Happy 145th birthday to Jean Sibelius, musical conscience of Finland and one of history's great boozers ("alcohol is the only friend who has never let me down").

Here's the old boy's recipe for "black punch":
1 l water + sugar + jam + brandy or spirit.
Add 2 bottles of wine when everything is completely cold.
Add a few drops of Bergamot oil in a lump of sugar, which must be melted in the water.

He lived to 91. Cheers. Hic.