Easy Cocktail Recipes

To ensure a creamy banana daiquiri, use a very ripe banana. Don’t be afraid of a few brown spots. Inside, the fruit will be white and sweet.

Apricot liqueur adds a rich apricot flavour to this drink, but you may substitute apricot brandy if you desire. The drink will taste stronger and won’t be quite as sweet.

White rum, synonymous with the name Bacardi, is the base of many well-known cocktails. This one, of course, must be made with Bacardi.

The deep yellows of Galliano and passion fruit make sure this cocktail is both a rich golden colour and good fruity flavor.

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.