	Catalogue
Fireworks Musical Candles Bright Spark

	Main Menu
Home Shops Open All Year Garden Furniture Delivery Rates Local Delivery Map Add a news article Firework Quality Your Display • Fundraising Tips • Safety is important • Bonfire Recipes • Bonfire Drinks • Gunpowder Plot • Fireworks FAQ • Enthusiasts Area • Links Terms & Conditions Contact Us

Bonfire Drinks

Drinks Recipes

So its Bonfire night, New Years Eve or any other reason to be outside in the cold at a fireworks event, a lot of fun can be had by providing drinks to suit the occasion, here are some of our suggestions however be sensible, do not try to let off fireworks if you have had any alcohol!!!

Yorkshire Fireworks have reviewed the following recipes which are a bit different and in our opinion should help nicely with persuading your party to keep going (even in the cold).

Mulled Wine

Ingredients
1/4 cup Brandy
1 cup Sugar
2 sticks Cinnamon
3 cups Water
12 Clove Add It
Lemon Peel
750 ml Red Wine

Directions
Simmer water with, sugar, cloves, cinnamon sticks, and peel of one lemon in a stainless steel pot for 10 minutes. Pour in the wine, heat to a "coffee temperature" (do not boil) and add brandy.

Winter Wine

Ingredients
2 oz Cognac
1 pinch Cinnamon
2 oz Water
1 tbsp Honey
35 cl Red Wine

Directions
Heat in a small saucepan and pour into heat-proof cups just before boiling. Add a slice of lemon to each cup, and serve.

Red Wine Punch

Ingredients
2 oz Oranges
1 part Soda Water
3 tbsp Powdered Sugar
2 parts Red Wine

Directions
Mix large parts of icing sugar with red wine in a punch bowl, and stir well. Add the soda, plenty of ice, and drop in a few orange (or lemon) slices. Serve in a punch bowl for all to enjoy.

Gluhwein (recipe for 10 persons)

Take a leaf from the Germans and enjoy this traditional drink.

40 oz medium red wine
5 oz brandy
10 tsp caster sugar
10 slice orange
10 slice lemon
10 cinnamon stick
20 cloves

Simmer gently for 30 seconds and strain into a heat-proof goblet.

Beer Suggestions

Morocco Ale

Imagine the body of a fine red wine with spicy overtones, mellow autumn evenings and wholesome, traditional British food; imagine too, a flavoursome ale that’s great to drink at any time.

Awards

2003: CAMRA* Great British Beer Festival Speciality Beers Section: Silver Award

1998: CAMRA* Great British Beer Festival Speciality Beers Section: Bronze Award
2005: CAMRA* Great British Beer Festival Speciality Beers Section: Bronze Award

Did You Know…?

Morocco Ale is brewed to a secret recipe from Levens Hall in Westmoreland first developed more than 300 years ago.

Morocco Ale was named by Colonel James Grahme of Levens - a courtier of King Charles II.

Morocco Ale has the distinction of being defined in the Oxford English Dictionary: “a kind of strong ale brewed at Levens Hall in Westmoreland”