Steve Erwood-Heijselaar

The ingredients for this one are really playing up! Now the menu (Autumn cocktails) claims "calvados, vodka, pear and cognac liqueur" but the recipe is different, and omits the vodka altogether. (And no aged rum, either!). No longer sure how this one is supposed to be made any more :(

Enjoyed this one a lot. I *did* go to the effort of making a Campari/strawberry infusion, the only thing that really went wrong was that the weather didn't quite live up to expectations, and so this was a drink inside *looking out* onto the garden, rather than a drink *in* the garden... but the hint of strawberry was unmistakable, and made it feel like a splendid sunny evening nevertheless. Will give this another spin when the weather's a bit more guaranteed, it's a keeper and goes into our favourites folder.

Christmas is coming ... and this helped bring it just that little bit closer. Great Christmas-time cocktail, especially for someone like me who tends to avoid the somewhat more traditional/typical Christmas flavours such as cranberry or advocaat.

Well, this one just very easily and very successfully elbowed its way into my favourites list. Great cocktail, especially for these evenings of early sundowns.