If you're partial to a Grasshopper, Créme de Menthe should always be in your back bar. Giffard's Créme de Menthe is a vivid, minty liqueur that packs quite a peppermint punch. Speaking of, a peppermint punch sounds pretty good right about now...

Dominant tones range from fresh to gilded straw, then honey, with the gold becoming more intense with age. These are followed by hues of apple green, silver or gold. Pineau are limpid and of great brilliance. Aromas of white and yellow fruit, honey and acacia blossom. Ageing in wooden barrels gives notes of "rancio": ripe and dried fruit, hazelnut, grilled almond, vanilla and buttered toast.