Take a break from the bleak and try a tropical, full-flavoured delight. This may be just what you need to forget about the cold and help you remember warmer days.

This fruity concoction of apricot, banana and orange blends perfectly with the whisky’s light notes of oak and peat.

Golden Grouse

Ingredients

1 oz. Famous Grouse Blended Scotch Whisky

1/2 oz. Bols Apricot Brandy

1/2 oz. Bols Banana

1/4 oz. Fresh squeezed orange juice

Method: Ice a martini glass and set aside to chill. Pour all ingredients over ice in a shaker glass. Shake, discard the ice in martini glass and strain into the chilled martini glass.

Tips: Try other fresh fruit juices to make your own creations. Good substitutions are pineapple or cranberry juice.