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Pornstar MartiniCocktail of the Week: The Pornstar Martini

It’s World Cocktail Day! Hurrah! What’s everyone doing? We thought we’d celebrate by making the UK’s favourite cocktail, the Pornstar Martini! Cast your minds back to 2003 if you will….

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Cocktail of the Week: The Bloody MaryCocktail of the Week: The Bloody Mary

The Bloody Mary is a cocktail for the ages. Here, Dennis Tamse, brand ambassador for Schiedam-based Nolet Distillery – home to Ketel One Vodka – talks us through the recipe…

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Sustainable Cocktails with Patrón TequilaSustainable Cocktails with Patrón Tequila

Protect the planet *and* enjoy a delicious drink? Newsflash: it can be done. To celebrate Earth Day, Patrón Tequila demonstrates how to level up your kitchen leftovers and create ‘cocktails…

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Super Lyan AmsterdamA First Look At Super Lyan Amsterdam

You might remember Super Lyan’s London outpost, which closed in late 2018 to make way for Cub’s in-house fermentation lab. Well, now the bar has risen from the ashes in…

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Cocktail of the Week: The MartikiCocktail of the Week: The Martiki

Today we have something of a rarity for you. You won’t find it in just any bar. It combines two great cocktail traditions: classic American and tiki, all in one…

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Satan’s WhiskersDream Drams… With Joe Hall of Satan’s Whiskers

You miraculously find yourself on a desert island equipped with a beach hut bar and eight spirits of your choosing. What are you sipping? For Joe Hall, general manager at…

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Behind the Little Red DoorA Way With Words: Globetrotting Cocktails at Little Red Door

Have you ever come across words in other languages that don’t directly translate into English? Well, the team behind Parisian bar Little Red Door haven’t just deciphered their meaning for…

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Mixable Spirits: The Rise of Cocktail-Specific BoozesMixable Spirits: The Rise of Cocktail-Specific Boozes

In days gone by, the primary function of a cocktail was to mask the harshness of the spirit within and make the drink a little more palatable. Thanks, however, to…

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Manhattan cocktailCocktail of the Week: The Manhattan

Today’s we’re looking at a cocktail named after the most famous island in the world. It could only be…  the Isle of Man! Oh no, hang on, it’s the Manhattan….

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Shallow NegroniCocktail of the Week: The Shallow Negroni

What do you get when you cross Bradley Cooper’s Oscar-winning box office tearjerker A Star Is Born with a quintessentially Italian cocktail invented in Milan back in the late 20th…

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Genuine Liquorette TwinkleThe Bars of the Future Are Already Here

Curious about what the cocktail bars of the future might look like? No need to gaze into crystal balls – the clues are all around you. Here, we take a…

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Cambridge Elderflower CollinsCocktail of the Week: The Elderflower Collins

To make your evening go with a swing, this week we have a twist on the Tom Collins. Yep, it’s basically an upmarket gin and lemonade. But why is it…

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Introducing Muyu: Liqueurs, But Not As You Know ThemIntroducing Muyu: Liqueurs, But Not As You Know Them

Internationally-acclaimed bar stars Monica Berg, Alex Kratena and Simone Caporale have launched Amazon-inspired Muyu, a range of modern liqueurs made with a forager’s philosophy and a perfumer’s approach. Here, Berg…

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The Handmade Cocktail Company Old FashionedHack 6 Classic Cocktails With These At-Home Essentials

To help bars and pubs whip up everyone’s favourite whisky cocktail quickly and consistently, Woodford Reserve Bourbon has developed a cocktail syrup for the Old Fashioned. Don’t let bartenders hog…

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Green Monkey CBDWhat’s the Buzz About CBD Cocktails?

At the moment you’re more likely to find CBD oil in your morning latte than a late-night tipple, but make no mistake, cannabidiol-laced cocktails are coming to a bar menu…

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The Bramble CocktailCocktail of the Week: The Bramble

This week we show you how to make this modern classic inspired by a childhood spent foraging for blackberries. The origins of most great cocktails are lost in the mists…

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