On the tenth day of Christmas, Domestic Sluttery gave to me a pair of whisky glasses from Bodie & Fou.
Oh, Bodie & Fou, you stylish things. We have massive lifestyle envy when it comes to these two sisters. Karine was even on the back page of LivingEtc this month, which basically makes her royalty in our eyes. I've decided that while I'll never be as swish and together as Bodie & Fou, if I buy all of their amazing goodies, I can at least pretend.
To kick this little experiment into gear, we're giving away these sexy whisky glasses. Gosh we're sharing some good stuff with you this Christmas. These are exclusive to B&F and they're designed by Rikke Hagen for Normann Copenhagen. They're luscious. What do you have to do to win these? Just leave a comment below telling us what your favourite Christmas tipple is. If it's a cocktail, feel free to tell us how to make it, we'll try them out if they sound tasty.
You've got until midnight tonight to answer, and we'll announce the winner in our next competition. Wondering who won those stylish fashion books from the V&A? This time it was one of our Twitter winners - @JoyofRach! Hurrah! Her favourite book was Delusions of Gender which apparently hurt her pink feminised brain. Brilliant.
Rachel, just email us to sort your prize out, we'll get it whooshing off to you as soon as we can.
Good luck today everyone!
Oh yawn, small print (read it). The competition will close at Midnight on December 14th. You must be UK based to enter, sorry you lovely overseas readers. If you're anon your entry won't count and if you enter more than once, we'll discount all of your entries and tell you off. The winning entry will be chosen at random and you must claim your prize by the 16th or we'll draw again. If you've won one competition this Christmas, let someone else have a bash and go and play with your toys! We're not allowed to enter our own competitions but Siany's Christmas tipple is always Baileys.
Mint Baileys, like Matchmakers in a glass.
ReplyDeleteEggnog, eggnog, eggnog!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite combo of gin and gin. Sloe gin mixed with normal gin. Delicious.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite christmas drink is mulled wine, preggers this christmas so have bought the non alcoholic variety hmmm it better be good!
ReplyDeleteAlthough technically not a drink - after seeing one of your posts last year, eating advocaat out of the jar with a spoon instead of the drink is a Christmas favourite!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite festive tipple has got to be mulled wine, obviously, but since I'm a big whisky drinker I like a wee dram or two on Christmas day! I'll usually have one in front of my nan as it gives her a bit of a shock. Apparently it's not a ladylike drink (but she's a secret whisky drinker too...) :)
ReplyDeleteI have to choose one? I always make sure I have a bottle of port in at Christmas - to drink with Stilton, obviously. These glasses are fit!
ReplyDeleteMulled wine of course! Although I do plan on making some buttered rum for the first time this year on Christmas Eve, so I'm hoping it will turn out well...
ReplyDeleteTo relax and reward myself I like a whiskey mac with lots of ice, at Christmas I treat myself to stones ginger wine instead of ginger ale - bliss but only allowed when I finally sit down.
ReplyDeleteWow lovely prize !! My favourite Christmas tipple has to be a Snowball !! x
ReplyDeleteI lived in Spain for four years and my favourite has always been Ponche and Coke - but you can't get Ponche over here! So a nice glass of callemocho is good too - it's red wine, blackcurrant and some coke all mixed together. Alternatively a nice glass of martini rosso is good too! Or.. Sangria... Mmmm..
ReplyDeleteNot very Christmassy but to hell with it!
It's got to be a Cosmopolitan (vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, and freshly squeezed lime juice) ... get Christmas morning off to a kick start!
ReplyDeleteMulled wine. Lots of it. And white mulled wine as well as red mulled wine. Have you tried white mulled wine? I use this recipe: http://www.waitrose.com/home/recipes/recipe_directory/m/mulled_white_wine.html Lush. Literally.
ReplyDeleteBoth me and my boyrfriend's idea of utter bliss is to curl up at the end of Christmas Day with a (quite generously poured)glass of whisky. I've just discovered Monkey Shoulder which has become my new favourite.
ReplyDeleteFor the rest of Christmas my favourite tipple is mulled cider. I find mulled wine too heavy but mulled cider is lush and I plan on consuming quite a lot of it when I visit Winter Wonderland later in the week!
