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The best-known cocktails tend to have just three liquid ingredients so making cocktails at home is much easier than cooking and can be quicker than making

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3 Ingredient Cocktails

Most of the enduring classic cocktails comprise just three ingredients e.g. rum+lime+sugar=Daiquiri. A few, such as the Negroni consist of three equal

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Cocktail Hall of Fame

The following 292 cocktails are the preeminent and best-known of the 5,800+ cocktails on Difford's Guide. Subject to ingredients, these are all cocktails

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20 Best Cocktails by Ingredient

Browse the top 20 cocktails by ingredient

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Amaretto Day

Who doesn't like the bittersweet almond and vanilla flavour of amaretto liqueur? It's delicious, indulgent and surely deserved of its own celebratory day.

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Zamboanga 'Zeinie'

I described our previous version of this classic as Reminiscent of a tropical Sidecar. The recipe above is more fitting for this classic, but if you preferred

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Blandings

Apple brandy shines in this pleasing bittersweet aperitivo/digestivo that has a delicate liquorice note from the amaro.

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Cherry Blossom Daiquiri

As the name suggests, a Daiquiri with cherry and floral notes.

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Cherry Blossom Sake Martini

Yes, it's a Martini in as much that it has gin and vermouth, but, as the name promises, cherry blossom and sake are the focus.

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Cherry Blossom

Kirsh eau-de-vie and grappa give depth of flavour to vodka as a base in this cherry blossom and maraschino sour.

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Cherry Blossom No. 2

A cherry blossom riff on the classic Corpse Reviver No. 2.

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Pink Sakura

A vodka-laced alternative to my more vermouth-forward, gin-influenced Cherry Blossom Sake Martini. This more subtly flavoured version allows the sake to

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Secrets of Savoy

Mezcal has an affinity to bittersweet liqueurs, here with an almost imperceptible slug of maraschino.

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Ace

Pleasant, creamy, sweetened gin.

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High Five

A gin-based riff on the Hemingway Daiquiri with delicate bittersweetness influencing the sweet 'n' sour balance. Light and refreshing – perfect for summer.

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Pantheon

Honeyed herbal Scotch whisky freshened by lemon sourness.

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Money Penny

Dry gin soured with a splash of fresh grapefruit juice and balanced with the merest touch of sugar.

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Orchard Thief

A Bamboo meets a Chrysanthemum with apple brandy and pear.

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Orchid Thief

A Bamboo and Chrysanthemum mashup that makes for a delicious aperitivo.

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You've Got Mail

Superbly refreshing - cachaça and citrus with flavoursome honeyed richness, invigorated with sparkling wine.

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Practice What You Peach

A gin-laced, bittersweet, peachy fruit aperitivo.

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20 best Easter cocktails

There's more to Easter indulgence than mere chocolate eggs.

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