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The Bronx - Prohibition cocktailsCocktail of the Week: The Bronx

This week’s cocktail conjures up images of wild Jazz Age parties and all manner of ‘20s excesses. A mixture of gin, orange juice, sweet and dry vermouth, it’s the Bronx!…

Henry JeffreysHenry Jeffreys
National Cocktail Day 2024 Grand Sour (credit Misti Traya)Cocktail of the Week: The Grand Sour

This week we’re making good use of Grand Marnier’s orangey, Cognac-soaked flavour profile by shaking it up with bloody orange and lemon juice to create the irresistible Grand Sour. Cognac runs…

Henry JeffreysHenry Jeffreys
Cocktail of the Week Rob RoyCocktail of the Week: The Rob Roy

Today’s cocktail is one for all those mixing Scotch whisky doubters out there. We’re using Black Bottle Double Cask to make Scotland’s answer to the Manhattan. It is, of course,…

Henry JeffreysHenry Jeffreys
Thunderer cocktail of the weekCocktail of the Week: the Thunderer

This week we’re resurrecting a lost cocktail created by Dick Bradsell for The Times in 1982. It’s a kind of proto-Bramble called the Thunderer!  The Bramble is the second most…

Henry JeffreysHenry Jeffreys
National Cocktail Day 2024 SazeracCocktail of the Week: the Sazerac

Today, we’re making a cocktail with its heart in old Louisiana. Like an Old Fashioned but with a French twist, it’s the drink of New Orleans. It is, of course,…

Henry JeffreysHenry Jeffreys
Brandy AlexanderCocktail of the Week: the Brandy Alexander

This week’s cocktail is a decadent concoction made with Cognac, Cream, and Bols creme de cacao. John Lennon was a fan, and so should you be too. It’s the Brandy…

Henry JeffreysHenry Jeffreys
Refreshing Cold Black Velvet CocktailCocktail of the week: The Black Velvet

This week we take a trip to the 19th century for a macabre cocktail created in honour of royalty. Don your most elegant finery, and say hello to the Black…

Millie MillikenMillie Milliken
National Cocktail Day 2024 - Hanky PankyCocktail of the Week: The Hanky Panky

With International Women’s Day this week, we thought it as good a time as any to look at Ada Coleman, the pioneering bartender who ran the American Bar at the…

Henry JeffreysHenry Jeffreys
X MuseCocktail of the Week: the Vodka Martini

Last week we tried a vodka that knocked our socks off, X Muse from Scotland, and what better way to celebrate its magnificence than in that simplest of cocktails, the Vodka…

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The Mirror MargaritaCocktail of the Week: The Mirror Margarita

It’s National Margarita Day(ish) and so we headed to London agaveria Hacha to taste a twist on a Margarita that’s served to look like a glass of water… Ok, so…

Adam O'ConnellAdam O'Connell
Aperitivo! TurinCocktail of the Week: Sweet Vermouth on the Rocks with a Twist

Today’s cocktail is inspired by one of the greatest films of the ‘90s, Groundhog Day. Ordered by Andie MacDowell, mocked by Bill Murray, it is, of course, a Sweet Vermouth on…

Henry JeffreysHenry Jeffreys
pink-lady-yoastCocktail of the Week: The Pink Lady

If you’re sick of wall-to-wall pink for Valentine’s Day, then look away now, because this week we’re shaking up the pinkest thing in the known universe. Pinker than the Pink…

Henry JeffreysHenry Jeffreys
Jaffa Cake NegroniNew Arrival of the Week: Jaffa Cake Negroni

If you love a Negroni, you’ll love our New Arrival this week. Take the ingredients of a classic Negroni, add the orangey, chocolatey goodness of real Jaffa Cakes, bottle it…

Henry JeffreysHenry Jeffreys
Opera cocktailThe Opera: a cocktail fit for the Queen

This is a cocktail inspired by Queen Elizabeth II, who is celebrating her platinum jubilee this year. That’s 70 years on the throne! You’d need a drink after that so…

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Cocktail of the Week Moscow MuleCocktail of the Week: The Moscow Mule

This week we have a cocktail that has nothing to do with horses or donkeys, and not much of a connection to Russia. It’s the Moscow Mule! The Moscow Mule…

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Zelda Cocktail made with Bardinet BrandyCocktail of the Week: The Zelda

Today, we’re mixing up a cocktail inspired by one of the legends of the jazz age. We’re combining fizz, Bardinet VSOP, and apricot brandy to make… the Zelda! Ah, Paris…

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