January 2021

Moscow Mule

The Moscow Mule is a very well known and popular cocktail (in the cocktail world). There are only three ingredients, vodka, lime juice and ginger beer. Whilst travelling in Europe we found it very difficult to find ginger beer even though ginger was readily available. Please note that ginger ale is not a good substitute […]

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Dark & Stormy

Dark & Stormy is a very popular cocktail (in the cocktail world) very similar to a Moscow mule but substituting the vodka for dark rum. There are only three ingredients, dark rum, lime juice and ginger beer. Whilst travelling in Europe we found it very difficult to find ginger beer even though ginger was readily

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Mulled Gin

I was in two minds about including this recipe for Mulled Gin since it is similar to other recipes we have already published, but after tasting it I can confirm that it is rather good and worthy of it’s inclusion. Don’t let the lengthy list of spices put you off trying it, I have a

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Bloody Hot Mary

Sometimes I feel like an author with “Writers Block” when trying to find inspiration for a new Hot Cocktail recipe but this idea for a Hot Bloody Mary just jumped out at me in the middle of the supermarket. Had to rush home to make it. And then I made another! I borrowed the Bloody

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hot buttered beer

Hot Buttered Beer

To make Hot Buttered Beer:- ORIGINAL RECIPE – “The Good Huswifes Handmaide for the Kitchin” c.1594 (or 1588) Take three pintes of Beere, put five yolkes of Egges to it, straine them together, and set it in a pewter pot to the fyre, and put to it halfe a pound of Sugar, one penniworth of

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cherry bakewell

Hot Cherry Bakewell

Just imagine, the taste of a Hot Cherry Bakewell tart, in a glass, puts a whole new look on Afternoon Tea. As we all know, Mr Kipling bakes exceedingly good cakes but he wasn’t thinking about a Hot Cocktail. Here we have taken the very essence of one of his cakes and transformed it into

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Werther's Hot Toddy

Werther’s Hot Toddy

A Werther’s Hot Toddy is the perfect drink for cold winter nights. Add a Werther’s Original Butter Candy to your next cup for an extra boost of delicious caramel flavour, it’s the perfect addition and makes the drink even better to cuddle up with! This will take a bit of pre-planning as you need to dissolve

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Drunk Grasshopper

Drunk Grasshopper

If you love mint chocolate, then this Drunk Grasshopper is just the cocktail you have been looking for! This cocktail got its name because of the rich green colour (due to the creme de menthe), and it is sweet, rich, and perfectly minty. It was invented over 100 years ago in New Orleans in Tujague’s Restaurant,

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apple strudel

Apple Strudel

Pimm’s, warm apple juice, cloves, this Apple Strudel cocktail has it all. The Pimms which you will normally find available is Pimms No 1 Cup which may lead you to wonder whether there is a No 2 Cup (or 3 or 4). No 1 Cup is gin-based and was created in 1840 by Mr James

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mudslide

Mudslide

Here’s another version of a coffee and cream-filled glass of sublime luxury known as a Mudslide. It’s usually a cold cocktail so we’ve tweaked it a bit to suit a Hot Cocktail recipe, enjoy. I’ve specified 60ml for each of the liqueurs and the vodka, the only reason being that our milk frother is marked

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