Certainly not us and certainly not Charlotte who hosted a great cocktail party at home in Leicester. The cocktails offered were ; Tequila Sunrise, minty aero Grasshopper, Green Apple Martini, Sex on the Beach and the champagne/ Cava based Kir Royale.

No one obvious winner – but the mocktail the China Blue evolved into an alcoholic version with the addition of vodka, so pretty much a Blue Lagoon and it got renamed by the guests a Charlotte Blue.

And that’s how a new cocktail is born!

But be warned – you could end up looking like this……

We have birthday parties in Leicester, a social club Christmas party, as well as the 2 over New Year : one serving cocktails to a group in Leicester and a new format we’re trying for Market Harborough over new year.

Let's get your party started - with cocktails in your kitchen

Her new flat was the venue, the music was pumping “everybody wants to be famous, ain’t nobody want to be nameless” was da lyrics and the most popular drink of the night was 

Sex on the Beach – the absolut most popular combination of vodka, Archers peach schnapps, cranberry and orange juices. The link above gives you an idea about how to make it at home – and remember when he mentions peach schnapps, we of course mean Archers here in the UK. You can watch this video clip to see how it’s made Stateside. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x312oh_sex-on-the-beach-cocktail-drink-rec_school

We also served Grasshopper, Tequila Sunrise, Sandbar, and Kir Royale. The 2 mocktails were our old classics the Merry Berry Cherry and China Blue.

We’ve also run a 21st party at a house in Leicester. We’ve taken our first cocktail enquiry from one of the large salubrious wedding venue hotels in rural Leicestershire too. So we’ll be working on a corking cocktail menu for the bride. She’s got a few green things going on in her wedding colouring – so that gives us a few ideas.

We also feel the need to give you more cocktail recipes soon, as we guess this may be what you’re visiting this site for. Let us know at fun@cocktailshakerboys.co.uk

Many Grasshopper cocktails were served in Harborough at 40th party

And that’s in addition to the joint 40th party we ran with a full team of 4 at Kibworth Rugby Club, serving cocktails to 140 guests. It seems the fantastically minty chocolatey Grasshopper is a firm favourite : liquid Aero is how most people describe it. However the Nigella Lawson Green apple Martini which we make with Gin also has many converts.

However with last night’s party we also served up lots of our classic 2 mocktails – alcohol free cocktails : the Merry Berry Cherry and the China Blue.

Party host with a cocktail shaker boy - summer cocktails at your home

So what’s next in the experimental world of the Cocktail Shaker Boys? Well, we’re interested in developing an idea to provide cold shots to guests on arrival. However we need some portable way of transporting glasses in something freezing. Anyone got any ideas? info@cocktailshakerboys.co.uk if you have.

We have access to an elegant range of Martini glasses, champagne flutes, superb Sling glasses and plain old Highballs. You’re welcome to hire our glassware even if you’re not commissioning us to make cocktails for you.

Market Harborough cocktail glasses for hire

We can support large parties and you can even rent some cocktail glasses for say a dinner party for 12. We’ll deliver them for you too (there may be an additional charge – depending where you are.)

For more details about cocktail glass hire in South Leicestershire, contact us fun@cocktailshakerboys.co.uk . We’ll help if we can!

And we know you want to know what the drinks are featured in the picture on the left. We are a cocktail making tips site after all, so here goes. From left ;

- Jacaranda afternoon (in the Martini glass)

- Merry Berry Cherry (in the Highball) our top mocktail at the moment

- China Blue a non-alcoholic version of a popular classic the Blue Lagoon

- The Ottoman – a great alternative to the Kir Royale.

So get yourself some glasses, remember to book the sunshine, mix yourself some stunning drinks and be happy.

Cocktail party at home - happiness in a glass

She’d hired in 2 games tables too : black jack and a roulette wheel, and we supplied the drinks. We offered a range of 6 cocktails and 2 mocktails ;

• Green Apple Martini – Gin, apple sourz and apple syrup
• Margarita – Tequila, Cointreau, lime juice
• Rusty Nail – Whisky, Drambuie
• Sex on the Beach – Vodka, Archers, cranberry, orange juice
• Sandbar – Malibu, golden rum, pineapple juice
• Kir Royale – Creme de Cassis, champagne

Plus mocktails

• Blue Lagoon – non-alcoholic blue curacao, lemonade
• Merry Berry Cherry – orange juice, cranberry juice, cherry syrup

Seems the Sandbar and the Merry Berry Cherry were the ones in each category which proved most popular, though many party guests determindly worked their way through the menu.

Next event is a surprise 80th in Leicestershire - ooh, there’s never a dull moment !

Woo Woo cocktail in the foreground and our own developed cocktail the Sandbar

We have found that we can add these to Twitter easily, so if Twitter is your thing, have a look for recipes, tips, buying advice and all sorts of random information about cocktails by following us http://twitter.com/CocktlShkrBoys. We add pictures where we can on Tweetphoto too. http://tweetphoto.com/19015213 shows you these 2 new ones.

The Woo Woo appears to be a modern classic, but it doesn’t appear in any of our cocktail books, and the Sandbar is one we’ve developed specially for a client’s 50th party celebrations in Birmingham soon.

Recipes

Woo Woo   :    1  1/2 msrs vodka, 1  1/2 msrs peach schnapps, 3 measures cranberry juice. Shake with ice and pour.

The Sandbar   : 1  1/2 msrs Malibu, 1  1/2 msrs golden rum, 3 msrs pineapple juice. Again simply shake with ice, pour and enjoy.

The Sandbar has a real lazy Carribean feel to it. Remember “the sun always shines when it pours !” It’s summer so try some recipes and make yourself some delicious cocktails. You’ll be amazed how popular you become !

Let's make some new cocktails then

We’re planning on developing some fantastic new cocktails based around these unusual syrup flavours. They do something like 65 flavours and we’ve noticed a few coffee shops use them to make flavoured coffee.

We bought Ginger, Green Apple, Butterscotch, Lavender, more Green Apple, Cherry, Raspberry, Rose and Blue Curacao (non-alcoholic.)

We’re already using Monin Green Apple Syrup in the highly popular Green Apple Martini.

We use Rose in the in-house developed Belly Dancer, which has been compared to liquid Turkish Delight.

Stand by for some new cocktail recipes featuring these products, and we’ll post them on Twitter too. In the meantime we’re off to engage in a little liquid alchemy !