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Impress your friends with effortless
cocktails with easy to find ingredients.
THE A B C - HOME BARTENDING A guide for a ‘perfect house party!’
(Highballs, Stir, Buildup, Top Up)

ONE STEP UP
(Build Up, Dry And Wet Shake)

THE ROCKET SCIENCE

(Advanced Bartending, Homemade Syrups) CONTENT
1. NIRVANA HIGHBALLS
(Method: Top up)

2. NIRVANA SPRITZER
(Method: Prep and Top up)

3. NIRVANA SUMMER
(Method: Prep and Top up)

4. STAIRWAY TO NIRVANA
(Method: Prep and Top up)
 HIGHBALLS/ BALLERS

GLASS
Tom Collins / Tall – Fill with ice cubes

INGREDIENTS
Whisky: Paul John Nirvana
(45 ml / 60 ml as per requirement)
Choice of Mixer - Cola (Thums Up, Coca Cola, Pepsi)
Garnish: Chocolate slab / piece
Choice of Mixer - Sprite (Any lemon flavoured sparkling/
carbonated water), add a squeeze of lime
Garnish: Lemon / lime wedge
Choice of Mixer - Ginger ale (Any ginger ale or ginger beer)
Garnish: Slice of ginger or mint
Choice of Mixer - Cranberry juice, add a lime wedge
squeeze
Garnish: Lime wedge
Choice of Mixer - Apple juice
Garnish: Apple slices / cinnamon stick

METHOD
Fill glass with ice, add required whisky
and top it up with the mixer

HIGHBALLS/ BALLERS
 SPRITZER

GLASS
Collins / Tall

INGREDIENTS
60 ml Paul John Nirvana
2 freshly cut slices of ginger
2 lemongrass leaves
2 wedges of lime
Sprite to top

GARNISH
Lemongrass

METHOD
Fill glass with ice
Add Paul John Nirvana, two wedges of
lime, squeeze & drop in
Fold and twist the lemongrass leaves
to release flavour and drop into glass
Top it with Sprite
Snap the ginger slices in two
and drop into drink
Stir

SPRITZER
 SUMMER

GLASS
Footed Pilsner / Mason jar

INGREDIENTS
60 ml Paul John Nirvana
2 wedges lime
60 ml orange juice
5 ml ginger juice
Top up with Sprite / 7Up

GARNISH
Orange wedge, snapped ginger slice,
mint / thyme sprig

METHOD
Fill glass with ice
Add Nirvana, orange juice, ginger juice
& 2 wedges of lime
Snap a ginger and drop it in
Top it with 7 Up / Sprite
Stir

SUMMER
 STA I R WAY TO

INGREDIENTS
Paul John Nirvana - 50 ml
Cold brew coffee - 50 ml
(can use store bought cold brew coffee)
Maple syrup - 15 ml
(can use sugar syrup as well)
Tonic water

METHOD
Add Nirvana, cold brew coffee, maple syrup
and tonic water to top up
Cold brew coffee: can be made by steeping
coarsely ground coffee beans in room-tem-
perature water for six to 12 hours. This creates
a coffee concentrate. Ideal mix would be 1:8
coffees to water ratio, ie: 1 tablespoon coffee
to around 120ml of water. Once steeped,
strain the coffee out by using a cheese cloth
or coffee filter until all the coffee residue is
strained out

STA I R WAY TO
 One Step Up
Anyone with a capacity to make their own
homemade syrups and good mixer stoke up
can easily pull these cocktails off! All you need
is some prep work, shaking skills, some ice and
a belly to accommodate these tasty treats.

CONTENT
5. Retro Old Fashioned
6. Nirvana Mai Tai
7. Smells like Tea Spirit
8. Summer Sip
9. Wicked One
10. Cloud 9
11. Downtown
12. Goan Bliss
13. Put Me Down Gently
 RETRO OLD FASHIONED

DESCRIPTION
Delicate twist on the classic Old Fashioned

GLASS
Double old fashioned

INGREDIENTS
Paul John Nirvana - 50 ml
Organic honey - 10 ml
Vanilla essence - 2 drops
Angostura bitters - 3 dashes

GARNISH
Orange zest

METHOD
Fill glass with ice. Add whisky, honey, essence
and Angostura bitters and stir

5. RETRO OLD FASHIONED

 MAI TAI

GLASS
Old fashioned

INGREDIENTS
60 ml Paul John Nirvana
10 ml orgeat/almond syrup
15 ml Monin peach syrup
4 lime wedges

