Frisco Cocktail

It's always nice to have a digestive drink to round off the meal. In Italy it is common to drink limoncello, a recipe that lightens the intense lemon peel flavour with some sugar and balances perfectly with a dessert.

Midori, Japanese for green, is a melon-flavoured liqueur that lives up to its meaning and can be enjoyed in a wide variety of cocktails, long drinks and short drinks. Because it is extremely sweet, it's mixed with sour flavours to offset its sweetness.

Preparing homemade orange liqueur is a tried-and-true way to use seasonal citrus over the years. Drinking it makes you feel like you're in sunny Italy, even if it's gray and cold outside the window. The homemade liqueur has an exceptionally intense and natural orange flavor, and is ideal for serving at the end of a meal, as an accompaniment to desserts or as an ingredient in other cocktails.

Lemon liqueur is a wonderful, refreshing beverage, perfect for hot summer days. I always make it at the beginning of summer, when lemons are at their sweetest and juiciest.

This autumn-inspired drink uses sweet maple-flavored liqueur with apple brandy, sparkling apple cider, and a bit of lemon juice to balance it all out. What to buy: We like Sortilège maple liqueur for its smooth and not-too-sweet blending of whisky and maple syrup.

There’s nothing like savoring a classic Margarita cocktail on a warm, sunny day.

This easy recipe teaches how to make a White Russian, one of the most famous classic cocktails. Don't miss it!

The classic, nonalcoholic version of a cream soda contains club soda, cream, and usually vanilla syrup. Our boozy version uses vanilla and ginger liqueurs instead of syrup and the creamy froth of Guinness stout instead of cream to take this drink from soda fountain to bar top. What to buy: Domaine de Canton is a ginger-flavored liqueur that can be found at specialty liquor stores. Navan vanilla liqueur is a vanilla-infused Cognac made by Grand Marnier.