Recipe

• 1 part vodka

• 1 part Jägermeister

• 1 part orange juice

• 1 part cranberry juice

• 1 part cola

Stir the first four ingredients thoroughly with ice, and pour into a Collins glass. Add the cola, and garnish with an autumn tree leaf. Add more cola and orange if required to get an opaque brown colour.

In tribute to an excellent weekend on a narrowboat with some excellent people, I invented this disgusting-looking long cocktail. The recipe is based on a Sex on the Beach, substituting Jägermeister for peach schnapps, and adding cola for that lovely dirty brown colour.

The taste is actually great (if I say so myself), with the herbal liqueur adding a subtle earthy, weedy taste to a nice sweet drink. I'm guessing it tastes better than the real thing anyway.