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Cocktail of the Day
17th of December 2025

Today is The aeroplane's birthday, so we are drinking a Aviation Cocktail (Difford's recipe).

Christmopolitan

A suitably Christmassy amaretto-influenced Cosmopolitan.

Champagne Snowball

Deliciously silky smooth, indulgent, and decadent. Rich, thick, and creamy advocaat freshened with dry sherry, zesty lime cordial, and invigorated with

20 best Christmas cocktails

Christmas is a time for overindulgence, so these cocktails are rich in every sense of the word. In America, the creamy Eggnog dominates the festive cocktail

Tom & Jerry (serves 6)

A warming and filling winter's meal in itself. This recipe will fill six small toddy glasses or Tom & Jerry mugs (each 20cl capacity to brim), and given

Atlantic Flyer

Aromatised and fortified wines structure this brandy-based, delicious, late-night sipper.

Christine Wiseman's Margarita

Agave syrup flavours and helps balance this classic Margarita and Tommy's Margarita hybrid.

Cantinflas

This Agave spirit-forward, bittersweet cocktail is a pleasing digestivo or late-night sipper.

Cantinflas Mustache

Reminiscent of an M & M, this is a delicious and perfectly balanced bittersweet, spirit-forward, digestivo or late-night sipper with great depth of flavour.

After Midnight Martini

A late-night alternative to an Espresso Martini.

Roman Twist

Bourbon-laced almond and orange coffee served tall and frappéd.

White Christmas Martini

Recognisably a crisp, dry, Vodka Martini, but mellowed and made luxuriant with festive flavours.

Honey Aperitif Daiquiri

Bittersweet and sweet 'n' sour honey, delicately fortified with rum.

Elf On The Shelf

Elf (elderflower liqueur), On (orange liqueur), The (tequila), Shelf (sherry) is for naughty elves to share while planning mischievous enactments. Judicious

Improved Scotch Cocktail

A tad heavier on the 'improving' liqueur element than some other Improved Scotch Cocktails, but this is balanced by doses of bitters, and a little richness