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Master of Cocktails – Maid in Cuba
Master of Cocktails – Maid in Cuba

Right then Ladies and Gents – time for this week’s #MasterofCocktails. We’re going to be making a drink I first tried a year or so ago at the Savoy, and…

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Master of Cocktails – The Silver Lining
Master of Cocktails – The Silver Lining

For this week’s #MasterofCocktails, we have a Silver Lining recipe. It’s a twist on a whiskey sour using Licor 43 Cuarenta y Tres, which is one of those sort of…

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Master of Cocktails – Gin & It
Master of Cocktails – Gin & It

Hello again, time for another #MasterofCocktails, innit? Now this one’s not a particularly common drink, but it’s a recipe that’s definitely worth having in your repertoire. We’re going to make…

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Master of Cocktails – Pisco Sour
Master of Cocktails – Pisco Sour

Well hello friends. I almost didn’t see you there. Is it time for a drink? Seems a lot like it, doesn’t it? Today we’re making a sour recipe with an…

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Master of Cocktails – Hot Buttered Rum
Master of Cocktails – Hot Buttered Rum

This week’s #MasterofCocktails marks the turn of the seasons. It’s clearly autumn now, and with fireworks displays, Halloween etc. coming, clearly we need a hot buttered rum recipe. Like many…

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Master of Cocktails – The Champagne Cocktail
Master of Cocktails – The Champagne Cocktail

An incredibly simple drink this week, which is so often fucked right up by one stupid ‘ritual’. Sugar Cubes. I saw a cocktail this week from some place in London…

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Master of Cocktails – Campari and Soda
Master of Cocktails – Campari and Soda

Right then cocktail fans, we’re doing a Campari and Soda recipe for this week’s #MasterofCocktails. I say ‘cocktails’… A bit of a confession, this week’s drink isn’t *really* a cocktail….

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Master of Cocktails: The Ford Cocktail
Master of Cocktails: The Ford Cocktail

Greetings ladies and gents. It’s time for this week’s #MasterofCocktails – we’re doing a great little twist on a Wet Martini today – it’s a Ford Cocktail recipe. I first…

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Master of Cocktails – The Brandy Crusta
Master of Cocktails – The Brandy Crusta

Right then ladies and gentlemen. Time for week’s #MasterofCocktails, featuring a Brandy Crusta recipe – a real life classic. This is a smashing drink, first brought to my attention by…

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Master of Cocktails – Banana Daiquiri
Master of Cocktails – Banana Daiquiri

Right then cocktail fans. Time for this week’s #MasterofCocktails extravaganza. This time, we’re making a Banana Daiquiri recipe. Course we are. This is a rather prep-heavy drink, and with most…

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Master of Cocktails – The Spiced Black Truffle Palmetto
Master of Cocktails – The Spiced Black Truffle Palmetto

This week’s drink (a day later than usual due to the bank holiday) is a twist on a Palmetto recipe, using the amazing Rumbullion! XO rum along with a couple of…

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Master of Cocktails – The Gimlet
Master of Cocktails – The Gimlet

Right then campers. Time for this week’s #MasterofCocktails. This week it’s a Gimlet recipe, one of those that’s super-simple if you do a bit of prep. We’re going to be…

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Master of Cocktails – Coffee Cocktail
Master of Cocktails – Coffee Cocktail

Well hello there Flip fans – it’s time for another #MasterofCocktails. This week, we have a Coffee Cocktail recipe for you. Confusingly enough, there’s absolutely no coffee (liqueur format or…

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Master of Cocktails – A basic gin punch recipe
Master of Cocktails – A basic gin punch recipe

Hopefully you were all paying attention during the last #MasterofCocktails, as we made the most important part of this week’s drink(s) a week in advance – the Oleo-Saccharum (a fancy…

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Master of Cocktails – The Japanese Cocktail
Master of Cocktails – The Japanese Cocktail

Right then ladies and gentlemen – for this week’s #MasterofCocktails we made a Japanese Cocktail. It’s one of those oft-forgotten classics that really does work very well indeed if made…

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Master of Cocktails – The Sazerac
Master of Cocktails – The Sazerac

Another classic for this week’s #MasterofCocktails, the Sazerac. Now this really is a very, very simple drink, but, like the Mojito from a few weeks ago, one that people love…

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