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Mixing Spoons at the Ready! Our Guide to Crafting a Cracking Old FashionedMixing Spoons at the Ready! Our Guide to Crafting a Cracking Old Fashioned

Whether you’re an accomplished at-home bartender or tend to leave it to the professionals, we’re sure you’ll agree the Old Fashioned is a no-nonsense cocktail staple. Coinciding with Old Fashioned…

Annie HayesAnnie Hayes
Dandelyan and Licorería Limantour Delve into the Darker Side of BotanyDandelyan and Licorería Limantour Delve into the Darker Side of Botany

World-renowned bars Dandelyan and Licorería Limantour have joined forces for a collaborative cocktail menu that defies nature just in time for Halloween. Pickling, curing, and mummifying are the order of…

Annie HayesAnnie Hayes
Roe & Co Irish Whiskey and an interview with Brand Ambassador Peter O’ConnorRoe & Co Irish Whiskey and an interview with Brand Ambassador Peter O’Connor

The launch of new Irish whiskey Roe & Co also sees Diageo return to Irish whiskey and the George Roe name return to bottles, plus there’s a new distillery in…

Jake MountainJake Mountain
Professor Cornelius Ampleforth & Drinks by the Dram are at London Cocktail Week!
Professor Cornelius Ampleforth & Drinks by the Dram are at London Cocktail Week!

London Cocktail Week is in full swing! Now in its sixth year with parties, pop-ups, £5 Cocktail Tours and an entire cocktail village rather than the usual modest hub, it’s…

Master of MaltMaster of Malt
Master of Cocktails – Tasting Notes; Reconstructed
Master of Cocktails – Tasting Notes; Reconstructed

Greetings one and all to another edition of #MasterofCocktails. If you didn’t catch last week’s instalment, you might not have seen that we’re changing up how we do this –…

Ben EllefsenBen Ellefsen
Master of Cocktails – The-Candy-Apple-Jack-Hammer
Master of Cocktails – The-Candy-Apple-Jack-Hammer

It’s the return of #MasterofCocktails! And there are a few changes to the format… We’re going to be making this a much less step-by-step affair – in return though, you’ll…

Ben EllefsenBen Ellefsen
New 50cl Cocktails from The Handmade Cocktail Company!
New 50cl Cocktails from The Handmade Cocktail Company!

The Handmade Cocktail Company‘s range of Pre-Bottled Cocktails has had a bit of a shake-up! From today, the entire 2015 selection will be available in 50cl bottles alongside the award-winning…

Jake MountainJake Mountain
Master of Cocktails – First-Press Terroir Sour
Master of Cocktails – First-Press Terroir Sour

Greetings to you all. Time for another #MasterofCocktails? I think so. Last one for a few weeks this, due to impending progeny. Today we’re making a drink that sounds thoroughly…

Ben EllefsenBen Ellefsen
Master of Cocktails – Tea Thyme with Pepper Pig
Master of Cocktails – Tea Thyme with Pepper Pig

Right then boys and girls. Time for this week’s #MasterofCocktails – this week we’re making a pork-infused wet martini. Sound appetising? Well it should – It’s delicious. This one’s called…

Ben EllefsenBen Ellefsen
Master of Cocktails – Mutiny on the Bounty
Master of Cocktails – Mutiny on the Bounty

Well greetings cocktail fans. Everyone enjoy their bank-holiday weekend? Ready for some #MasterofCocktails action? This week we’re going to make a super-summery drink, based on this baby – Rumbullion! XO…

Ben EllefsenBen Ellefsen
Master of Cocktails – Fair Yuzu Has a Posse
Master of Cocktails – Fair Yuzu Has a Posse

Right then ladies and gents. Time for another #MasterofCocktails – this week we’re making a cognac-sour/sidecar sort of affair. We’re making it with Yuzu Juice. If you’ve not had it…

Ben EllefsenBen Ellefsen
Master of Cocktails – The Penultimate Paragraph
Master of Cocktails – The Penultimate Paragraph

Right then all – we all ready for a cocktail? Time for #MasterofCocktails… Today’s drink is a creation based around this bad boy. It’s Bathtub Gin aged in an ex-Ardbeg…

Ben EllefsenBen Ellefsen
Master of Cocktails – Guyana’s not French, but the Melon is
Master of Cocktails – Guyana’s not French, but the Melon is

Greetings #MasterofCocktails fans. Trust everyone had a pleasant Bank Holiday Weekend? Did you have a cocktail to see it on its way? We certainly did… This week we’re making a…

Ben EllefsenBen Ellefsen
Master of Cocktails – I’m a Fun Guy
Master of Cocktails – I’m a Fun Guy

Right then everyone. Are we all ready for this week’s #MasterofCocktails? We’re going somewhat off-piste this week, making a riff on the Boulevardier, but introducing massive Umami by firstly subbing…

Ben EllefsenBen Ellefsen
Master of Cocktails – The Clover Club Cocktail
Master of Cocktails – The Clover Club Cocktail

Greetings all. Time for some Gin? Gin. Yep. Everyone loves Gin. Lovely Gin. We’re making a classic cocktail for this week’s #MasterofCocktails, which to be honest feels anything but. You’d…

Ben EllefsenBen Ellefsen
Master of Cocktails – The Old Pal
Master of Cocktails – The Old Pal

Right then – everyone about ready for a #MasterofCocktails? This evening we’re going to make an oft-overlooked drink, the ‘Old Pal’. The use of Dry vermouth lends this drink a…

Ben EllefsenBen Ellefsen