Hot chocolate with Baileys, oodles of whipped cream and grated chocolate to top it off, the works. Serve in an oversized mug with a blanket and a Christmas film, done!
ReplyDeleteSherry. Sweet Sherry. Harvey's Bristol Cream please. It's Christmas in a glass as far as I'm concerned. Hmmm, is it too early to start..?
ReplyDeleteOooh my favourite tipple is probably mulled cider. So yummy and warm! Although anything mulled is fine by me... M and S do a pretty fabulous white chocolate Baileys type tipple too which is amazables!
ReplyDeleteNow this is a tricky one! I think it depends on the time of day. Christmas morning should always be welcomed with bubbles! In the lead up to Christmas Mulled cider and the odd mulled wine are a must. The thing that really makes me think it's Christmas is always port. Mmmmm port!!
ReplyDeleteMulled wine is a must for a good warm up inside and out - and a very large baileys with ice is a traditional accompaniment for the late night wrapping, makes it a bit squiffy but it's ripped off so fast hours late who cares! Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteMulled wine, of course, but this year it seems to be fashionable to serve mulled cider instead.... which it turns out is ALSO really nice. The -best- thing to mull is port - it tastes amaaazing (can't have too much of it though!).
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if this really counts, but the sherry that the fruit for the Christmas cake has been soaked in tastes of Christmas to me too. And there're usually a couple of small glasses of it to drink while the cake's in the oven....
Usually by the third week of December I've poured all the booze in the house into my Christmas Cake, so I can probably be found in a corner sucking that. Failing that, a nice big Whisky Mac.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could come up with something more unusual, but I don't want to lie: at this time of year, it is definitely mulled wine.
ReplyDeleteIt has to be home made mulled wine. When ever I think of Christmas I remember my mum sticking cloves into an orange to make mulled wine.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, now I think of it thats more like my "winter" tipple. Actually on Christmas day we always, always have Madeira, it's just one of those random family traditions. Plus it's super delicious!
Port for me, but for my wonderful, wonderful, husband it would Auchentoshen or Lagevulan or Bunnahabhain or one of his other collection of single malts - so I'd love to give him these glasses
ReplyDeletea brandy alexander. mum always has a generous amounts of spirits on offer and it'd be rude not to, wouldn't it? 20ml cognac,20ml creme de cacao, 20ml cream, shake in a cocktail mixer with crushed ice then strain into a martini glass, top with grated nutmeg. Glug :-)
ReplyDeleteGood old warm Amaretto with whipped cream....can't beat it
ReplyDeleteMy choice would be frangelico and amaretto blended with vanilla ice cream and crushed nuts on top.
ReplyDeleteHalf drink, half dessert, all christmassy, and the added bonus of legitimately saying the phrase 'crushed nuts'.
Port and lemonade is my Christmas eve drink :)
ReplyDeleteMy homemade Sloe Gin.
ReplyDeleteOr Baileys....
Port!
ReplyDeleteAlso Port!
ReplyDeleteMy usual Christmas tipple is a cosmo, my Mum would always buy the neccessary ingedients so I would make her them when I went home for Christmas.
ReplyDeleteShe passed away this year so I will be raising a glass or 4 in her honour.
Christmas morning with a glass of champagne and strawberries (difficult to come by good ones during the Christmas season) is my favourite time. Lovely. Also I really do enjoy a lovely Glenrothes later on in the evening, after dinner, playing games with the family, settling the stomach, before falling asleep at 7pm, crashed and burned. You have me very excited right now.
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ReplyDeleteI think there's nothing more Christmassy than a White Russian (vodka, kahlua and cream) because hey, we've already blown the diet with pudding and brandy sauce so let's drink cream!! When I was a teenager and my sister was a bit older she got a cocktail set for Christmas. We made these all day and added baileys (as if it wasnt naughty or alcoholic enough). Good times!
