READY-MADE COCKTAILS TO MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE A PRO

TOTALLY TROPICAL

Spiced Pineapple & Lime Daiquiri 50cl, £10, M&S THIS is great for tropical cocktail fans. Lots of pineapple, spice and lime. Whoosh in a cocktail shaker and pour over ice into a glass. You could even add a pink umbrella. ★★★✩✩

BRITISH TWIST ON A CLASSIC COSMO

The Cocktail Picker’s Club Strawberry & Rhubarb Cosmopolitan 700ml, £16.99, cocktailpickers.myshopify.com A GEM. Really fresh and just sweet enough without being sickly. Shake like crazy and pour into a chilled martini glass. The bottle is great, too. ★★★★✩

THREE TREATS IN ONE

Tipplesworth Cocktail Mixer Kit £12.95, 31dover.com MIXERS for raspberry mojitos, espresso martinis and bramble cocktails. You have to add the right spirit to each one, so there’s some stirring and shaking. All of them benefit from a good garnish. ★★★✩✩

NAUGHTY NEGRONI

Fatman’s Aged Negroni, 50cl £36, fatmanand friends.com NEGRONI fan Matthew Smallbane created this blend for his London restaurant. The flavours are reassuringly robust. Just find a clean glass and add lots of ice and a slice of fresh orange. ★★★★★

SWEETLY SOUR

Tails Amaretto Sour 100cl, £20, tailscocktails.com BY ADDING lemon and lime, Tails has created a perfect pre-dinner way to have amaretto without it being too sweet. Bung ice in a cocktail shaker, add your preferred measure and shake before pouring into a tumbler. Delicious. ★★★★✩

FLING WITH NO ZING

Jose Cuervo Margarita Mix 100cl, £5.95, 31dover.com I’M NOT keen on this pre-mixed party in a glass. You add one part tequila to three parts margarita mix. But it didn’t have the zing that a good margarita should bring. I’d rather take the time to make my own. ★✩✩✩✩