Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has partnered with London Cocktail Club (LCC) to create a drinks menu inspired by the UK’s favourite flavours.

The cocktail list includes drinks to honour Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol and the UK

The five cocktail recipes pay tribute to some of the UK’s major cities and incorporate flavours voted by the residents themselves. Cocktails have been created to represent Edinburgh, Bristol, Birmingham and Manchester.

JJ Goodman, founder of LCC, said: “We had a lot of fun creating cocktails which represent these great cities; the key for me was to keep the drinks simple, but also creatively interesting so they cannot only be re-created at home but also feel like taste of home.

“Sainsbury’s has done a great job with their new range of cocktail ingredients, which help to keep the cost down when experimenting in mixology and I hope this encourages more people to get inventive with their creations.”

The list coincides with the launch of Sainsbury’s new 35cl and 20cl cocktail ingredients, which are designed to make cocktails at home more accessible and affordable.

Drinks created by Sainsbury’s and LCC include the Edinburgh Irn Punch, which combines Edinburgh’s two favourite flavours of Scotch whisky and Irn Bru; and the Bristolian SideBoat, which aims to capture the fresh and historical nature of the city.

For the Brummie Sweet Spice, LCC aimed to honour the Birmingham-born Balti while paying homage to Cadbury’s Bournville factory; and the Rock My Manchester cocktail includes the local delicacy of chips and gravy accompanied by a swig of beer.

Finally, Sainsbury’s and LCC created the Great British G&Tea as the ‘ultimate Great British Cocktail’. This creation was born from the nation’s love of English breakfast tea and combines it with London Dry gin, cassis liqueur and spoonful of blackcurrant jam.

Click through the gallery to see the recipes behind these creations.

 Brummie Sweet Spice

Ingredients

50ml Sainsbury’s White Rum

15ml Sainsbury’s Crème de Pêches Liqueur
35ml spiced mango puree
25ml lime juice

1 teaspoon of runny honey

6 drops Sainsbury’s Bitters

Method

Shake all the ingredients together and fine strain into a Martini glass. Garnish with a mini Jaffa Cake, chocolate spread on half the rim and the top half of red chili

Bristolian SideBoat

Ingredients

40ml Sainsbury’s Three Year Old Brandy

20ml Sainsbury’s Triple Sec

20ml lemon juice

50ml Sainsbury’s Vintage Cider

1 teaspoon of bramley apple sauce

Method

Shake together all the ingredients, except the cider, and strain over cubed ice. Top with cider and garnish with fresh apple and a chunk of cheddar on a stick.

Edinburgh Irn Punch

Ingredients

50ml Sainsbury’s Blended Scotch Whisky

10ml Irn Bru syrup

12 Drops Sainsbury’s Bitters

Method

Stir the ingredients to combine and strain over cubed ice. Garnish with a long twist of orange zest and a shortbread biscuit on the side.

Rock My Manchester

Ingredients

50ml Distil No 9 Ukrainian Vodka
15ml Sainsbury’s Raspberry Liqueur

20ml Hyde and Wild stout

75ml fresh tomato juice

15ml Bovril

6 dashes Tabasco

5 dashes Worcester sauce

10ml lemon juice

1 whole sprig of rosemary

Pinch of pepper

Pinch of salt

Method

Shake all the ingredients together and strain over cubed ice into a Latte glass. Garnish with a rosemary sprig and a chip, with cracked pepper sprinkled on top.

Great British G&Tea

Ingredients

50ml Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Blackfriars 10 London Dry Gin

25ml Sainsbury’s Crème de Cassis Liqueur

25ml English breakfast tea

20ml lemon juice

3 teaspoons of blackcurrant jam

8 mint leaves

Method

Add all the ingredients to a glass and churn together with crushed ice. Top with more crushed ice and garnish with a mint sprig and custard cream biscuit.