Recipe

• 45ml Jägermeister (or Messerschmitt)

• 1 sugar cube

• Angostura bitters

Take a sugar cube, and drip bitters onto it until saturated with colour. Drop it into an old-fashioned glass, pour in a little hot water (perhaps 10ml) and stir until dissolved. Add the Jägermeister, lots of ice, a slice of orange and a cherry.

I'm very proud to have invented this, because it's quite nice! The herbal flavours of the Messerschmitt – sometimes unpleasant on their own – are improved by the aromatic bitters and the sugary sweetness.

Quite Christmassy, though not as much as the original Old-fashioned.