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Cocktail of the Day
24th of October 2025
Today is United Nations Day, so we are drinking a International Incident.
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.
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
Bitter Half
Just on the sweet side of bittersweet with delicious herbal complexity. A great digestive.
Rosé Negroni No. 2
Floral notes from the vermouth shine in this riff on a classic Negroni.
Waterproof Watch
As you expect from a cocktail by Sother Teague, this cocktail is a master class in balanced bittersweetness.
Formidable You
A bittersweet Scotch Sour with notes of liquorice and spice.
Formidable Negroni
Amaro Formidabile adds its distinctive wormwood, anise and clove notes to this riff on a classic Negroni.
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
Salted Caramel Espresso Martini
A riff on an Espresso Martini with flavours of salted caramel and vanilla.
Salted Caramel Apple Martini
Sweet and sour apple and rich salted caramel.
Scotch Salted Caramel Sour
A cocktail that delivers exactly as its name promises.
Salted Caramel Rum Old Fashioned
Mix yourself one of these and settle back in a comfy chair for a comforting late-night tipple.
Beesou Honey Aperitif
Beesou is a bittersweet honey aperitif blended from British honey and natural botanicals, including safflower extract, which gives Beesou its distinctive
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
