A great light, summer twist on the classic Negroni.
Category: Summer Cocktails
How to plan a cocktail menu
Some tips and advice on how to put together a cocktail menu to suit the season and your audience.
Watermelon Martini
The watermelon martini is a great, refreshing summer cocktail. If you can find watermelon juice that is.
Cocktails featuring pineapple juice
Pineapple juice is a great ingredient in cocktails. And it’s not just about the flavour but texture too.
Cardamartini
Cardamartini is an exotic twist on the classic martini. Featuring cardamom. Try it.
Cherry Bakewell Fizz
This long, tall, elegant, sparkly cocktail recreates the flavour profile of the classic cherry bakewell tart.
Apricot Martini
The apricot martini is an interesting twist on the classic martini. And a great amaretto cocktail.
AWOL cocktail
This is an interesting and striking cocktail based around the melon liqueur Midori.
Why a slow comfortable screw is not as daft as it sounds
Many cocktails have very rude names. But it is the Slow Comfortable Screw which started the trend, and it is a very clever name. Let me explain ……
Long Island Iced Tea – I’m really not sure
The Long Island Iced Tea. I’m really not sure about this cocktail. Not sure it’d make my Top 100 but it’s a well-known and popular cocktail. It lacks subtlety and if it was a car it’d be an American large block V8. A monster of a cocktail. 7 ingredients.
Frozen cocktails – more ideas for cocktail making at home
How about these 2 frozen cocktails? Cocktails made with ice-cream. Some great ideas for summer cocktails. Great ideas for cocktail making at home. Cocktails to sip.
French Martini – doesn’t quite do it somehow
French Martini is a modern cocktail which is well known, if not quite a classic. It combines vodka, with Chambord black raspberry liqueur and pineapple juice. All nice ingredients, but somehow I don’t this combination works. See what you think.