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It’s not Terry’s, it’s yours! And we can guarantee you’ll drink the whole thing and immediately make another. Everyone’s got their favourite Christmas chocolate and this is definitely one of ours. The flavours of chocolate and orange are a classic and suitably indulgent for a Christmas cocktail recipe.

So, why not take another Christmas classic cocktail, the Eggnog Flip, and marry them together. Mozart chocolate liqueur, fresh Cointreau and Cacao Blanc blended with egg and cream. Ultra-indulgent (because that’s what Christmas needs more of…?), it’s a new combo that’s as classic as Mary and Joseph.

Ingredients

25ml Mozart Gold

25ml Cointreau

25ml Cacao Blanc

1 whole egg

2 drops Mozart bitters

25ml cream

Method

In a boston tin, mix all the ingredients together with a spoon and then dry-shake to emulsify the egg (yes, there’s a whole one in there).

Then add ice and shake again.

Strain into a glass and dust with a little grated fresh nutmeg and top with a segment of chocolate orange (or at least 3 if it’s Christmas day….).

Merry Christmas!

Christmas party number seven done and it’s not even Christmas Eve yet. Feeling like you need a break from rich Christmas indulgence already? Our new favourite Christmas seasonal, Fairytale of New York, gives you just that.

A festive take on a New York Sour (a classic whiskey sour cocktail with red wine), it still incorporates festive spice whilst giving you something more refreshing than a rich, creamy cocktail. We blend Christmas spices and cinnamon sugar to balance out the sharpness of the sour, and top it with mulled wine for a little bit of luxury. You still need a little indulgence…it is Christmas after all.

Ingredients

35ml lemon juice

10 ml sugar syrup

1 tsp cinnamon sugar

A pinch of nutmeg

25ml Rye Whiskey (we use Rittenhouse)

25ml Brandy (we use Martell)

15ml egg white

35ml mulled wine

Method

In a boston shaker, shake all the ingredients together, except the mulled wine. Strain the ingredients into a rocks glass with ice and top with the mulled wine.

Garnish with edible snowflakes and glitter spray – definitely not optional!!

Enjoy (with Christmas songs).

Check out the rest of our winter menu and seasonal favourites.

There’s nothing more warming than the cosiness of a good bit of bourbon. With plenty of booze and the tangy flavours of orange zest, the Old Fashioned is a classic cocktail perfect for this time of year. A simple combination of sugars and booze, aka the best kind of drink, this cocktail recipe can be played with to suit your taste.

Choose a cosy bourbon, like Blanton’s Bourbon or Jim Beam, or if rum is more your tipple, El Dorado Rum makes a great cocktail. You can mix up your bitters too, a bit like our Autumn Old Fashioned on our new winter menu. A rum Old Fashioned with chocolate bitters…dessert option?

Don Draper loved it and so do we. So, to make sure you’re not going thirsty on a cold winter’s night, here’s the classic cocktail recipe so you can lounge in your own leather wingback chair and broodingly ponder away your life…

Ingredients

3-4 drops Angosturas bitters

Zest of 1 orange

1 spoon of powdered sugar or sugar syrup

50ml bourbon or other spirit (like rum)

Method

In a rocks glass, add the sugar, orange zest and bitters. Lightly press the orange with the back of a spoon and mix, then add your spirit.

Stir until all the sugar has dissolved.

Half fill the glass with ice and continually stir for dilution. As the ice melts, add more cubes and continue stirring; taste for dilution.

Top up with ice and an optional cherry garnish.

Enjoy.

The clocks are going back and the scarves are going on…it must be Autumn once more.

We have new cocktails and food available from November with some wonderful creations to try and some old favourites too, like the Pumpkin Fudge Scáiltín.

Please drop in soon and warm your wellies!