Apricity Ice Cream Cafe in Norwich Market selling cocktails

Gary Butcher and his daughter, Aly, have announced that they will start serving hot drinks and hot alcoholic beverages for the first time this year at the Apricity Ice Cream Parlour.

The stall has now reopened after a small renovation which has geared it up for the festive season, and will now be serving customers all year round.

From left: Stacey Woods, Gary Butcher, Aly Butcher and Alison Donohoe (Image: Denise Bradley) As part of the revamp, Gary and Aly have teamed up with the team at the Flamboyant Cocktail Company, a new business launching in North Norfolk. 

Alison Donohoe, a partner at the Flamboyant Cocktail Company alongside Stacy Woods, said: "We are really excited.

"We have produced four cocktails to sell at Apricity: a hot buttered Christmas pudding rum, a hot toffee apple vodka, hot spiced pumpkin and gingerbread gin and hot flamed orange and cranberry gin.

"People get a bit fed up with mulled wine and this is something a bit different."

The hot flame cranberry and orange gin (Image: Denise Bradley) They use Fenspirits, a Wisbech-based company, in their cocktail creations, and the cocktails will be available from the stall until next spring.

Gary has also invented his own alcoholic creations to sell from the stall during the festive season.

A Whippy shot with hot ginger whisky (Image: Denise Bradley) He said: "We are going to be selling whippy shots with alcohol - such as warm whisky and ginger or warm rum and raisin.

"It will melt the ice cream and create a bit of a drink."

There will also be mulled wine, mulled cider, hot toddies and Baileys coffee available to buy at the stall - as well as ice cream.

The stall has undergone a rebrand as part of the changes (Image: Denise Bradley) These plans have been a year in the making, with Gary securing an alcohol license for the premises last November. 

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Gary added: "It is really exciting. 

"I've had this stall for nine years, but we have been on the market for more than 11 years now.

"This is the first time it has changed, and it is exciting - something new for us."

Apricity will be open and serving hot drinks and cocktails seven days a week.