Gin and Prosecco Cocktail with Lemon It took me opening my bottle of Malfy Limone Gin to realise the significance of the Malfy brand name. Made on the outskirts of Turin in an area best known for vermouth and liqueurs, originally it was a small batch product made by the Vergano family, who still manage […]
Old Fashioned Cocktail with Glen Moray for Burns Night
A Classic Whisky Cocktail – Old Fashioned: I love the fact that classic cocktails – the kind that my dad used to make without too much hassle – are making a comeback. One classic whisky cocktail, an Old Fashioned is one of the best ways I know to enjoy a single malt, and it’s also […]
Supping on an Ancient Mead – Gosnells Sparkling Mead
Gosnells Sparkling Mead for Sharing: Mead is probably the worlds oldest alcoholic drink. Once honey was discovered it would have been actively sought after – one of the rarest naturally occurring sweet substances. Honey that is dilute and exposed to wild yeast will ferment into a smooth drink, and it is possible that our ancestors […]
Cenone della Vigilia di Natale or the Feast of the Seven Fishes
Celebrating Christmas Eve Italian Style – Christmas Cocktail for Cenone: How are your Christmas preparations going? It’s the start of the second week in December and here in London, I’m just getting the decorations out. That said, I’m happily menu planning – and wine tasting – and Christmas cocktail making, all in some effort to […]
Rhubarb and Custard Cocktail with Jawbox Rhubarb and Ginger:
Easy, delicious cocktail recipe for a winter evening – Rhubarb and Custard: There was a time in this city when the front door was left unlocked. When the kitchen was the scullery. And in the tiny scullery stood this big sink. Clothes and dishes and weans got washed there. A lot of craic was heard […]
The English Drinks Company Orangery Gin
The Orangery Gin and The English Drinks Company Small Batch, handcrafted and copper distilled gin sounds good to me. The English Drinks Company who make The Orangery Gin are best known for their cucumber gin and for a non-alcoholic drink called Qcumber which is a light and refreshing drink that works on its own or […]
Making the Perfect Negroni with MARTINI
Negroni Cocktail Recipe with Martini I’ve been a fan of the Negroni for a long time; I’m not a fan of sweet cocktails at all, so the bitter alternatives offered by a Negroni cocktail as a pre-dinner Aperitivo is a frequent choice of mine, such as the ones we recently enjoyed at Luca. I love […]
Pink Gin Spritz with Gordon’s
The Perfect Pink Gin Spritz: It’s at this time of year that I’m trying to do my best to make summer last a little longer. Making a lovely fresh and summery cocktail when the sun is shining is just one way to achieve that. And, I’ve been trying a bottle of Gordon’s Pink – a […]
St-Germain Spritz
The St-Germain Spritz and a Story. Thanks to a bottle of ST-GERMAIN® Elderflower Liqueur sent to me to review, I’ve been making cocktails again, in particular trying the recipe for a lovely light summer drink called a St-Germain Spritz. It’s a mixture of just a handful of cocktail cabinet ingredients and is super easy to make. […]
Pimm’s – Recipe for Classic and Pimm’s Spritz
Perfect Pimm’s Recipes – a Classic and a Summer Spritz: It’s definitely summer here. I’m sitting out in the garden writing under the shade of a parasol and trying my best to avoid making a summer cocktail simply because I’ve voted Sunday as a day of rest for my liver… One of my favourite summer […]