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Cocktail of the Day
12 June 2026

Today is International Cachaça Day, so we are drinking a Strawberry & Basil Caipirinha.

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Bloom No. 5

A floral, bittersweet and warming ginger-spiced riff on a Margarita. (Also good served in an old-fashioned glass over ice.)

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Pineapple & Cardamom Daiquiri

Green cardamom and pineapple are a match made in heaven, here laced with rum to produce a super tasty Daiquiri.

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Fee Brothers Bacon Fat Wash

A water-soluble, gluten‑free fat wash designed for use in cocktails. Dashes of this Bacon Fat Wash add savoury bacon-umami flavours to cocktails, without

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Fee Brothers Roasted Duck Fat Wash

A water-soluble, gluten‑free fat wash designed for use in cocktails. Dashes of this Roasted Duck Fat Wash add a savoury meaty flavour to cocktails, without

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Fee Brothers Browned Butter Fat Wash

A water-soluble, gluten‑free fat wash designed for use in cocktails. Dashes of this Browned Butter Fat Wash add a savoury nutty flavours to cocktails,

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Bacon Whiskey Sour

One of those few cocktails where its name perfectly sums up its taste.

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Browned Butter Daiquiri

Characterful rhum agricole and pot still rum form the backbone of this Daiquiri, flavoured with the headline Browned Butter Fat Wash.

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Roasted Duck Boulevardier

Exactly as headlined, a bourbon and rye whiskey-laced Boulevardier with Roasted Duck Fat Wash.

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Fat Mexican Duck

Mexican corn liqueur. White port and duck wash flavour this tequila-based late-night sipper.

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Mint & Honey Daiquiri

A delicately flavoured Daiquiri with minty freshness and subtle honey flavours.

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Adriatico Amaretto Cocktail Competition

On behalf of Adriatico and the other judges, I'd like to thank all who entered this competition. I very much enjoyed working through all the entries. This

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20 best Maraschino Cocktails

Maraschino liqueur is made from sour Marasca cherries. The cherries' flavour, along with that of its pit (stone) are extracted by distillation to produce

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Pendennis Margarita

A tequila and apricot sour inspired by the classic gin-based Pendennis Club Special.

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Gypsy Serenade

Reminiscent of an Savoy Aviation with orange juice and served frappé. Suited to hot summer evenings. Bring them, and it on!

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Gypsy Serenade No. 2

An Aviation split with orange juice, which adds freshness and mellows floral notes.

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Heavy Handed

A full-flavoured, some might say Heavy Handed, bittersweet aperitivo.

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Petty Crime

Rum and banana shine with layers of bittersweetness.

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No Hands

An Americano-like aperitivo with spiced mole bitters.

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Ink Street

I've rebalanced and added sugar to this classically three-equal-part ingredient cocktail, and I think it's tastier for it.

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Ketel One Amsterdam Martini Cocktail Route

This June, Ketel One brings the Martini Cocktail Route to Amsterdam to showcase the versatility of the iconic cocktail that's trending globally, and is

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Pendennis Club Special

A gin-laced apricot-flavoured sour.

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Extra Time Martini

The two 45-minute halves, plus two 15-minute halves of a football (soccer) match that runs into extra time, translated into the proportions of a Martini.

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VAR Martini

Inspired by football's controversial Video Assistant Referee and, fittingly, made with Vodka, Amontillado sherry and Rye whiskey, this Martini is just

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