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paulham

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Vimto creates Centenary Cocktail
« on: November 03, 2008, 06:43:18 pm »
To mark its 100th birthday, Vimto Soft Drinks recently invited some of the UK's top mixologists to go head to head in a competition to create a bespoke Vimto Centenary Cocktail.........................The winning recipes were:
So-Berry-Vim-Van-Tastic
Ingredients:
2 raspberries
1 blackberry
3 lemon squeezes
1/2 oz gomme

Muddle together the above and add:
25ml of Vimto
1 oz of Beefeater Gin
1oz of vanilla schnapps

Shake and strain over crushed ice in a wine goblet
Stir through 5 smacked mint leaves
Top with lemonade and garnish with a blackberry, raspberry and mint sprig

The Shlurple Sensation
Chilled half pint glass
50 ml of fresh water melon juice
25 ml of fresh grape juice
25 ml of orange juice
Shaken and strained then topped with lemonade and top with a 25ml vimto "float"
Garnish with a watermelon wedge


http://www.talkingretail.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11344:vimto-creates-centenary-cocktail&catid=5:product-news&Itemid=10

Can anyone do any better?

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Re: Vimto creates Centenary Cocktail
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2008, 09:14:56 pm »
1/4 pint of vimto added to 3/4 pint of vodka
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Re: Vimto creates Centenary Cocktail
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2008, 01:55:30 pm »
I do enjoy a Cheeky Vimto, but as that doesn't actually contain any Vimto I don't think it counts.
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Re: Vimto creates Centenary Cocktail
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2008, 06:22:05 pm »
I was put off Vimto when someone pointed out it was an anagram of vomit.
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Re: Vimto creates Centenary Cocktail
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2008, 08:49:17 pm »
Would you still eat cold pies if you knew they were made out of Oldspice?

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Re: Vimto creates Centenary Cocktail
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2008, 07:12:21 am »
I don't really eat pies - especially not cold ones. I hate pork pies espcially. Years and years ago, the company I worked for sold what was called Tongue Sausage. It used to be sold in slices from the deli counter. One day I noticed the contents stamped on the outside wrapper: Contains: blood, fat, tongue.
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Re: Vimto creates Centenary Cocktail
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2008, 09:10:32 am »
YUk. I don't like pies.
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