Wow, those glasses are beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteI've been playing around with a festive twist on an aviation:
The Flying Monkey:
40ml Gin
20ml Fresh lemon juice
10ml Gomme syrup
5ml Maraschino Liqueur
5ml Cranberry Syrup
To make the cranberry syrup, heat cranberries with a few spoonfuls of sugar and water. Once they've been simmering for around 15 minutes (make sure they don't boil dry!), remove from the heat and pass through a sieve. Add more sugar to taste - you want it to be sweet but with the dry sharpness of the cranberries.
my mums home made muled wine but she wont tell me exactly what's in it :(, very alcoholic and fantastically warm when the weathers crappy. because I'm working this Christmas I cant go back and see her this year :(
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ReplyDeleteWarm Mulled Cider...Usually buy the cider & the herbs/spices from Middle Farm. Absolutely gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWe do 'The Cupboard Cocktail Competition'.
ReplyDeleteBasically, we make a cocktail each from drinks found in the cupboard. Then we try each others. Win!
well it has to be fire and sand
ReplyDelete25ml Scotch whisky
25ml cherry brandy
25ml sweet vermouth
top up with orange juice :) oh yummy
Bucks Fizz! We always have it with our Christmas breakfast and it's light enough to start the day off with. To make it extra exciting, add a shot of Grand Marnier. Makes it a little richer, a little more grown up.
ReplyDeletep.s. The glasses are BEAUTIFUL!
My fave at Christmas time is cheapo brandy and american ginger ale. A bit humdrum perhaps, but hits the spot when it is cold outside. If someone else is buying then I might just be persuaded to have a wee Remy Martin (sooooooo smoooth) though.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I do adore a nice Old Poultney, my favourite christmas tipples are twofold:
ReplyDeleteOne is port. Good old straight-forward sticky sweet port, after Christmas dinner. Delightful.
The other is mulled Pimms. This recipe is made as a punch bowl, which can be topped up as you go through the evening - like most punch bowls, it can be as strong or as weak as you like. It's also good for bonfire night parties.
Recipe:
Heat 4 parts apple juice to 1 part orange juice with a cinnamon stick (or 2 depending on quantity) and some mulled wine spices if you can get your hands on them.
When simmering (but not boiling) take off the heat and add Winter Pimm's (Pimm's No 3). Serve warm, in mugs.
Looks like fruit juice, tastes divine, pleasant sozzledness ahoy!
Babycham, with a marachino cherry. It's the happiest drink in all the world. As for being kitsch, you can stick it! It's traditional.
ReplyDeleteOr... Lagavulin, which is why these glasses would be such a lovely treat.
Any thing free! As a management agent i get lots of my tenants and landlords by me some very nive drinks around this time of year. I have them all trained to exactly what i like ;)
ReplyDeleteOoo I love all cocktails but at Christmas it has to be a good ole fashioned Snowball to get you in the spirit of Christmas :0)
ReplyDeleteI love mulled wine....but I'm also partial to a port at Christmas.
ReplyDeleteWhisky Mac (whisky and ginger wine) is a lovely Christmas tipple, in front of the log fire, with a black and white film and a few little bonnes bouchees. Merry Christmas, lovely ladies xx
ReplyDeleteMy latest find & therefore favourite drink for Christmas this year is from M&S and it is there Toffee & Pecan cream liqueur - it's a bit like Baileys & very yummy!
ReplyDeleteFailing that, out and about it *has* to be a Gluwein from the local Christmas Markets. HoHoHo!
a pomander gin n tonic -
ReplyDeletesipsmiths gin with feverfew tonic but to be festive put cloves in the slice of lime that you put into your glass- makes me feel christmassy just thinking about it
Arancello - home made. It is so christmassy
ReplyDeleteBUTTERBEER!
ReplyDeleteLike Hermione would drink! You make it with ice-cream, butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and apple cider. It takes a bit of preparation but it's beautiful.
My mum and I had the most amazing cocktails at the champagne bar at Westfield White City the other week - they called it a 'Gold Chocolate Cocktail' but it was a Ferrero Rocher in a glass! Frangelico, Creme de Cacao and champagne, with edible gold leaf flakes. Usually we have a Kir Royale or two on Christmas morning, but I think we'll be making the Ferrero Rocher extravaganza our Christmas cocktail of choice this year!
