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Autumn is the ideal time to enjoy a hot glass of cider but this recipe with added cinnamon & whisky can be made on any day of the week. This recipe for Hot Fireball Cider will certainly warm you up. The recipe was taken from Grumpyshoneybunch.com It was so simple to prepare, there are only […]
Autumn is the ideal time to enjoy a hot glass of cider or Wassail, but this recipe with added coconut can be made on any day of the week. This was so simple to prepare and the red tint from the cranberry juice makes it very pretty as well. For a luxurious feel add a
Not too many people know about the Spanish Mulled Wine, which locally, is known as Vino Caliente, but it sure is a winner with winter visitors to the Iberian peninsular when the nights draw in and the chill hits the air. We’ve adapted this recipe to suit what we had to hand and I can
Playing on the ‘Tart’ flavouring of cranberry juice I thought that I would up the stakes and add in Aperol and then soften it with a touch of Winter Spice Syrup. I’m pleased to say that after a few false starts this recipe has now been perfected and is the perfect go-to pick me up.
I’m on a Cranberry kick at the moment, how do I use the carton in the fridge and can I “Froth it”? It’s not hard to make up lots of variations using different fruit juices and since I have orange juice as well, here is my recipe for a long winter’s evening with friends (or
A cosmopolitan, or informally a cosmo, is a cocktail made with vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, and freshly squeezed or sweetened lime juice. A Hot Cosmopolitan is our take on a classic recipe. I had a carton of Cranberry Juice lurking in the fridge so, after a careful bit of Googling, I found the absolute classic cocktail, Cosmopolitan. Most recipes are similar and
Mezzo is an Italian word meaning half, middle or medium, hence the term mezzanine; middle floor. We have taken a popular soft drink not well known in the UK and made it into luxurious Vodka Mezzo just by adding vodka and some heat and this really is a winner. Warming orange and sweetness from the
You can’t get through a hot summer without a chilling glass of Gin & Tonic. I like to mix it up every so often with a Gin & Bitter Lemon, they are both fantastic thirst quenchers, so why not try a Hot Gin & Bitter Lemon in the cooler months? Since no one has invented
I was looking around the internet, trying to find a whisky-based cocktail that I could turn into a Hot Cocktail and found “The Avalanche”. The only problem was that there were ten different recipes, including some with vodka or gin. I’ve had to work very hard to adapt and tweak the recipes and just accept
How did we come up with the name, Denzil’s Nightnurse? My Dad, Den(zil), is of that generation that huddled around their wireless sets to listen to the Ovaltiney’s on Radio Luxemburg. That must be why he is still one of life’s ‘Happy Boys and Girls’ after more than eighty years. This drink has hints of