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Cocktail of the Day
5th of November 2025

Today is Guy Fawkes / Bonfire Night Cocktails, so we are drinking a Fireman's Sour.

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Lustau Sherry Cocktail Competition

The Winning Cocktails! In conjunction with Bodega Lustau, we invited professional bartenders and home cocktail makers to enter their recipes into our

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Sherry Cocktails

Sherry has been a staple cocktail since the 1800s, appearing in many punch recipes from the period. Today, sherry plays a key role in the world's leading

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Somos Pecadores Espadín Joven Mezcal

Somos Pecadores is an artisanal 100% agave mezcal, distilled at a family-run palenque in San Luis del Río, a community in the municipality of Tlacolula

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20 best Halloween cocktails

All Hallows' Eve, the 31st of October, is spook night with bizarre costumes, trick-or-treat, pumpkin carving, apple bobbing and bonfires all the rage.

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Heering Cherry Cocktail Competition

Winners announced! Our competition to find the best new Heering Cherry Liqueur cocktails inspired by Christmas closed on the 1st of January, and along

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Perfect Word

A perfectly balanced, floral Last Word.

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Itty Bitty Pretty

An americano blanco-charged Honey Vodka Sour.

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Jimmy Barrat

Jimmy Barrat, the Dubai-based bar consultant who brought a thirsty world the Tomatini cocktail, was pretty much born into the industry. Aged eight, he

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Eldridge Highball

Peated whiskey and ginger beer with balanced lemon sourness and honey richness.

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Exprè Caffè Italiano

Made with a natural infusion of Arabica and Robusta coffees, Exprè Caffè is used in place of espresso coffee in cocktails, such as an Espresso Martini

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Doctor's Orders (Eastern Standard)

A rye whiskey sour with apricot liqueur and Swedish punch, perhaps inspired by the classic Doctor cocktail.

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Peachy Sour

Just as the name suggests, with a bourbon backbone.

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Lauwiliwilinukunuku'oi'oi

Unlike its name, this pineapple and almond tropical Rum Sour is all too easy.

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20 best Mango liqueur cocktails

The quality of mango liqueurs has improved dramatically over recent years and I was inspired to create any of the following cocktails when our first bottle

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Bitter Half

Just on the sweet side of bittersweet with delicious herbal complexity. A great digestive.

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Rosé Negroni No. 2

Floral notes from the vermouth shine in this riff on a classic Negroni.

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Waterproof Watch

As you expect from a cocktail by Sother Teague, this cocktail is a masterclass in balanced bittersweetness.

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Formidable You

A bittersweet Scotch Sour with notes of liquorice and spice.

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Formidable Negroni

Amaro Formidabile adds its distinctive wormwood, anise and clove notes to this riff on a classic Negroni.

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Kahlúa

Kahlúa has been known and regarded as a coffee-flavoured rum-based liqueur since 1936 when it was created by Senior Blanco, Montalvo Lara and the Alvarez

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Salted Caramel Espresso Martini

A riff on an Espresso Martini with flavours of salted caramel and vanilla.

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Salted Caramel Apple Martini

Sweet and sour apple and rich salted caramel.

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Scotch Salted Caramel Sour

A cocktail that delivers exactly as its name promises.

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