Shoreline Sips: Salcombe Gin's Coastal Inspired Cocktails for the RNLI's 200th Anniversary

Commemorating the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's (RNLI) 200th anniversary, Salcombe Gin is delighted to have partnered with the charity to launch 'Four Seas' by Salcombe Gin.  

With a love and respect for the sea at the heart of everything that Salcombe Gin does, the new classic London dry gin is a genuine celebration of the British and Irish coastal community spirit.  

Drawing inspiration from the distillery's journey around the British coastline and from where the four seas that surround our beautiful island nation all meet our shores, 'Four Seas' by Salcombe Gin showcases four key botanicals. 

Beautifully balanced, lemons smoked over Scottish whisky barrel wood chips led with tangy sea buckthorn from where the Atlantic Ocean meets with the Cornish coast, sugar kelp foraged from the Irish sea providing a richness and hint of salinity and elderberries from the wildest of wild Wales, giving an earthy floral sweetness.

For the next two years every bottle of 'Four Seas' by Salcombe Gin will help save lives at sea, with 10% of the net price of each bottle sold, proudly donated to the vital work of the RNLI.  'Four Seas' by Salcombe Gin is available in a 70cl bottle, £39.50, ABV 40% from salcombegin.com as well as Master of Malt, Amazon and leading independent retailers.

Here are three stunning coastal inspired cocktails, carefully curated by Salcombe Gin's expert distillers, perfect for enjoying at home or while on holiday.

Sir William

Glass: Highball

Ingredients

50ml 'Four Seas' by Salcombe Gin

20ml Lemon juice

20ml Elderflower cordial

Soda water

A Rosemary sprig

Method

Add the gin, lemon juice and elderflower cordial to a cocktail shaker with plenty of ice and shake

Double strain into a highball glass filled with ice

Top with soda water

Garnish with a sprig of rosemary

Coastal Negroni

Glass: Old-fashioned 

Ingredients

25ml 'Four Seas' by Salcombe Gin

25ml Campari

25ml Sweet vermouth

Very small pinch of sea salt

Orange peel

Method

Fill a mixing glass with plenty of ice

Add all the ingredients, except the orange peel, into the mixing glass and stir well

Strain into a tumbler or old-fashioned glass filled with ice 

Garnish with a twist of flamed orange peel

Channel 16*

Glass: Wine glass

Ingredients

50ml 'Four Seas' by Salcombe Gin

15ml Sugar syrup 

10ml Lemon juice

10 x Sea buckthorn berries or 15ml Sea buckthorn syrup

Ginger ale

2 sprigs rosemary

Method

Muddle the sea buckthorn berries and a sprig of rosemary in a cocktail shaker

Add the gin, sugar syrup, lemon juice and ice to the cocktail shaker and shake well

Double strain into a wine glass filled with ice and top with the ginger ale

Garnish with a spring of rosemary

Four Seas & Tonic

Glass: Highball

Ingredients

50ml 'Four Seas' by Salcombe Gin

150ml Premium Indian Tonic Water

Slice of lemon

Ice

Method

Fill your highball glass with ice

Add 50ml 'Four Seas' by Salcombe Gin 

Top with 150ml Indian tonic water

Garnish with a slice of lemon, gently stir and serve

For further information about Salcombe Gin, visit www.salcombegin.com, follow SalcombeGin on Instagram and Facebook. 

*FACTFILE: Channel 16 (156.800MHz) is the international calling and distress channel.