It’s fall and that means it is time to start drinking fall apple drinks! The following blog post will show you how to make fresh juice, cider and cocktails. We’ll also teach you which apples are best for juicing or what types of alcohol to use so your drinks taste like fall! How to make…
There are some foods that just scream summer – strawberries is one. And there are some drinks that just seem a perfect fit for the warmer months. Top of that list has to be sangria, the classic Spanish drink that mixes wine, a mixer and something a little stronger. Another great thing about the best…
Gin is one of the ancients of the alcohol world and has been around for centuries. Yet in recent times, there’s been a massive gin revival. Once seen as a bit of a niche drink that was only enjoyed by people that liked gin and tonic, things are now very different, and gin is huge. …
If there’s an ideal starting point for making cocktails, it has to be with vodka cocktails. Some of the most famous cocktails are vodka drinks including the Bloody Mary, the Vodka Martini and the Moscow Mule. Many of them are also pretty easy to make, meaning you don’t need lots of technical cocktail-making equipment to…
Rum and rum cocktails contain some of the most well-known brands of spirits and famous cocktails out there. Bacardi is the rum that comes to mind – it was my Mum’s favourite drink before she had to start taking painkillers and couldn’t really chance it. It was also one of the first drinks I remember…
If you ask me what my favourite spirit would be, I would say vodka. But if you asked me my second-favourite, then tequila would be a close candidate. I don’t know what it is about it that I enjoy (I’m not even sure it is the taste) but mixed with the right stuff, tequila cocktails…
Cider is one of those drinks that seems to have evolved a lot in recent years. When I was younger, it was a bit of a poor relation to beer and lager. I worked for a while in a village pub after leaving college and cider was more often just part of mixed drinks –…
Lots of cocktail recipes are served with ice in them to make them great for the warmer weather. But if you want to take your drinks to a new summer drink level, then the answer is definitely frozen cocktails! These range from drinks that are heavier than normal on the ice to one that is…
Whether you know them as whiskey cocktails or whisky cocktails, these are some of the serious, grown-up drinks of the cocktail world. Let’s face it, whiskey is pretty far from some of the colourful and funky drinks that are available. The key to making the best whiskey cocktails is to understand the different whiskeys so…
