You know what today is don’t you? It’s pretty much the day in the calendar we’ve been staring at for the past month or so, the day we can pretend it’s the final school assembly of the year and run out screaming like we’re nine years old again.

Say hello to the last work day of the year – although if it isn’t you’re going to want to look away now because this could get messy.

In honour of the time to come, time spent lounging poolside or beachside or dam side (Vaalies that one’s for you), we’re doubling up on the recipes for this #WorldClassFridays cocktail selection.

Numero uno, because we love to speak all foreign, is the Ron Zacapa Old Fashioned. Our instructions here are down the line, perfect for following if you’ve already tasted a wide variety of goodies:

• Pour 10ml of honey and three dashes of Angostura bitters into a glass
• Then pour in 60ml of Ron Zacapa 23 and stir well and fill glass with ice
• Garnish with an orange zest

Play your cards right and ta-da, check this beauty out…

Ek se woah, I’ll have me some of that.

Now this next one we like to call The Singleton Fireman, which should set a few hearts fluttering. Again we’re not asking much of our amateur mixologists, a few steps and you’re good to go:

• Fill a highball glass or tumbler with ice
• Pour over 50ml of The Singleton Tailfire and add 10ml of ginger syrup
• Top with half Apple juice and half Soda water and stir to mix ingredients.
• Garnish with a long slice of root ginger.

You should compare your creation against this below as a point of reference:

See that, that’s how you are supposed to wile away the hours of leisure and luxury that await us all.

Happy holidaying good people, let’s make it back in one piece and enjoy every second in between.