Brandy

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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Grapefruit Daiquiri

Grapefruit Daiquiri

Try this delicious, comforting, hot Grapefruit Daiquiri, the complete opposite to the normal frozen version. Daiquiri is a family of cocktails whose main ingredients are rum, citrus juice, and sugar or other sweetener. The daiquiri is one of the six basic drinks listed in David A. Embury’s classic The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, which

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Apple & Rhubarb Crumble

Apple & Rhubarb Crumble

As puddings go, you would be hard pressed to top a good Apple & Rhubarb Crumble, topped with lashings of double cream. If you don’t have the ingredients, or time, to make the full blown dessert, why not just give this cocktail a try. All the taste with none of the washing up, result! Ingredients:

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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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mulled sloe gin

Winter Pimms Punch

Pimm’s is often associated with the summer and hot lazy afternoons, this recipe for Winter Pimm’s Punch can be sampled at any time of the year. The Pimm’s which you will normally find available is Pimm’s No 1 Cup which may lead you to wonder whether there is a No 2 Cup (or 3 or

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German Coffee

The origins of German Coffee and it’s variants are hotly debated, 19th century Vienna, Germany, Denmark and France all make a claim to cream topped coffee liqueurs. Wikipedia has a very good article on the history of Irish Coffee. Several places claim to have developed the modern recipe in the 1950s. One version is attributed

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Cafe Normandie

The origins of Cafe Normandie and it’s variants are hotly debated, 19th century Vienna, Germany, Denmark and France all make a claim to cream topped coffee liqueurs. Wikipedia has a very good article on the history of Irish Coffee. Several places claim to have developed the modern recipe in the 1950s. One version is attributed

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Spanish Coffee

The origins of Spanish Coffee and it’s variants are hotly debated, 19th century Vienna, Germany, Denmark and France all make a claim to cream topped coffee liqueurs. Wikipedia has a very good article on the history of Irish Coffee. Several places claim to have developed the modern recipe in the 1950s. One version is attributed

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French Coffee

The origins of French Coffee and it’s variants are hotly debated, 19th century Vienna, Germany, Denmark and France all make a claim to cream topped coffee liqueurs. Wikipedia has a very good article on the history of Irish Coffee. Several places claim to have developed the modern recipe in the 1950s. One version is attributed

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