ReplyDeleteA simple 15yr old single malt whisky, served over ice with just a splash of Canada Dry. Mmm Warm handknit socks and a roaring fire in a glass!
ReplyDeleteI Like to drink Tokkelroom. It's a Dutch liquor what looks like eggnog but taste a bit more spicy.. If you award me with those beautifull Whiskey glasses, I'll send you a bottle of Tokkelroom ;-)
ReplyDeleteMy favourite Christmas tipple is sherry, and lots of it. I don't care if this makes me sound 80 years old; I love it. Cheers!
ReplyDeletemmmmm - a Rum Old-Fashioned for me, please!
ReplyDelete1.5 ounces Zacapa 23 Rum
1 or 2 cubes of demarara sugar
2 dashes Angostura bitters
2 dashes Orange
Combine rum and bitters in a mixing glass with large ice. Stir vigorously and strain into a double rocks glass over one large ice cube and the sugar cubes. Run some orange peel around the rim of the glass, and garnish with an orange twist.
Warming, spicy, festive.... Happy Days!
Hmmmm an oldy but a goodie - a nice generous glass of Baileys over ice :)
ReplyDeleteAlthough the post about christmas pudding vodka looks set to knock that ol' chesnut out the park this Christmas day!
While I love your spicy, cosy mulled wines and creamy Baileys drinks (and I adore the whole being-huddled-up-by-the-fire-with-a-brandy thing), for some reason I always crave a summer Pimms when the weather gets gloomy...
ReplyDeletespiced rum all the way, Sailor Jerry by preference
ReplyDeleteLove Champagne on xmas morning
ReplyDeleteI had a Christmas party and wanted to try making egg nog, my boyfriend decided that he would be up for it and it was delicious! (it's adapted from an American recipe)
ReplyDeleteIngredients
6 large eggs, separated
3/4 cup icing sugar
1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped
2 cups whole milk
3 cups double cream, plus more for garnish
1/2 cup bourbon,
1/4 cup dark rum,
1/4 cup Cognac,
Freshly grated nutmeg, for sprinkling
Directions
1.Heat milk, sugar, and vanilla bean and seeds in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, whisking until sugar has dissolved. Whisk yolks in a large bowl. Pour hot milk mixture into yolks in a slow, steady stream, whisking.
2.Return milk-yolk mixture to pan, and cook over medium-low heat, whisking often, until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 20 minutes (do not let simmer). Pour through a fine sieve into a bowl; discard bean. Whisk in cream, and alcohols. Let cool completely. Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until cold, about 1 hour (up to 1 day). Serve sprinkled with nutmeg.
Be careful not to overheat as you may end up with sloppy alcoholic scrambled eggs (yucky!)
Uh oh, am I allowed to post a whole list?? Joint top has to be mulled wine, or baileys with ice. I also discovered port this year - looking forward to a little glass with some cheese on the big day! Babycham and snowballs remind me of Christmas because my Nan used to drink them on Christmas day (I've never tasted them though). I'm starting to get the feeling I'll be more than a little tipsy by the end of Christmas day :o)
ReplyDeleteAs I have a terrible terrible sweet tooth I'm overly partial to a bit of ice wine as a seasonal treat.
ReplyDeleteThis year I've soaked wild plums in vodka for a few months with a little sugar - so fabulous to drink, but also planning on dipping the soaked plums in dark chocolate...... mmmm
ReplyDeleteLast year I discovered an amazing drink called Slider. The sloes from making sloe gin are steeped in cider and the resultant drink is sweet and warming and satisfyingly alcoholic, with a hint of ginny goodness.
ReplyDeleteSnowball with proper maraschino cherries from a jar :)
ReplyDeleteUsually enjoy a glass or two of Mulled Wine. :)
ReplyDeleteHot apple cider & Tuaca
ReplyDeleteI've actually got really into whiskey this year! And although I won't be with my boyfriend on Christmas day this year to share a dram, I'm sure it'll be the first thing I do when I get back up to Scotland
ReplyDeleteCrème de menthe and baileys
ReplyDeleteFestively green and minty yet sweet and naughty
Mulled wine, mulled cider, Baileys, port (with a bit of cheese), sloe gin, a good old hot chocolate... There really are too many to choose from. But right now a nice warming hot toddy would do the trick and hopefully banish my festive cold.
