Strong, sweet, sour and bitter – cocktail perfection

Strong, sweet, sour and bitter – cocktail perfection

I’ve been sacrificing my liver in a gallant effort to find blog-worthy cocktail recipes. Here’s a summery one which fits the bill – an Old Friend. It is barely adapted from an adapted recipe on diffordsguide.com; a marvellous resource where you list all the bottles 

Christmas Punch – citrus thirst-quencher to knock you out

Christmas Punch – citrus thirst-quencher to knock you out

A large bowl of tangerines and a few other forlorn citrus fruits were revived by some not-so-seasonal booze, as was the family member who’d resorted to playing patience. 300ml Mount Gay rum 150ml Martini Rosso 75ml Campari 500ml citrus juice – I squeezed 8 tangerines,