Cocktail anyone?

I'm (in)famous for my cosmopolitans 2 of those will floor anyone,I made a really nice one the other day for christmas take 1. rum, spiced rum, apple& mango juice topped up with ginger beer. I don't do measuring so quantities varied in each glass, all were good though.

ethel I have heard all these cocktail names but have no idea what's in them!
And have never drunk them either.
What a sophisticated lot some of you gransnetters are

However, I did drink a 'champagne cocktail' at the weekend which was lovely, I think it was prosecco, cointreau and cranberry juice, delicious and no hangover!

Oh ethelbags I can't answer any of your question but I just want to say you made me giggle. Even I'd be sick after 10 gin & tonic and I'm a reasonably seasoned drinker. Cheers..ps waitrose do a lovely sweet low alcohol wine really cheap. Cheers

Oh Indi you did make me laugh how you missed supper and slept round the clock.

I like a Mojito. My DS gets a mojito mix from Ocado which he mixes with
Bacardi and crushed ice, I provide the fresh mint

I hope someone will tell me what a cocktail is. I have read the above posts but they sound like what I would call a mixer. I though vermouth was was a mixer like cola so a vermouth with gim would be called just that. Having said that what is a liquer I thought they were chocolates with alcohol in them. Im so confused, all Ive ever drank is gim and tonic (on one occasion had 10) and I was ill. Ive had red wine and white wine occasionally and I like baileys which I thought was a cock tail. I had sherry the other night and I was sick so I am sticking to non alcohol drinks. Im also too scared I might make a fool of myself if I drink alcohol but I would love to know what theses fancy named drinks are. Also I saw a drink advertised as something like 'oily prat', what on earth is that.

M&S do a small bottle of peach juice. I bought one as a treat to self for Christmas Bellinis but when I went back to get one to put in a hamper for
D-in-L, they had none left. Question is 'Do I give her mine?!

absent is it possible to get hold of a copy of your book be great to see you recipes on Gransnet.

Mine is a bellini too. Usually it's the easy-peasy peach juice and prosecco version, but might try the creme the peche this time.

Sangria with strawberries and cava (to keep it spanish) is pretty good too.

Now that would be right up my street as we northeners say.

About 10 years ago I wrote a cocktail book. It had to be written very quickly because absentdaughter suddenly sprung a wedding the other side of the world on me that clashed with my deadline. Can you imagine what fun I had testing the recipes?

I've one cocktail I lurve:

peach schnapps, vodka, grenadine syrup and orange juice, finished with slices of orange on the rim and a cherry = Sex On The Beach
Has to be grenadine syrup, as it has to support the orange juice above.

I used to take all the relevant bottles to our boat, till it dawned I could put the cocktail together in an empty litre squash bottle.

Happy Christmas one and all

On our second evening in Barbados, the manager held his weekly 'Rum Punch Evening' - a free rum punch for every guest who attended. This was served in a large half pint stem glass. And given how cheap rum is in Barbados, it was very generously laced with the stuff.
Mr I doesn't go in for that sort of drink, so I had mine and then finished off nearly all of his. And a third glass materialised from somewhere, which I cheerfully polished off as well. This was before dinner. I didn't make it to dinner. I went back to our room at about 7.30 and slept the clock round.

Tom Collins for me

Got to be cosmopolitan for me. Find most wine gives me dreadful headaches nowadays so stick to white spirits.Does anyone else have the same problem as they get older.

I'll trade them all for a really good Dry Martini ... Question: How much Gin to a measure of Vermouth? 6 measures of Gin? Seems to verge on the electric soup but that is recommended by a lot of people.

Oh, and it's no good without an olive - one must eat, after all...

Harvey Wallbangers were the taste of the 70s, fab!

I like a Negroni, it's Campari, Gin and Cinzano Rosso, but a champagne cocktail on Christmas morning is a must, I usually add a few drops of Angostura Bitters to the sugar lump.

Mmmm, these all sound delightful . I'm serving Irish coffee (American style) after dinners next week. I like Jameson's, strong coffee and real cream of course. After dinner, when all the work is finally done, I put my feet up, exhale, and sip a little bit of heaven.

The first time I went to New York we arrived at our hotel and MrA was raring to go up the Empire State Building. I refused to go anywhere until I had sat in the hotel lounge with a suitable cocktail to hand.
It was Sea Breeze - vodka, cranberry and grapefruit juice.

We once had a party where the only drinks on offer were Harvey Wallbangers and San Miguel beer. Those were the days

I havent heard of half of these. What an innocent I am.

No need for embarrassment annsixty. I don't think Galliano and gin is a very palatable combination but I do know of two cocktails that use this mix. Alcudla is a mix of 2 measures gin, 1 measure banana liqueur, 1 measure Galliano and 1 measure grapefruit juice shaken over ice. After One is a mix of 1 measure gin, 1 measure sweet vermouth, 1 measure Campari and 1 measure Galliano stirred over ice.

I can't say that either of them appeals to me although I do quite like gin-based cocktails. I can also down the odd Harvey Wallbanger when given the chance!

Actually I am embarrassed to say I knew that perfectly well, I just had a senior moment. I usually buy it "In a can" from M&S and a wine writer described it as tasting like Berocca.

annsixty A Harvey Wallbanger – named after an eponymous drinker whose weakness for this concoction made him somewhat unsteady on his feet – is made with vodka, Galliano and orange juice, not gin.

A Harvey Wallbanger is Gin ,Galliano any orange jiuce and it's delicious.

loopy sounds like it might have been a Harvey Wallbanger, it's the only cocktail I can think of with melon liqueur, but could be wrong!