ReplyDeleteStart the day with champagne with breakfast, Sherry while cooking, Red wine with lunch and a sweet wine with the pudding, Brandy and a coffee to finish, Port to go with some cheese later and some home made Damson Rum as a nightcap. There might be some mulled wine or cider in there somewhere and if my son starts making martinis well it would be rude not to drink them.
ReplyDeleteIt might not win any popularity contests for sure, but hopefully it might get me winning this one: my favouite Christmas tipple is Pernod and Bitter Lemon. Weird, I know, but surprisingly tasty. If you like that sort of thing.
ReplyDeleteA lovely large Dark Rum. On it's own. Or in a mug of Cocoa as a Hot Lumumba.
ReplyDeleteI'd have to say mulled wine. It smells and tastes of Christmas so it gets you in the mood and makes you feel warm and cosy. Whisky is my drink of choice on Hogmanay, you won't find me toasting in the New Year with champagne like a lady!
ReplyDeleteIt has to be Baileys!
ReplyDeleteThe King's Ginger - a ginger beer/citrussy liqueur originally made for King Edward VII by Berry Bros. & Rudd (St James's Street, London, round the corner from The Ritz).
ReplyDeleteMulled cider but those glasses would be great for a Glayva.
ReplyDeleteIt's a close one between Snowballs and mulled cider, but I think Snowballs just peg it to the post!
ReplyDeleteSloe gin, you've waited for months for it to be ready and then Christmas hits and the fun begins.
ReplyDeleteComing from Australia, Christmas means hot weather to me so nothing says Christmas more than a crisp and refreshing cold cider. However now I am living other here, it doesn't mean Christmas to me but I do enjoy a hot honeywine or a hot chocolate and Baileys which is probably what I'll be having on Christmas day.
ReplyDeleteThe simplest cocktail in the world, but it's delicious and Christmassy... shake two parts orange juice, one part Cointreau and ice in a cocktail shaker, and strain orangey yumminess into martini glasses. mmmmm
ReplyDeleteMy favourite tipple would have to be a small glass of Rubis after having Cheese & Cockburns. Yummy chocolatey tasty wine which I have to guzzle down with some (ahem, most) of a Terry's chocolate orange!
ReplyDeleteOoh hard to decide its either mulled cider or baileys. Both very comforting
ReplyDeleteI can't decide there are so many lovely festive drinks, but it would have to be either a mug of hot mulled wine or a dainty glass of Baileys over ice - I'm sure I'll have plenty of both!
ReplyDeletemy favourite christmas tipple is 'skittles vodka'... decant half a bottle of vodka into another sealable bottle (i like those useful Ikea ones that are a bit vintage) add a large bag of Skittles(take the green ones out or it'll go an icky colour) and leave in a dark place for at least a week. Strain and drink but beware the hangover. The best thing about this is you can eat the skittles afterwards ...alcoholic skittles are so yummy
ReplyDeletei love advocaat and lemonade at christmas!
ReplyDelete@ashlallan
I like a few (well-made) gin and tonics. I seem to have developed a real taste for them now I'm in my 30s (I used to hate gin!).
ReplyDeleteA nice glass of port, whilst wearing new pjs and mahoosively cosy christmas slippers.
ReplyDeleteMulled wine, definitely!
ReplyDeleteMalibu - love it
ReplyDelete@vickyd4v3
Got to be mulled wine, keeps the chill out :)
ReplyDeleteIt has to be Buck's Fizz. Now that we're all grown ups, we have it with our breakfast on Christmas Day every year - Christmas wouldn't be the same without it!
ReplyDeleteIt's got to be a glass of sherry in honour of my gran!
ReplyDeletechampagne for breakfast and lunch then maybe a baileys or a whiskey in the evening. Christmas eve will be mulled cider
ReplyDeleteMulled wine- lovely to come home to.
ReplyDeletecm of monin gingerbread syrup topped with prosecco, or cava or champagne
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