Cocktails with Lisa

06/06/2026

We had a couple of nights away this week, and cocktails were of course involved!! Also a couple of mocktails… 🍸🍹🥂

Info on each pic’s caption 🙂

29/05/2026

Getting back to the videos! 🍸 Last week I received a wonderful bundle of goodies from Royal Mash, including a bottle of their lovely vodka! So it was just the boost I needed to start up the cocktail making videos again 🙂

Here are three vodka cocktails to make at home:
🍸 The Perfect
🍸 Royal Cucumber Martini
🍸 Royal Milly

All super-delicious 😋

YouTube: https://youtu.be/wtsaH9sk5ow

I picked out three vodka cocktails from the Royal Mash Vodka recipe...

20/05/2026

My Royal Mash line-up 🍸🥰 Thank you so much to Royal Mash for the fabulous bottle of vodka, and the fantastic info pack - it’s been wonderful to learn more about the vodka and also Jersey Royal potatoes! A video is on its way, but needs a bit of editing first 🫣😂

13/05/2026

Typical that World Cocktail Day falls on a busy day for me… I’ll try and squeeze one or two in later! Would love to hear what you’re shaking and stirring tonight?? 🙂

Please do give me a follow on my other channels, too - Instagram, Patreon, YouTube - as I’m getting my Fluffy Ducks in a row and have a proper plan and website coming together for new content - it’s also nice to see friendly names and faces 🥰

11/05/2026

I’ve been digging weeds and planting haphazardly in the garden this evening so deserved a Martini!

Tonight I chose a Blood Orange Martini from Letterbox-Cocktails 🙂 It was very good, but didn’t last long as I guzzled it so quickly 😂

letterbox-cocktails.com offers a great range, with some I’ve not seen from other brands, and they fit through the letterbox! ✉️ You can use LisaB10 for a 10% discount on your order 🙂

09/05/2026

Cannot go to Wild Fire in Sunderland and not have a B-Sting Margarita - love them! Also had a Sarti Spritz this evening - pink and delicious, but disappears fast 😂

Lovely pizzas as always, and the Arancini special was gorgeous 😋

05/05/2026

today is “Twist”… I was going to make a Gin Twist, but I felt it needed something more twisty! I found a few more recipes, including Oliver’s Twist by Jamie Oliver, so I’ve used those to make a Lisa’s Twist! 😁

🍹 1.5oz Sipsmith Gin
🍹 0.75oz Lanique Rose Spirit
🍹 juice of a lime
🍹 1 tsp lavender honey
🍹 Adnams Ghost Ship
🍹 spritz of The Bitter Club Hibiscus & Rose Bitters
🍹 TheZestCo rose petals to garnish

In a shaker mix the lime juice with the honey until the honey dissolves, then add the Lanique, gin and some ice and shake. Strain into a hurricane glass or highball filled with ice, then top up with the beer, garnish with rose petals and spritz with the bitters 🥰

I’m feeling pretty chuffed with this one!

If you want to join in with Gin a Day May have a look at Gin A Ding Ding’s page for the prompts 🍸😊

04/05/2026

today is ‘Movie’, and I chose a French 75 - always a favourite but also starred in Casablanca apparently! I’ve never seen the film so had a little help from AI, but included my original pic, too 😁

Shake 2oz gin, 1oz lemon juice and 0.5oz sugar syrup with ice and strain into a Champagne flute - top up with Champagne and garnish with a lemon twist 🍋

I used Sipsmith Gin and Kylie Minogue Prosecco!

04/05/2026

By request, here are some May the Fourth recipes for you all! ✨

This is a page from one of my Patreon newsletters a couple of years ago, I really should do a video or two for these!

03/05/2026

There’s a lovely rhubarb cocktail from Stan O’Brien (Vivien, Edinburgh) on The Guardian website - the Mid-Spring Moment - and we had all the ingredients (albeit cheaper ones!), so this afternoon I made the rhubarb, bay and peppercorn cordial, and tonight I have the most beautiful cocktail I’ve made in a long time! 🍹

For the cordial I used rhubarb from a friend’s garden and bay leaves from our own tree. For the cocktail I used Bardinet Brandy, Maison Noilly Prat vermouth and Fee Brothers rhubarb bitters 🙂

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/may/01/cocktail-of-the-week-vivien-edinburgh-mid-spring-moment-recipe