Easy Cocktail Recipes

Aniseed-flavored pastis, such as Pernod, are firm favorites in today’s cocktail bars and often form the basis of almost lethally strong drinks.

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.

The perfect lift when recovering and a marvelous energy boost when you’re feeling a little bit under the weather.

A lovely creamy concoction that is popular as an after-dinner cocktail. The original was the Alexander, a gin-based drink.

It cannot lay claim to being the first or even the only classic, but it has all the characteristic hallmarks of sophistication associated with cocktails.

‘A rose by any other name…’ – this pretty cocktail has, rightly, inspired roses across the world. It is truly a thing of beauty and a joy forever.

As the name of this cocktail always seems to imply romance and hints that the sheets in question are, at the very least, satin, make it for two people. Certainly, this delicious concoction is as smooth as silk.