Alcoholic Slushies

Do you still enjoy nostalgic sweet treats from your childhood but worry that you may be seen as juvenile for tucking into ice cream, sugary sweets and milkshakes?

Alcoholic versions of all of the above are available to assist us in feeling a bit more grown up when sugar cravings hit; so why not add alcoholic slushies to the list?!

Slurping on a cup full of brightly coloured crushed ice may have been an innocent treat back in the day, but things have moved on to satisfy our more adult cravings!

To enable you to create slushies with a kick, we have a number of ice crushers available, including:

Waring Ice Crusher CC835

When making the perfect crushed ice for catering purposes or for creating cocktails, the Waring Ice Crusher CC835 is the right machine for the job.

The product is of commercial quality, with a large capacity container ready for filling with the ice that has been crushed. Its stainless steel blades and powerful heavy duty motor provide the crusher with a speedy and proficient design.

Waring Ice Crusher CC835

Waring Ice Crusher F234

The Waring Ice Crusher F234 is a powerful tool for producing crushed ice effectively for use in slush drinks and cocktails – whether it’s for commercial use or to impress your friends at home!

Waring Ice Crusher F234

Chrome Plated Ice Crusher

The modern and stylish design of the stainless steel Chrome Plated Ice Crusher from bar@drinkstuff adds aesthetic appeal as well as being efficient and functional!

Chrome Plated Ice Crusher

Ice Appliance Glacier Domestic Electric Ice Crusher

The Ice Appliance Glacier Domestic Electric Ice Crusher is a simple to use appliance that gives you perfectly crushed ice in seconds. With its brushed stainless steel appearance, the crusher is aesthetically pleasing, whilst functional for use in commercial and home settings.

Ice Appliance Glacier Domestic Electric Ice Crusher

Now it’s time to put your ice crusher to work and make some delicious frozen treats!:

Caprioska

• Whole quartered lime
• Teaspoon brown sugar
• 35ml vodka
• Lots of crushed ice
• Some soda water

Slice the limes and muddle with the sugar in a GoVino Plastic Cocktail Glass 12oz/340ml.

Fill the glass with crushed ice and pour on the vodka.

Top up with soda water, gently mix and serve.

Crimson Crush

• 1/4 pink or red grapefruit, sliced into chunks
• 2 ounces vodka
• 1 ounce St Germain
• 3 tablespoons pomegranate seeds with juice
• Crushed ice

In a Brooklyn Double Old Fashioned Tumbler 12oz/360ml, muddle the grapefruit and pomegranate seeds/juices.

Add the vodka and St Germain,

Cover with crushed ice and stir.

Sprinkle with more pomegranate seeds.

Walk of Shame

• 1 oz Strolichnaya Blueberi Vodka
• 2 oz Prosecco
• 5 Blackberries

Garnish: blackberries and a mint leaf.

Muddle berries in a cocktail shaker and add the vodka.

Shake vigorously.

Pour into a Princesa Rocks Glass 10.9oz/310ml filled with crushed ice and top off with Prosecco.

Garnish with blackberries and a mint leaf.

Banana Daquiri Cooler

• 1 1/2 teaspoons lime juice
• 1 teaspoon banana liquer
• 2oz (60ml) white rum
• 1/2 fresh banana, sliced.
• 4oz (120g) crushed ice

Combine all ingredients in a blender.

Blend well at a low speed for more than 15 seconds.

Strain mixture into an Entertain Hurricane Cocktail Glass 14.8oz/420ml.

Serve Banana Daquiri Cooler with a straw.

Not just exclusive to cocktail recipes, slush can also be added to beer – a perfect alternative for those with less of a sweet tooth!

Beer slushies are a trend that originated in Japan – made using the Japanese beer brand Kirin.

The beer is poured into a machine that chills it and turns it into slush. A separate beer is then poured, which the machine uses to create the beer’s whippy head.

The slushy beer is then served in a standard pint glass and the result is a freezing cold beer with a head the texture of a slush puppy. The frozen top is designed to keep the beer extra cold in hot weather for an estimated 30 minutes longer than normal!

Beer Slushie

With an improvement in the weather reported to be imminent, here’s to refreshing ourselves with one of these deliciously icy alcoholic drinks!