Shake calvados, Dubonnet and Italian vermouth. Garnish with a twist of orange zest.

A reddish-brown Princess Pride cocktail in a Martini glass, garnished with a twist of orange peel.

This drink is called the Princess Pride, not The Princess Bride? Inconceivable!

Ooh, this is one I writ yonks ago. Please have a read if that's the kind of thing you like to do.

Pour gin and lemon juice. Top up with ginger ale, and garnish with a wedge of lemon.

A clear London Buck cocktail in a highball glass filled with ice cubes, decorated with green shapes and garnished with a wedge of lemon.

Typical Londoners – not one of them offered to make me a London Buck while I was down there. So I've had to make my own now I'm back home in the North.

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Shake Metaxa and Galliano obvs.

A golden International Stinger cocktail in a dimpled glass filled with ice.

The International Stinger is the kind of name I'd give to the spaceship piloted by alien bounty hunters Metaxa and Galliano.

Shake gin and sirop de citron, and top up with soda.

A clear Summer Time Cocktail in an ice-filled glass.

Here's a Summer Time Cocktail to remind all my fellow Brits to put your clocks forward this weekend.

Shake Irish whiskey, lime juice and sugar syrup. Top up with soda, and garnish with a wedge of lime.

A green-tinged Limerick cocktail in a tall, ice-filled glass, garnished with a wedge of lime.

There was a young fella called Dick
Who could show you a wonderful trick.
He'd eat green citrus fruit
Till his arse would go toot
And everyone called him Lime Rick.

Apropos of nothing, here's a Limerick.

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Pour vodka and amaretto over ice, and stir briefly.

A golden Godmother cocktail over ice in a dimpled rocks glass.

Get a Godmother down yer mam for Mother's Day.

Shake gin, Green Chartreuse and lemon juice.

A pale green Spring Feeling Cocktail in a Martini glass.

I'm not saying I'm an all-powerful meteorological wizard, but my decision to make this Spring Feeling Cocktail does seem to have brought an end to the spring-feeling weather.

Stir Dubonnet and gin. Some recipes include a garnish of lemon peel. But I'm going old school and following the Savoy Cocktail Book recipe, which doesn't.

A reddish Dubbonet Cocktail in a Martini glass.

As it's Lou Reed's birthday on Monday, here's a Dubonnet Cocktail. As far as I know, Dubonnet is the only drink to be mentioned in songs by both Lou and Noel Coward.

Pour vodka and orange juice, and garnish with a slice of orange.

An orange-coloured Screwdriver in an ice-filled glass, garnished with a slice of orange.

"Do you want a Screwdriver?"

"No, we're late enough as it is. And I don't think this joke works at all out of context."

Stir vodka, apricot brandy, French vermouth and orange bitters. Garnish with a twist of orange zest.

A gold-coloured Intimate Martini in a cocktail glass, garnished with a strip of orange peel.

An Intimate Martini seemed like just the thing for Valentine's Day. Serves one.

Pour Italian Vermouth over ice, and garnish with a twist of lemon zest. And repeat...

A crystal rocks glass filled with ice, dark red vermouth and a twist of lemon zest.

Since Groundhog Day on Monday, I've somehow known I was going to have a Sweet Vermouth On The Rocks With A Twist. To world peace!

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Shake gin, French vermouth, Italian vermouth, orange juice and Angostura bitters.

An orange-coloured Income Tax Cocktail in a Martini glass.

Happy tax day to all my fellow UK freelancers. I'm toasting you with the annual Income Tax Cocktail. Do you need a receipt for that?