GARNISH
Slice of orange with sprig of mint, starfruit

METHOD
Fill shaker with ice
Add all ingredients over ice & squeeze the wedges in
Shake all the ingredients
Fill the glass with crushed ice
Strain the drink over crushed ice in glass
Top the glass with more crushed ice and garnish

MAI TAI
 SMELLS LIKE TEA SPIRIT

DESCRIPTION
A refreshing highball sure to make you groove to the tunes
of Nirvana

GLASS
Highball

INGREDIENTS
Paul John Nirvana - 50 ml
Black tea - 30 ml
Caramel - 15 ml
Lime juice - 10 ml
Mint leaves - 6-10
Sparkling water - Top up
Black tea : One tea bag of black tea brewed in 210 ml of hot
water for about two minutes

METHOD
Fill shaker with ice. Add all ingredients and shake, fine
strain and top up ice (cubed) in glass

GARNISH
Mint Sprig

SMELLS LIKE TEA SPIRIT

 SUMMER SIP

GLASS
Collins

INGREDIENTS
60 ml Paul John Nirvana
20 ml Lime juice
15 ml Cucumber syrup
Pinch of salt
Top up with tonic water

METHOD
Build up in glass over ice

GARNISH
Cucumber slice

SUMMER SIP
 WICKED ONE

GLASS
Coupe

INGREDIENTS
60 ml Paul John Nirvana whisky
3 kaffir leaf
20 ml lime juice
15 ml sugar syrup
Dash of bitters
30 ml egg white

METHOD
Add all ingredients to shaker over ice and shake
Strain in glass over ice

GARNISH
Kaffir lime leaf

WICKED ONE
 CLOUD 9

GLASS
Saucer

INGREDIENTS
60 ml Paul John Nirvana whisky
20 ml Orange leq (Contrue)
Dash of bitters
2 Basil leaves

METHOD
Add all ingredients to glass over ice and stir

GARNISH
Orange twist

CLOUD 9
 DOWNTOWN

GLASS
Old fashioned

INGREDIENTS
60 ml Paul John Nirvana
5 ml Vanilla syrup
5 ml Coffee syrup
Dash of bitters

METHOD
Build up in glass over ice.

GARNISH
Lemon twist / Coffee beans

DOWNTOWN
 GOAN BLISS

GLASS
Coupe

INGREDIENTS
60 ml Paul John Nirvana
20 ml lemon juice
10 ml jalapeno water
1 spoon orange marmalade
30 ml grapefruit juice

METHOD
Add all ingredients to shaker over ice,
shake and strain over ice in glass

GARNISH
Grapefruit twist

GOAN BLISS
 P U T M E D O W N G E N T LY

DESCRIPTION
A strong nightcap when you need the perfect lullaby

INGREDIENTS
Paul John Nirvana - 45 ml
Sweet vermouth - 15 ml
Angostura bitters - 2 dashes
Raisin and dried fig syrup - 20ml
Recipe for raisin and dried fig syrup: Raisins and figs - 1 cup.
Superfine sugar - 1.25 cups. Hot water - 210ml.
In a medium saucepan toast raisins and figs for about 5 min-
utes, until the aroma releases. Add sugar and hot water and
simmer for 10-12 minutes. Let cool completely, strain into a jar
and refrigerate.

GLASS
Martini / Coupe

METHOD
Add ingredients to glass over thrown ice cubes

GARNISH
Use the same figs used in the syrup for garnish

PUT ME DOWN GENTLY

 Rocket Science
A bar equipped to handle the crowds of the
city, these are some elegant cocktails to satisfy
thirst, by a mixologist.

CONTENT
14. Nirvana and Raisin Silver Fizz
15. Midnight in Assagao
16. Nirvana Strawberry Basil Lassi
17. Somras
19. Cashew Later
20. Perfect Spice
21. Sacred Sip
22. The Silly Rabbit
23. Journey to Rome
 & R A I S I N S I LV E R F I Z Z

GLASS
High Ball

INGREDIENTS
60 ml Paul John Nirvana single malt whisky
30 ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
15 ml homemade black raisin syrup
Dash of egg white

GARNISH: Freshly grated nutmeg, mist

with cigar atomiser

METHOD: Hard shake, strain over cubed

ice and top with soda

PREPARATION: Black raisin syrup: Soak black

raisins in hot water & strain. Make simple syrup 2 parts
sugar to one-part water, dissolving all sugar crystals.
Add two-parts soaked raisins to one-part simple syrup
in a blender, puree & strain

