Colour Theme – Blue Cocktails

Feeling blue? Then we have just the cocktail for you! The majority of blue cocktails get their colour from Blue Curaçao. Curaçao is an island in the southern seas of the Caribbean, and home to an orange too bitter to enjoy on its own. Fortunately for the sun-worshippers who gather …

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How to Make Jungle Juice

Jungle Juice is, in essence, a fruit punch – but a fruit punch with a kick that a mule would envy! It became popular in New York and in college campuses across America, and recipes for it are as numerous as the tales of ‘what happened after I’d drunk it …

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Colour Theme – Red Cocktails

Whatever your theme, whether you’re planning a girls’ night in or a gory Halloween party, we’ve the cocktail recipes for you! From pale pink to rich red, these yummy cocktails will suit the occasion. And fellas, there’s nothing ‘girly’ in the punch these drinks pack! So get out your cocktail …

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Colour Theme – Green Cocktails

It’s become a tradition to drink green beer on St Patrick’s Day but if that’s not to your taste – and really, why would it be?! – we have loads of cocktails, ranging in colour from palest turquoise to emerald, you can enjoy instead. And we’ve included a couple of …

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Colour Theme – Multi Coloured

Cocktails come in all colours of the rainbow. Some of the most popular cocktails today are the multi coloured drinks. Whatever colour theme your cocktail party is taking, we’ve got the drinks recipe for it! Most of these cocktail recipes involve layering to create a multi-coloured effect. To layer, simply …

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Planning a Cocktail Party

“A medium vodka dry Martini – with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred.” James Bond (Sean Connery) in Dr No. Imagine a cocktail party where the men are dashing and the women glamorous – and you at the centre the perfect host! Now if you’re feeling inspired, …

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Cocktail Party Food

Tantalising and tasty nuts and nibbles! That’s the motto for preparing cocktail party food and we’ve some advice to help make your party the yummiest thing since chocolate. Provide a variety of finger-food including something for the vegetarians. Your guests won’t want to get too messy so sloppy saucy dishes …

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Cocktail Party Themes

What do Holly Golightly, James Bond and Del Boy have in common? They all love a good cocktail. And we’ve got a themed cocktail party to suit each of them. Of course you don’t have to choose a theme. If your friends aren’t into dressing-up (in any way) your party …

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Cocktail Party Games

Party games: you either love them or hate them! And as you’re reading this page you probably love them! As we’re talking cocktail parties, we’re assuming you want games with a little bit of style and decorum, so we’ll concentrate on those with just the raising of a glass to …

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Hangovers and Cures

You’ve woken up and you wish you hadn’t. Your head feels like it’s been kicked by a bucking jackass; your mouth resembles the floor of the circus ring; and as for your stomach you’re rather not think about the storm that’s raging in there. You’ve got a hangover and you’re …

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