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Cocktail of the Month

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Damn It Jimmy (Serves 1)

Even if this wasn’t a fantastic cocktail I’d be tempted to share it as it has such a brilliant name! It’s a complex cocktail containing sake, rum and a little sherry yet it has a surprisingly delicate taste. It’s worth having sake in your fridge just for this cocktail, it really doesn’t have to be a premium bottle; once opened, a bottle will keep for about 3 weeks (use a vacuum stopper).

45ml sake

45ml white rum

7.5ml fino sherry

7.5ml dry vermouth

5ml sugar syrup

Ice

A green olive to garnish (optional)

  1. Simply stir all the ingredients with ice then strain into a chilled glass and garnish with a green olive.

Cocktail of the Week

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Dark and Stormy Cocktail (Serves 1)

Nick, Felix and I have become rather partial to this cocktail over the last few months. It’s particularly good on a warm summer’s evening (here’s hoping!). Made with rum, ginger beer and lime it’s a refreshing, long cocktail.

50ml dark rum

20ml freshly squeezed lime juice

10ml sugar syrup

2 dashes of Angostura bitters

90ml Ginger beer

Ice

A lime wedge to serve

  1. Add the rum, lime juice, sugar syrup and the Angostura bitters to a cocktail shaker and shake with the ice.
  2. Strain into an ice-filled glass (a tall glass such as a ‘Collins’). Top with the ginger beer, stir briefly and garnish with a lime wedge.