For our first cocktail of December, we’re mixing up a modern take on ‘70s classic. It blends advocaat and Christmas pudding rum to make the Spicy Snowball! Is there a…
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Tag: Cocktail of the Week
This week we’re stirring up a seasonal drink inspired by the ancient Druids from a new cocktail book. It’s called the Oak and Mistletoe and combines whisky, Calvados, and a…
It’s getting cold and you may well have a cold, so this week we’re mixing up a winter classic, the Hot Toddy, and it couldn’t be simpler as we’re using…
This week, we’re making a twist on a modern classic, and the perfect cocktail for the upcoming party season: it’s the Mezcal Espresso Martini made with Ojo de Dios Café….
For those who have stockpiled kümmel after the panic earlier this month, here’s a great cocktail to make with everyone’s favourite caraway-scented liqueur. It’s the Silver Bullet. Did you keep…
This week’s cocktail began its life as a remedy for scurvy in the Royal Navy but found fame in America in the works of Ernest Hemingway and Raymond Chandler. A…
Venice is home to some pretty amazing cocktails like the Bellini and the Spritz, but have you tried the Sgroppino, a refreshing blend of lemon sorbet, vodka and Prosecco? The…
Today we’re making a forgotten classic from the golden age of cocktails. It’s made with rye and it’s from New York, but it’s not a Manhattan. No, it’s the Brooklyn!…
This week’s cocktail was invented at one of the world’s great hotels, Raffles Hotel in Singapore. Well, probably, the Singapore Sling has a convoluted and fascinating history as Lauren Eads…
Apparently there’s a new James Bond film out later this month so we’re knocking up a cocktail invented by Ian Fleming with Mermaid gin and vodka. It is, of course,…
The sun’s out and that means we need a refreshing cocktail made with minimum fuss. Something laid back. A Gin and Juice, perhaps… We like to think our Cocktail of…
This week we’re stirring up a booze heavy cocktail with Brugal 1888 rum from the Dominican Republic. It’s called the Dominican Double and to tell us more we have brand…
This week’s cocktail is called the Woodsman and it features a new blended malt called the Gladstone Axe from Biggar & Leith. It was inspired by founder Elwyn Gladstone’s illustrious…
This week’s drink has a glamorous history. Born in Peru in the 1920s (or maybe Chile, there is some debate), it was drunk by film stars, writers and presidents alike….
Today, we’re stirring up the ultimate Andalusian summer refresher. It’s an invigorating mixture of Tio Pepe Fino sherry and lemonade, the Rebujito! In recent years, the twin fortified wine superpowers…
The heyday of the Bullshot cocktail was in the 1960s and’70s when it was enjoyed by such stars as Joan Crawford, Malcolm McDowell, and, um, Rodney Dangerfield. Since then, it’s…
In the build-up to National Tequila Day (on Saturday) we’re enjoying a twist on a standard that originated from a small family restaurant and has gone on to become a fixture on…
This week we’re stirring up a cocktail created by bartender Cas Oh. He’s the author of a lavish new cocktail book called Co-Specs. It’s called the Belafonte and it’s a…
This week Millie Milliken dons her visor and heads to 1980s Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to find out the origins of the Sex on the Beach [adult content warning] ‘Spring break’,…
It’s Tequila time again as we’re making a refreshing twist on a classic using Mijenta Tequila, a new brand that takes sustainability very seriously. Here is the Blood Orange Margarita!…