Of all the gin cocktail recipe collections in all the world-wide-web, you walk into ours - and good thing too, for it's brimming with ideas to make the most out of your next drinks party.

Few things can beat a cold glass of gin and tonic, and Adam Gray offers a twist on the old favourite with his grapefruit peel garnished gin and elderflower cocktail, while Anna Hansen’s liquorice gin and tonic recipe, garnished with cucumber and liquorice root, is a quick and easy cocktail with an unusual flavour.

For a particularly festive treat, Vivek Singh’s blackthorn sour makes an ideal gin-based Christmas cocktail, pairing sloe gin with egg whites and a pineapple and kirsch compote.