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Cocktail of the Day
14th of February 2026

Today is Valentine's Day, so we are drinking a Sweetheart.

20 best Valentine's Cocktails

Valentine's Day cocktail names tend to be as corny as the Valentine's cards, and due to strawberries being uncannily heart-shaped, many Valentine's cocktails

Chevalier

Aromatic bitters add their distinctive flavour to a classic Sidecar.

Queen Elizabeth No. 1

A Chelsea Sidecar with absinthe.

Queen Elizabeth No. 2

An orange curaçao-influenced Sweet Manhattan.

Grand Stand

No one ingredient is grandstanding in this classic brandy and gin-based, maraschino-influenced sour.

Tinton

Equal parts calvados and rosso vermouth prove surprisingly tasty and better balanced than the original two parts apple brandy to one part port. I've tried

Tetra Tinton

An apple-influenced, easy-drinking alternative to a Sweet Manhattan.

Vanilla Old Fashioned

Bourbon's classic vanilla notes are amplified and rounded in this simple but tasty Old Fashioned.

Banana Daiquiri

Good banana flavour without being overly sweet. Indeed, this Banana Daiquiri is more sophisticated than the uninitiated might expect.

Macbeth

Herbal, peppermint and vanilla Scotch whisky.

Rabbit's Foot

A spirituous sour with apple brandy, rum, grenadine and orange fruitiness.

Eclipse No. 2

If you like a Last Word, you'll like this.

Green Goddess

This deep olive-green, minty, bittersweet herbal cocktail is perhaps the ultimate digestivo. If you're stuffed/flagging after an overly indulgent, multi-course

End of the Road

Originally designed to be served straight-up, but I prefer this punchy, Negroni-esque cocktail over ice, mellowed by a little additional dilution.

Crown Prince

A tequila and white port-laced Tiki-style cocktail with sour lime balanced by rich almond syrup.

Havana Club

This equal parts Rum Manhattan is ridiculously simple but simply delicious. As befits the name, it also suits the character of a well-aged Cuban rum.

Poet's Dream

Honeyed and herbal with an assertive dry gin backbone. I find the original equal-parts formula a little overly rich, so I cut back the liqueur to as little