Shake it up

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Tropical Cocktail Kit, Sunnylife

Bring this colourful cocktail kit to your beach party and you’ll have everything you need to make some festive cocktails for six people: a shaker, six coasters, six watermelon-shaped ice cubes, six umbrellas, six straws, six stirrers and three drink recipes.

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Cocktail of Choice: The Aviation

2 oz gin liqueur

½ oz Maraschino

½ oz lemon juice

¼ oz crème de violette

Shake the gin, the Maraschino, the crème de violette and fresh-squeezed lemon juice thoroughly with cracked ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a red cherry.