Winter Spice Syrup

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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Peartini

Peartini

Imagine you are in a Bond movie while you sip your delicious warm Peartini, hot frothed, not stirred! The earliest form of the “shaken, not stirred” motif appears in the first Bond novel, Casino Royale (1953). After meeting his CIA contact Felix Leiter for the first time, Bond orders a drink from a barman while at the casino. ‘A dry martini,’

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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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gin & apple

Spiced Gin & Apple Punch

When autumn is starting to make itself known an ideal way of warming you up is a comforting glass of Hot Spiced Gin & Apple Punch, just the thing to enjoy with a group of friends on a cold evening. All of the flavours blend perfectly together. Don’t think that you can’t drink this at

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mulled white wine

White Mulled Wine

As the weather gets colder over the winter months nothing could be better than warming up with a lovely glass of Mulled White Wine. Impress your friends with something a little bit different this year. I am not that keen on red wine so I was looking around for a warming mulled drink made with

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bitter & twisted

Bitter & Twisted

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.

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drink, bar, rum

Grog

As the nights draw closer you need something to keep your spirits up and this receipe for grog is the cure. If you’re really feeling the cold use our Homemade Spiced Rum recipe instead of dark rum. You know you want to. There are dozens of variations on the recipe, this one at Chowhound is

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