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Happy World

  • 3cl brandy
  • 1.5cl Cointreau
  • 3cl fresh orange juice
  • 1.5cl crème de bananas (banana liqueur)

Pour the brandy and Cointreau, then the orange juice and banana liqueur, into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into an old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a slice of orange and a maraschino cherry.

Harvey Wallbanger

  • 5cl vodka
  • 15cl fresh orange juice
  • 2cl Galliano

Pour the vodka and orange juice into a highball filled with ice. Stir. Float the Galliano over the back of a barspoon. Garnish with a slice of orange. Serve with a straw and a stirrer.

Hawaiian Sea breeze

  • 4cl vodka
  • 3cl pineapple juice
  • 3cl cranberry juice

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a wedge of pineapple.

Hemingway Hammer

  • 2cl vodka
  • 2cl white rum
  • 1cl blue curaçao
  • 1cl extra dry vermouth
  • 1cl fresh lime juice

Place all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a wedge of lime.

Hennessy Twist

  • 3cl cognac
  • 2cl dry vermouth
  • 1cl triple sec/Cointreau
  • 1cl apricot brandy

Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass with ice. Stir. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a twist of orange.

Highland Fling

  • 5cl Scotch
  • 2cl dry vermouth
  • 6 dashes orange bitters

Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a twist of orange.

High Voltage

  • 5cl Scotch
  • 3cl triple sec/Cointreau
  • 3cl fresh lime juice
  • soda water

Pour all ingredients, except soda, into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice. Top up with soda. Stir.

Hold Up

  • 4cl cognac
  • 2cl coconut rum
  • 3cl fresh orange juice
  • 1cl fresh lemon juice
  • dash gomme syrup

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a cocktail glass.

Honeypie

  • 3cl white rum
  • 3cl cognac
  • 1 teaspoon clear honey
  • 2cl double cream

Pour the rum and cognac into a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir. Strain into a cocktail glass. Shake the cream and honey sharply in a shaker with ice to blend them together.

Float this mixture over a barspoon on top of the rum and cognac mixture. Squeeze a twist of orange zest (zest facing the drink) to let a teardrop of orange into the drink. Garnish with a Cape Gooseberry on the side of the glass.

Honolulu Juicer

  • 3cl Southern Comfort
  • 2cl golden rum
  • 2cl Rose's lime cordial
  • 1cl fresh lime juice
  • 31/3oz/10cl pineapple juice

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a colada glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with a slice of pineapple and a maraschino cherry. Serve with a straw.

Hoopla

  • 3cl brandy
  • 2cl Cointreau
  • 2cl Lillet
  • 2cl fresh lemon juice

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a spiral of lemon.

Horse's Neck

  • 5cl brandy
  • 2 drops Angostura bitters
  • ginger ale

Pour all ingredients, except ginger ale, into a highball filled with ice. Top up with ginger ale. Stir. Garnish with a spiral of lemon.

Hot Buttered Rum

  • 5cl dark rum
  • 1 slice soft butter
  • 1 teaspoon brown sugar
  • 1 small cinnamon stick
  • 1 pinch grated nutmeg
  • 4 drops vanilla extract
  • 6cl boiling water

Mix the butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla extract in a heatproof wine glass until creamed. Add the rum and the boiling water. Stir. Serve hot.

Hot Eggnog

  • 3cl brandy
  • 3cl rum
  • 1free-range egg
  • 1 teaspoon caster sugar
  • hot milk

Pour all ingredients, except milk, into a highball. Top up with hot milk. Stir. Grate nutmeg over the drink.

Hot Kiss

  • 3cl Irish whisky
  • 1.5cl white crème de menthe
  • 1.5cl white crème de cacao
  • 12cl hot coffee
  • 2cl double cream

Pour the liqueurs and whiskey into a heatproof goblet. Add the coffee and stir. Finish with a layer of cream. Garnish with a dusting of chocolate powder.

Hot Passion

  • 3cl vodka
  • 3cl Passóa
  • 9cl cranberry juice
  • 9cl fresh orange juice

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a highball filled with ice. Garnish with a slice of orange and a maraschino cherry.

Hot Scotch Toddy

  • 5cl Scotch
  • 7cl boiling water
  • 1cl fresh lemon juice
  • 3 dashes Angostura bitters
  • 1 teaspoon clear honey
  • 3 cloves
  • twist of lemon

Pour the Scotch, boiling water, lemon juice, and Angostura into a heatproof toddy glass. Stir to dissolve the honey. Spear the cloves into the twist of lemon and add to the drink.

Hunter

  • 6cl bourbon
  • 3cl cherry brandy

Pour the bourbon into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice. Add the cherry brandy. Stir.

Hurricane

  • 3cl white rum
  • 3cl dark rum
  • 2cl triple sec/Cointreau
  • 3cl fresh lime juice
  • 2cl gomme syrup
  • 1cl grenadine
  • 9cl fresh orange juice
  • 9cl pineapple juice

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a highball with ice. Garnish with a small wedge of pineapple set on the rim.

Hurricane Cooler

  • 4cl dark rum
  • 2cl white rum
  • 2cl fresh lime juice
  • 5cl passionfruit juice
  • 3cl pineapple juice
  • 3cl fresh orange juice
  • 1cl blackcurrant syrup

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a colada glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with a slice of pineapple and a cherry. Serve with a straw.

Hurricane Marilyn

  • 2cl Pusser rum
  • 2cl white rum
  • 1cl Canadian whisky
  • 1cl Cointreau
  • 7cl cranberry juice
  • 7cl guava juice
  • 2cl fresh lemon juice
  • 2 dashes grenadine

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a highball filled with ice. Garnish with a sprig of mint set in the top of a strawberry, and a slice

of kiwifruit on the rim next to it.