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Drinkstuff Cocktail Club Flavour of the Month - Banana

Welcome to Drinkstuff's Cocktail Club flavour of the month! This month our flavour of the month is the absolute classic flavour banana! Banana is a core flavour for cocktails and you can choose to use a syrup, or even fresh bananas but we prefer our best buds Monins Banana Fruit Mix. Just like last month, these fruit mixes have the perfect consistency, flavour and even smell, and are shelf-stable what more could you want?! 

Monin Fruit Mix VS Syrup VS Puree

As always we want to make sure why we love the Monin Le Fruit. It's worth remembering that syrups, purees and fruit mixes are all different and the differences are as follows: 

  • A syrup is mostly sugar with fruit flavours
  • A Monin Fruit mix is usually 50% fruit 50% sugar
  • A puree is mostly fruit with a little bit of sugar

We love the Monin Fruit Mix because it's the perfect mix of sugar and fruit. With a consistency closer to a puree, complete with fruity bits and sweetness, the fruit mix is perfect for creating a really punchy drink!

Banana Cocktail Recipes

If you've got to this point you're probably thinking, where are the cocktail recipes?! Well, you don't have to wait any longer! Here are our cocktails for this month!

Ultimate Banana Daiquiri

Bursting with tropical fruity flavours, this Banana Daiquiri pairs pineapple rum with banana and a citrus kick! As always a Daquiri is perfectly served in a Nick & Nora Glass!

Ultimate Banana Daiquiri

  • 50ml Pineapple Rum
  • 25ml Monin Banana Le Fruit Fruit Mix
  • 25ml Lime Juice
  • 2 dashes Cinnamon Bitters
  1. Add the ingredients to a Shaker filled with Ice.
  2. Shake Hard.
  3. Strain into a Nick & Nora Glass
  4. Garnish with a banana kebab

Everything you'll Need:

Monin Le Fruit Banana Fruit Mix

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Raffles Lines Nick and Nora Glasses

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Barfly Copper Sword Cocktail Picks

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ODK 100% Lime Juice 750ml

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Dirty Salted Caramel Banana

A riff on the classic Dirty Banana Cocktail, this Dirty Salted Caramel Banana is full of Banana, cream, SALTED CARAMEL RUM and coffee liqueur flavours, what more could you want?! Blended for the ultimate frozen cocktail, the Dirty Salted caramel Banana is perfectly served in a pina colada glass! 

Dirty Salted Caramel Banana

  • 50ml Two Swallows Salted Caramel Spiced Rum
  • 25ml Coffee Liqueur 
  • 25ml Monin Banana Le Fruit Fruit Mix
  • 50ml Cream
  1. Add all the ingredients to a Blender and Flash Blend for 5 Seconds
  2. Pour into a pina colada glass
  3. Garnish with Banana Kebab

Everything you'll need: 

Monin Le Fruit Banana Fruit Mix

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Essence Pina Colada Glasses

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Barfly Skull Cocktail Picks

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Banana & Cinnamon Sour

We love a sour cocktail at Drinkstuff and this Banana & Cinnamon Sour is a new instant favourite! With a hint of chocolate, this sour is a tasty, tropical cocktail! Of course a sour is served in a rocks glass, you have make sure there is plenty of space for a good frothy top!

Banana & Cinnamon Sour

  • 50ml Jack Daniels Tennessee Fire
  • 25ml Monin Banana Le Fruit Fruit Mix
  • 5ml Sugar Syrup
  • 15ml Lemon Juice 
  • 1 dash of Chocolate Bitters
  • 8 drops of Stillabunt Magic Cocktail Foamers
  1. Add the ingredients to a Shaker filled with Ice.
  2. Shake Hard.
  3. Strain into a Rocks Glass.
  4. Garnish with a mint sprig

Everything you'll need:

Monin Le Fruit Banana Fruit Mix

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Essence Diamond Whiskey Tumbler

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ODK 100% Sicilian Lemon Juice 750ml

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Stillabunt Magic Velvet Cocktail Foamer

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Tropical Martini

This has to be the best cocktail to come out of this months flavour of the month. Don't let the vibrant colour fool you, this Lychee & Passion Fruit Caipirissima is full of beautifully delicate and subtle flavours. Like a bramble this cocktail is best served in a short rocks glass. 

Tropical Martini

  • 25ml Vodka
  • 15ml Cherry Heering
  • 15ml Apricot Brandy
  • 25ml Monin Banana Le Fruit Fruit Mix
  • 50ml Pineapple Juice
  1. Add all the ingredients to a Shaker with Ice.
  2. Shake Hard.
  3. Strain intoa martini glass
  4. Garnish with a pineapple wedge

Everything you'll need:

Monin Le Fruit Banana Fruit Mix

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Essence Martini Cocktail Glasses

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So there you have it! August's Flavour of the Month! Four absolutely banging cocktails, perfect for a Saturday night at home, or hey you could even spice up a cocktail menu of two with these bad boys! Don't forget if you want to get a discount on our flavour of the month you need to be signed up to our email list, that's the only way you'll get that month's discount code. If you've found your way here without signing up, all you have to do is fill in the form! You'll even get a free 20 Easy Cocktail Recipe PDF for the trouble. 

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Join in the fun!

If you're looking to join in the fun, why not enter our monthly competition! Each month we're looking for the best cocktails that our community have made using our flavour of the month! All you have to do is create that signature cocktail, grab a snap of it before you drink it and send it to us! You can send it to us on Instagram DMs, tag us in your post, or send it to us on Discord. Each month we'll pick our top 3 recipes and we'll make and try them and crown a winner. The winner will then win next month's flavour completely free, all in time for you to enter the next months! Don't forget to tag us in your posts and use the hashtag #DrinkstuffCocktailClub so we can find all your amazing creations.