  | All Kinds of Drinks for Christmas | ||
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There is nothing like receiving a lovely bottle of homemade liqueur at Christmas. It is such a treat to get something different from the usual sherry & scotch (not that we mind getting those too..). There is something truly wonderful & very simple about creating your own flavoured spirits - and of course it is a tradition that is centuries old. Another nice thing to do is to make celebratory drinks as gifts for your visitors. There's nothing like a pan of warm mulled wine on a cold, dark winter night - and it's something that tends to lend itself to large gatherings. One way to save money on these presents (although they are never going to be really cheap with all the alcohol involved) is to use homegrown fruit or wild fruit for your infusions. The best time to get searching the hedgerows is in September & October when you will hopefully be able to find brambles for bramble liqueur and sloes for sloe gin. Another fabulous tasting & unusual drink is quince vodka. And you are not just limited to alcoholic drinks - fruit cordials can make equally interesting presents. Elderberries make a particularly good cordial - it's an unusual fruit, it's free & it has an incredibly high content of vitamin C (something you can feel particularly good about when you are knocking back a Yuletini). And why not make the gift even more special by presenting it in a decorated glass bottle along with some cocktail recipes or serving suggestions.  Finding
bottles for your drinks can be quite a task. It pays to save bottles
during the year if you
are intending to make drinkable gifts. My favourite brand of olive oil
comes in bottles with a clip top & rubber seal, so I make sure
that
I remember to save all of them. There are also beer bottles that come
with a clip top. That's Christmas
Matters' excuse anyway. | |||