Spritz & Cocktails

 

 

SPRITZ COCKTAILS

Not just a drink, its a way of life – or so the Venetians say!

 

Ocean Spritz
Lemon gin, blue cuacao and prosecco
served over ice with a slice of lemon

Venetian Spritz
aperol, prosecco and soda
served over ice with an olive and a slice of orange

La Dolce Vita Spritz
Malfy pink graperuit gin, lemonchillo and prosecco
Served with pink grapefruit, lemon and thyme

Cynar Gin Fizz
Cynar is a cousin of Campari with an artichoke base. Its is like a Pimms but with attitude !
Cynar, Gordon’s Sicilian Gin, sugar syrup and prosecco
served over ice with a slice of cucumber

Italicus Spritz
based on an orginal recipe form 1850, well known at the time throughout Italy as
“ Aperitivo di Corte” … “The Drink of Kings
Italicus Rosoli di Bergamotto has a citrus nose with hints of rose and lavender
Italicus and prosecco served with a lemon slice and an olive

Lemoncello Spritz
lemoncello, prosecco and a splash of soda
served over ice with a slice of lemon and a sprig of thyme

Cocchi Rosa Americano Spritz
Cocchi Rosa is based on an aromatic red wine from the Asti region of Italy
served with prosecco and ruby grapefruit

Pimms No 1 Spritz
Classic pimms and prosecco

Strawberry and Lemoncillo Spritz
Strawberry puree and lemonchillo, served over ice with fresh strawberry, lemon slice and mint topped with prosecco

Chambord Spritz
Chambord, lemon gin topped with prosecco and berries

Hugo Spritz
Elderflower cordial, lemon gin and prosecco
served with fresh mint and a lemon slice

Rose Spritz
Rose wine, pink gin and prosecco
served with raspberries and fresh mint

All spritz cocktails £12.50

 

 

APERITIVO

 

Negroni
campari, gin and martini rosso
served over ice with an orange slice

Negroni Bianco
Italicus, gin and vermouth
shaken and served over ice with an olive

Milano
Campari, dry vermouth shake over ice and served with a slice of orange

All £12.00

 

 

PROSECCO COCKTAILS

 

Drunken Berry
gin,raspberry puree and prosecco

Tintoretto
pomegranate juice and prosecco

Peach Bellini
peach juice and prosecco

Kir Royale
crème de cassis and prosecco

Pear Bellini
pear juice and prosecco

French 75
tanquery no 10 gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup, prosecco

All Champagne cocktails £12.00

 

 

COCKTAILS

 

River House Bloody Mary
Grey Goose vodka, tomato juice and dry sherry shaken over ice and served. Splash of tabasco, pinch of cracked and celery salt, finished with a celery stick

Old Fashioned
A traditional whisky cocktail with bitters, soda water and a simple orange garnish

Manhattan
An iconic cocktail, created in 1880 at the New York Manhattan Club. A cocktail of bourbon, sweet vermouth and bitters

Dark ‘n’ Stormy
Krakan Dark Rum, pineapple juice, slash of ginger beer, garnished with a slice of lime

Ve.n.to
Grappa, lemon juice, chamomile liqueur, sugar syrup and egg white. Shaken over ice and served with a lemon slice and a grape

Godfather
Bourbon and Amaretto shaken and served over ice with an orange slice

Martini
gin or vodka
2:1 ratio of spirit to dry vermouth, served in a chilled glass with an olive

Bramble
Gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup and a splash of crème de mure served over ice with a fresh bramble and a slice of lemon

Gimlet
A fresh and simple naval cocktail served up in the Royal Navy in the 1800s orinally an idea to prevent scurvy !
Navy strength gin, lime cordial and sugar syrup. Shaken and served over ice with a wedge of lime

River House Sours
Tomatin Legacy, sugar syrup and lemon juice shaken with an egg white over ice and served with a lemon slice

Boulevardier
A classic twist on a Negroni. Talisker whisky, campari and sweet vermouth shaken over ice and served over ice with a orange slice

Cosmopolitan
Lipsmacking, sweet and sour cocktail.
Vodka, cointreau, lime juice and cranberry juice served with a lime wedge

French Martini
A flamboyant cocktail !
Vodka, chambord and pineapple juice shaken and served with a pineapple wedge

Sidecar
A classic cocktail from the 1920’s
Cognac, cointreau and lemon juice

All cocktails £12.00

 

 

MOCKTAILS

 

Apple and Cranberry Spritz
apple juice, cranberry juice and lemonade
served over ice with a slice of apple, orange and fresh cranberries

Grapefruit Ginger Spritz
grapefruit juice, ginger ale and splash of soda
served over ice with pink grapefruit and mint

Italian Earl
chilled Earl Grey tea, soda and a slice of orange and lemon

All soft cocktails £5.50