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Cocktail of the Week: The SlingshotThis week’s drink is a refreshing little number that utilises a special coffee liqueur from New Zealand. It’s called the Slingshot! Slingshot is a catchy name: it sounds like a…
Cocktail of the Week: the Sherry CobblerThis week we’re going way back, we’re talking old school, with a drink that makes an Old Fashioned look positively modern: it’s the Sherry Cobbler! Earlier this month, Nate Brown…
Cocktail of the Week: The Mellow YellowThis week we talk to Stephen Marsh, the man behind Pinkster, and try a summery cocktail especially designed to go with his pink gin. When Pinkster was launched in 2013,…
Cocktail of the Week: The Toasted Nut BoulevardierThis week we delve into the fascinating world of vermouth with a man who knows his artemisia absinthim from his artemisia pontica (they’re both types of wormwood), Jack Adair Bevan,…
Cocktail of the Week: The Long Sloe SummerSloe gin isn’t just for Christmas, says pioneering bartender Nick Strangeway. This week’s cocktail eloquently explains why. Long before foraging became fashionable, people were making sloe gin. These tiny sour…
Cocktail of the Week: The Pornstar MartiniIt’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….
Cocktail of the Week: The Clover ClubTo show us how to make this week’s drink, the Clover Club, we spoke to the head bartender at Swingers, a West End bar that combines cocktails with, errr, crazy…
Cocktail of the Week: The Iceberg SlimGareth ‘G’ Franklin is on a mission to bring liqueurs out from the back of the drinks cupboard and put them centre stage. His creation, the Iceberg Slim, shines a…
Cocktail of the Week: The MartikiToday 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…
Cocktail of the Week: The ManhattanToday’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….
Cocktail of the Week: The Shallow NegroniWhat 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…
Cocktail of the Week: The Elderflower CollinsTo 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…
Cocktail of the Week: Improved Blood Orange PunchThis week, we’re making a drink where all the hard work is done in advance, leaving you with time to amuse your guests with some top anecdotes. One of the…
Cocktail of the Week: The Brandy SourThis week we’re making a drink that appears simple but needs precision to pull off successfully, plus having a look at brandy’s rich cocktail history. When mixing drinks, most of…
Cocktail of the Week: The BrambleThis 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…
The Martini: the ultimate cocktail?The Martini. There’s no cocktail like it for bringing out the purist in certain people. You know the sort of thing they say: “Show the gin a bottle of vermouth, throw…
