Drinks

photo of Easter cocktail

Cool Cross Buns

With Easter next weekend, why not get into the spirit by getting into the spirits? If you’re throwing a luncheon or dinner, treat your guests to a bespoke Easter-themed cocktail. This cocktail uses the lovely Baxter’s Buns tea mix from T2. Hurrah for T2 coming to the UK. Reminiscent of […]

jar of gin

Homemade Gin

Having a longtime desire to create my own homemade, or bathtub, gin, I finally got a-making and there’s no turning back now. Gin is a neutral spirit with a predominant flavour of juniper berry, and then whatever combination of botanicals you desire. For those of us who do not have […]

Egg Nog

“That’s the best Egg Nog I’ve ever had!” said the American… Perhaps one of the best compliments I could get seeing it was my first attempt. We sat there, sipping the drink and celebrating Christmas Day with much cheer and laughter. Egg Nog. Egg. Nog. Discovering its awesomeness was probably […]

Spanish Inquisition

This winter is all about red; exploring, questioning, probing the multitude of magnificent red wines that are on the market. I’m starting with Spain… Spoilt for choice for lots of incredible Australian wine, I don’t tend to explore the European wines as much as I could. Spain seems a great […]

Titanic – 100 years on

In a little under an hour and half, it will be one hundred years since the Titanic sank to her dark depths. So, as it turns out, I have a keen fascination with the infamous disaster. It has apparently been building up over the years, and came out in full […]

Red Knot

If you have a spare tenner, you cannot get a better return on your money than the return a bottle of Red Knot by Shingleback 2010 McLaren Vale Shiraz provides. Normally, I dry wretch and convulse when presented with bottles of wine under $20, let alone $10, but seriously you […]