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Daughters surpassed themselves this Father’s Day and bought me a DeLorean. They know me so well… #happyfathersday #bestdaughtersever

Strictly-by-the-book Caipirinha: the book being the redoubtable @diffordsguide. It’s just cachaça, limes, sugar & cracked ice, but after the muddling, diluting, stirring and pouring, it’s just right at the end of a hot day. Happy #saturdaynightcocktails all.

Proud father moment: Scarlet was nominated for an Esher Oscar, the annual Esher College awards for Media, Photography & Music, for her photography project that used her sister, Lily B, as model. Drum roll, please, as tutor Stephen unveils the results (or swipe left)… And who was the winner?

As they say, I’m not lost & I did have an appointment: Smoked Old Fashioned at a venue that is strictly knock twice and tell them Harry the Leg sent you. Happy #thursdaynightcocktails all.

For anyone who doubts that I put in my turn at the blades on our skiffing sessions… Here we are arriving at Walton Bridge, about to negotiate the river traffic of swans, ducks, paddle boarders, 8s, coxless pairs, barges, gin palaces, kayakers & grebes. Vocal encouragement from our cox, @rosielambe. At least she’s not laughing.

Definitely to be filed under the ‘guilty pleasures’ category, this is a Jack in Black: over ice, add 45ml of Jack Daniels, 22.5ml of good coffee liqueur - homemade if you have it - then top up with 100ml of Coca-Cola and stir gently. Garnish with lurid cocktail cherries & serve with a soundtrack of Johnny Cash. Happy #saturdaynightcocktails all

Bank holiday manliness quotient off the scale: Grilled meat, hot charcoal, beer. Inner caveman assuaged. Might ruin it all by grilling some marshmallows later.

Pondering the meaning of a sudden apport of a golden apple in the garden this morning. However, as a good and fearful Discordian, I’m not touching the darned thing: Eris can be grouchy. Καλλιστή!

A Perfect Gentleman: Jack Daniels’ take on a Manhattan: 50ml of Gentleman Jack whiskey, 12.5ml each of sweet and dry vermouths. Stir together over ice with a decent shot of bitters: I used Boker’s as their dry spice seems to suit the whiskey-forward proportions. Garnish with orange zest, or a cherry if you want something sweeter. There’s a medicinal tang to the combination of the whiskey and bitters which I didn’t expect from JD at all. It’s well worth a try. Happy #saturdaynightcocktails all.

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