Andre Derailleur

Light as a feather yet delightfully tasty. Some cocktails just have a bit of magic about them. We used a Rutherglen aged dry flor which made the tasty tasty-tasty.

Used a Spanish sherry, but naked amaretto from Altona, of all places. Lovely after dinner.

I do like parfait amour, but I thought the balance was better for my taste with a touch less amour and a bit more vermouth: 2 vodka, 1 vermouth, quarter parfait

As with tomato and basil, Bourbon and Grenadine were made for each other. We went with lime instead of lemon, thinking that the citrus needed a bit more kick to stand up to the prescribed volume of Grenadine. A very delicious cocktail.

Have homemade grenadine and it was great with this, though I did enjoy a small extra slug of whiskey.

Not just the Americano and the Negroni, but the origin of the Sbagliato as well.

Sloe gin certainly complimented the plum. I needed. Splash more whiskey to balance the ginger ale. I didn’t put half a shot of peychauds in, but three dashes seemed enough. Lovely drink.

Possibly an espresso rumtini or a double black would match the "gunfire breakfast" better than a vodka based espresso martini.

I’m not sure it is more complex than a negroni. It is really just a Milano-Torino with a kick. Good if you want the Campari and sweet vermouth expression without the juniper of gin.

We rarely stray from our favoured Sweet Manhattan but this is a bit of a show-stopper. Bravo. In our community, we gather around a bonfire in our local park for a sausage sizzle and conviviality on the night of the winter solstice...looking forward to longer days. We might offer some of these around this coming June.

Saturnalia In Braddon?

Even simpler is equal parts and it was lovely, and lively with more focus on gin and apple schnapps.

Very easy to drink but definitely not one of the sweet -tinis. This is a real cocktail, well balanced and let's all components come out. The only thing I'd change is maybe add a dash of Ango if you want it more autumny.

Angostura is certainly the go. It’s not really a manhattan without bitters. Not sure what the vermouth does as I found it better just to have the apple. Mind you I was trying my homemade crab apple liqueur so I wanted the apple flavour only.

Yes, excellent. I think I prefer lemon rather than lime with apple and elderflower, but a lovely refreshing mixed drink.

A tasty drink, but the bramble changes the basil colour of a basil smash into something muddier, perhaps like a green smoothie.

Should be Chai Tea - no milk. Many thanks for bringing to my attention.

Surely Indian Chai Tea is always made with milk.