Sumptuous winter drinks to serve at home

What better way to mark the action in Beijing than a thematically appropriate Winter Olympic cocktail. These recipes feature alpine liqueurs and cold-weather flavours to keep you fortified throughout the event.

Norwegian Wood

With Norway set to top the medal table once again, it seems fitting that our Winter Olympic cocktail party feature a bottle of aquavit. This traditional Scandinavian spirit is distilled with caraway and other botanicals, which makes it a close relative of gin without the juniper. It’s tasty on its own but even better in a Martini.

Ingredients:

60ml Nuet Aquavit

15ml Regal Rogue Daring Dry

15ml Manzanilla Sherry

Little Pickles

Method:

You can stir the ingredients over ice in the traditional fashion, but it seems fitting in this case to get everything as glacially cold as possible. Borrowing a bit of technique from the legendary Dukes Bar Martini, start your prep the day before by putting the aquavit and cocktail glasses in the freezer and the Sherry and vermouth in the fridge.