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Homemade booze recipes

Have a bash at making homemade booze with these delicious infused and flavoured drinks recipes.

Give vodka, gin, fizz or rum an infusion of seasonal flavour. Try your hand at elderflower fizz or rhubarb gin in spring. Summer was made for tropical pineapple and chilli rum. As the nights draw in, turn early autumn’s bounty into sloe or blackberry gin.

Homemade booze also makes a thoughtful Christmas present fro any amateur mixologist or cocktail lover. Take your pick from cranberry and orange vodka, spiced whisky or bottled chocolate orange negroni. Homemade booze is the perfect rainy-day kitchen project!

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Bacon recipes

Candied bacon bourbon

Infusing bourbon with bacon gives it a subtle smokiness, combined with brown sugar for a caramel undertone and a little orange for freshness.

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Summer cocktail recipes

Pineapple, cucumber, mint and jalapeño rum

Infuse white rum with the summer flavours of pineapple and cucumber (plus a chilli kick for good measure). Top with soda water to serve.

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June seasonal recipes

Oyster shell and samphire vodka

Samphire and oyster shell-infused vodka tastes of the salty sea air. As you might imagine, it also makes an incredible martini.

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Gin cocktail recipes

Sugar snap pea gin

Infuse gin with the grassy, sweet flavours of sugar snap peas in this easy flavoured gin recipe. It makes a cracking gin and tonic.

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Coffee recipes

Coffee, hazelnut and vanilla tequila

Coffee beans gently infuse into tequila over time, while hazelnuts, vanilla and sugar round out the flavour. Delicious over ice in the sun.

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Cherry recipes

Cherry bakewell brandy

This infused brandy with cherries, almonds and vanilla has got all the delicious flavours of a cherry bakewell tart – in booze form.

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Christmas gift ideas

Bottled chocolate orange negroni

Bottle up chocolate-orange negronis to make fabulous homemade gifts. The flavours mingle and mellow in the bottle, making for one smooth sip.

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Rhubarb recipes

Rhubarb gin

Our gloriously pink rhubarb gin is a cinch to make. It tastes great on its own over ice, or in a cocktail. Have a go with our easy recipe.

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Christmas gift recipes

Gennaro Contaldo’s limoncello

Gennaro Contaldo shares his recipe for traditional limoncello, made with the zest of Amalfi lemons. Serve cold or use in desserts.

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Easter recipes

Hot cross bun spiced gin

Now here's an Easter gift that will be warmly received by most adults: a hot cross bun spiced gin infused with spiced flavours. Enjoy.

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Christmas gift recipes

Grapefruit and ginger vodka

Who doesn’t love a homemade Christmas gift? And what better gift to give than a homemade vodka cocktail, flavoured with ginger and grapefruit?

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Christmas cocktail recipes

Fruit-infused Christmas gin

Say it with homemade gin this Christmas! Use flavoursome apples and pears to make this decadent fruit-infused Christmas gin recipe as a gift.

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Elderflower recipes

Elderflower fizz

This bubbly elderflower drink is so easy to make. Light and fragrant, it’s a good alternative to shop-bought fizz and is low in alcohol (1.5V)

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Christmas gift recipes

Raspberry gin and tonic syrup

Pour this raspberry, gin and tonic syrup into glass bottles and give as a gorgeous gift. Or, make for yourself and drizzle over pancakes or ice cream.

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Blackcurrant recipes

Crème de cassis

Fancy making your own crème de cassis? Here's the recipe. Serve this sweet blackcurrant liqueur alone, or topped up with chilled white wine.

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Christmas gift recipes

Spicy gingerbread vodka

Debbie Major's flavoured gingerbread vodka recipe, made with ginger, cinnamon, vanilla and cloves, makes a perfect edible gift to give at Christmastime.