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Irish Hot Port

Irish Hot Port

Irish Hot Port is a traditional Irish winter warmer because, of course, they don’t have enough traditional hot drinks already! So put down your Irish Coffee and join with us in raising a glass to those well-known liquid culinary experts, the Irish. Who would have thought we would find a recipe on a honey website, […]

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mulled rose

Mulled Rosé

Mulled Rosé is a variation on the Mulled Wine theme but with some subtle taste variations. This is far easier to drink than normal Mulled Wine recipes due to the lighter flavourings from the wine but don’t make the mistake of overdoing it, this is still pretty powerful stuff. Ingredients: 50ml Cherry Brandy or Grand Marnier

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cranberry rum

Cranberry & Rum Warmer

Warm-up on cold winter nights with this aromatic rum and cranberry Warmer. Not only is this is so simple to make you’ll be amazed at the smells and tastes that will fill your room. This recipe was taken from the Taste website and the quantities adjusted to suit a single serving made on a milk

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cocoa gin

Hot Chocolate Gin

Hot Chocolate Gin has been inspired by the Hotel Chocolat website where they mention their range of Cocoa Gin Liqueurs. This got me looking at cocoa, what is it? What is cacao? Is it different or just two spellings of the same word? On closer inspection, it looks like Hotel Chocolat are confused on this

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praline soother

Praline Soother

This recipe for Praline Soother is the only recipe we can find in the Hotel Chocolat magazine that fits in with the Hot Cocktails theme. When I say recipe, I mean it just says Vodka, chocolate, hazelnuts and cream so I have had to spend many hours testing and checking different variations on the theme

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sex on the beach

Hot Sex on the Beach

Sex on the beach is a classic cocktail and on a hot sunny day is a fantastic cooling drink so we’ve bought it up to date and given it our little hot tweak. According to the International Bartenders Association, the official recipe contains vodka, peach schnapps, orange and cranberry juice however you can also find

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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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