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Cocktail of the Day
17th of October 2025
Today is World Calvados Day, so we are drinking a Harvest Cocktail.
Del Maguey Single Village Mezcals
Del Maguey was created by Ron Cooper, an artist who grew up in Ojai, California and started his career in Los Angeles during the late 1960s. Within a decade,
Autumn / Fall Cocktails
Summer is fading, leaves are starting to scatter the ground and the weather is turning chillier. It's not yet time for winter warmers, but crushed ice-charged
Christina Mercado
For Christina Mercado, who recently won the 2025 Altos Tahona Society Competition, her entrepreneurial future has been a long time in the making. She first
Sherry White Negroni
A delicious, relatively low alcohol, bittersweet palate sharpener. As is the norm for Negronis, many will expect and perhaps prefer this cocktail to be
Iron Cross
I started with a Ferra China take on a Sazerac and six experimental cocktails later, ended up with this more iron-influenced Old Fashioned. I enjoyed the
Piper Plane
Scotch whisky adds delicate peaty notes to this excellent riff on the usually bourbon-based Paper Plane.
Roman Sour
A balanced and pleasing bourbon-laced sour with coffee and almond. (A lemon zest twist produces a fresher, drier cocktail, but orange is perhaps more harmonious.)
Caribbean Boulevardier
A rum and coconut riff on a classic Boulevardier.
Coconut Mojito
The rum gives the coconut an almost toasty note in this nutty riff on a classic Mojito.
Aegean Sunrise
Fruity coconut with a splash of Greek sunshine spirit.
Pumpkin Spice Margarita (PSM)
Just as the name promises, a lightly spiced, pumpkin-flavoured Margarita.
Brazuca Remedy
Bittersweet and complex with underlying cachaça character. Perfect as an aperitivo.
Charming Man
A delicious riff on a Mezcal Negroni. Depending on your mood/occasion, you may instead prefer to serve this cocktail straight-up in a coupe.
Negroni Spumante
A Negroni invigorated with a splash of sparkling wine. Every Negroni drinker should try this variation.
Scorpion Reef
A delicious modern-day mezcal and rum-laced cocktail that could be a Tiki classic.
Lustau Sherry Cocktail Competition
Like us, our friends at Lustau are passionate advocates of the exceptional qualities of sherry as a cocktail ingredient. They are keen to encourage the
Elijah Craig Old Fashioned Week
Elijah Craig Bourbon is hosting its sixth annual Old Fashioned Week, a ten-day celebration from 10-19 October 2025 that invites you to raise a glass to
