronounced tart flavor profile and it contains no corn syrup or red dyes. For example, if you wanted to make that Pink Lady cocktail, the ingredients needed are gin, lemon juice, egg whites, grenadine, and Maraschino cherry. If you wanted to make a Zombie even more potent, it contains four types of rums and brandy which are light rum, navy rum, orange rum, overproof rum, and apricot brandy. The other ingredients you would need are lemon juice, lime juice, and orange juice. If you are not sure what kinds of alcohol to use, here is a list of some of the most common spirits purchased to make cocktails at home:

• Gin
• Bourbon
• Rye Whiskey
• Rum (Light or Dark)
• Absinthe

These are just naming a few of the spirits you can use to make these cocktails while at home.

These syrups are widely popular. Chefs around the world are incorporating these delicious syrups into their desserts and their cocktail recipes and they are telling us what inspired them to do so. These types of non-alcoholic syrups are becoming very popular across the world and the trend for them is continuously growing. The fact that the syrups can be used for a variety of things across the board makes grenadine syrup that much more interesting to explore.