Beat the heat and enjoy the match with some easy-to-make cocktails curated by Nicholas Ord.
Bowled Over: A cooling start to a spell at the crease with a perfectly served beverage for the Indian palate. Fresh grapes are muddled together with black salt and nimbu (lemon), a healthy splash of whisky and a charge of fiery ginger beer.Glassware: Old fashioned
Ingredients:
60 ml whisky
2 grape bitters
5 fresh grapes
Pinch of black salt
4 lemon wedges
Top with ginger beer
Method: Shake all ingredients with cubed ice and double strain into a chilled glass.
Garnish with grapes tossed in black salt served on a toothpick.
Super Sixers: Whisky taken with homemade spiced salt of chaat and garam masala, chilly powder, cinnamon and pepper.
Glassware: Shot glass
Ingredients:
60 ml whisky
15 gms salt
Pinch of chilly powder
12 pieces cinnamon
12 pieces cloves
10 gms pepper
20 gms garam masala
Pinch of chat masala
Method: Roast all spices along with garam masala, add all the remaining ingredients, toss and sieve.
Garnish with orange wedges.
A Big Sour LBW: For the big hits and the bigger wickets, shake up the stands with this blend of whisky, cinnamon syrup and star anise with cloves.
Glassware: Old fashioned
Ingredients:
60 ml whisky
20ml cinnamon syrup
2 pieces star anise and cloves
20 ml lime juice
15 ml egg white
Method: Dry shake, hard shake and strain.
Capt'in's Cooler: This shaken spiced rum concoction of whisky and Grand Marnier French orange liqueur goes along with a citrus-muddled handful of pureed pineapple and orange to bring the tropical sunshine to the pitch.
Glassware: Tall glass
Ingredients:
60 ml whisky
15 ml Grand Marnier
6 pieces of fresh pineapple diced
10 ml lime juice
10 ml egg white
Fresh oranges diced
Method: Shake all the ingredients, strain and pour into a chilled tall glass.
Garnish with a pineapple slice.
All Rounder Sangria: A delectable concoction of spiced rum, whisky and Grand Marnier with Cabernet Sauvignon (red wine), fresh orange and lime citrus, stirred in a pitcher.
Glassware: Wine glass
Ingredients:
30 ml whisky
100 ml red wine10 ml Grand Marnier
20 ml rum
30 ml orange juice
7 ml lime juice
10 ml sugar syrup
30 ml ginger ale
Method: Stir all the ingredients and pour into a chilled glass.
Garnish with apple slice, orange slice and seasonal berries.