CIGAR MIST: Cut open one premium cigar and

unravel. Weigh and boil three times the weight of the
cigar in water. Soak the cigar tobacco in the boiled
water for 5-8 mins. Strain, allow to cool, and sieve into
an atomizer

& RAISIN SILVER FIZZ

 MIDNIGHT IN ASSAGAO

GLASS
Coupet

INGREDIENTS
40 ml Paul John Nirvana single malt whisky
20 ml Sula late harvest dessert wine
30 ml Freshly squeezed lemon juice
15 ml homemade orgeat/roasted almond syrup
20 ml musk melon purē

GARNISH
Freshly grated mosambi zest

METHOD
Hard shake, double strain
Preparation of melon puree: cut open and de-seed
muskmelon. Purēe, blend and strain through a
cheese cloth

MIDNIGHT IN ASSAGAO
 ST R AWB E R RY B A S I L L A S S I

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup fresh strawberries (tops removed)
1/4 cup curd or yogurt
2 oz (60 ml) Nirvana
2 bar spoons sugar
1/3 oz (10 ml) Ceylon Cinnamon Syrup
4-5 basil leaves (stems removed)

METHOD
Put all ingredients in blender and blend
until smooth
Add 1 cup of ice
1 dash almond extract (optional)
Blend again
Top with a fresh strawberry slice, and
fresh expressed basil
Shake, strain into fresh ice in a bucket
glass

STRAWBERRY BASIL LASSI

 SOMRAS

GLASSWARE
Metal glass

INGREDIENTS
Paul John Nirvana 60 ml
Smoked pineapple juice 45 ml
Lime juice 22.5 ml
Mango ginger 2 slice

GARNISH
Garlic flower

PREPARATION
Remove the skin of the pineapple, rub it with a
spicy mix and the let it smoke in a smoker for
around 30 minutes, then juice it

SOMRAS
 CASHEW L ATER

GLASS
Coupe

INGREDIENTS
2 oz Paul John Nirvana
1/2 oz Paul John XO
2 Bar spoons cashew butter
1/4 oz Cinnamon syrup
2 dashes Vanilla extract
1/4 oz Honey syrup
Pour all ingredients in a mixer tin filled with ice and
shake well. Double strain into a coupe

GARNISH
A sprinkle of nutmeg

CASHEW LATER
 PERFECT SPICE

GLASS
Coupe

INGREDIENTS
2 oz Paul John Nirvana
0.5 oz Cocchi Di Torino Vermouth/Sweet
Vermouth
0.5 oz Dry Vermouth
3 - 4 Small thinly sliced ginger
Bar spoon of honey

METHOD
Mix all ingredients in a mixing glass over
ice and stir for 15 - 20 seconds, strain in a
coupe glass and garnish with a lemon
twist

GARNISH
Lemon twist

PERFECT SPICE
 SACRED SIP

GLASSWARE
Rocks

INGREDIENTS
1.5 Oz Paul John Nirvana
1 Oz Zinfandel Port Wine
.5 Oz Fresh orange juice
.5 Oz Turmeric simple syrup
.25 Oz Ginger liqueur

METHOD
Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with
ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a rocks glass
over new ice

PREPARATION
Turmeric Simple Syrup - 1 cup hot water, 1 cup
brown sugar and 1 tablespoon ground turmeric, mix

GARNISH
Orange peel and charred thyme

SACRED SIP
 T H E S I L LY R A B B I T

GLASSWARE
Rocks Glass

INGREDIENTS
2 oz Paul John Nirvana
1 oz fresh carrot juice
0.75 oz fresh lemon juice
0.75 oz Turbinado sugar syrup/ Demerara sugar
3 oz Ginger beer
Garden herbs

METHOD
Shake all ingredients with ice in shaker. Strain over
fresh ice and top with ginger beer

GARNISH
Fresh garden herbs

THE SILLY RABBIT

 JOURNEY TO ROME

GLASSWARE
Old fashioned

INGREDIENTS
1.5 Oz Paul John Nirvana
0.75 Oz amaro
0.75 Oz coffee liquor
3 dash chocolate bitter

METHOD
Mix all ingredients together in a mixing glass and
stir over big block of ice
Serve in old fashioned glassware over ice

GARNISH
Discarded orange twist

JOURNEY TO ROME