Easy Cocktail Recipes

This sumptuous drink packs quite a punch, so beware of too many beauties-appreciate them slowly.

A number of cocktails are known simply by initials. In this case, FBR stands for frozen brandy and rum. Others seem to be quite obscure and, in one or two instances, slightly naughty.

Slowly sip this delightful cocktail and wait for a pleasantly warm glow to appear in the cockles of your heart.

Deliciously flavored with orange and mandarin, topped up with exotic fruit juices and decorated with kiwi, this eerie-looking drink tastes great.

Golden rum has a mellow, slightly milder taste, but you could use dark rum here for a really stormy mix.

It may not be possible to obtain a perfect state of harmony and bliss through a cocktail, but this has to be the next best thing.

This really is best made with fresh sweet ripe pineapple, so you will just have to make a jugful and invite round some friends.

The rich fruit flavors of orange, pomegranate (provided by the grenadine) and lemon, blended with white rum make a really lovely long summer drink.

It is strange how men of the cloth have gained a reputation for being enthusiastic about the good, material things in life. Even Rudyard Kipling wrote about ‘brandy for the parson’. It goes to show that spirituality is no barrier to spirits.

The characteristic sweetness and perfume of rum blends with so many exotic fruits. You could try this with mango and lychee.