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New Bars in... London

Tuesday 18 June 2013

From the East End to the West, two contrasting new London bars. Coya Pisco Bar Address: 118 Piccadilly, Mayfair, London, W1J 7NW Tel: +44 (0) 20 7042 7118 Hours: Mon...

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When the Bacardi Family came to Bermondsey

Tuesday 18 June 2013

Here in London's Bermondsey I've something of a home bar and over the years I've enjoyed welcoming m...

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Bartender's Kit

Tuesday 18 June 2013

This shaker, inspired by the iconic Mason jar, is dummy proof and looks fantastic. Its three-piece screw top lid means any spills associated with amateur tin-on-tin or...

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Destination Cocktails: The Traveller's Guide to Superior Libations, by James Teitelbaum

Tuesday 18 June 2013

In Destination Cocktails: The Traveler's Guide to Superior Libations, author James Teitelbaum descri...

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Speed Rack UK: what to expect, from the first national US champion

Tuesday 18 June 2013

Speed Rack UK is next week (24th June). As Britain's finest and fiercest female bartenders prepare t...

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Fruit-flavoured cider

Tuesday 18 June 2013

From grown-up, naturally sparkling ciders to lurid, over-ice serves made with flavourings, here are our scores for these new summer refreshers. Cornish Orchards Pear Cid...

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Daily Cocktail

Tuesday 18 June 2013

Even if the sun isn't out in the UK, the presence of Wimbledon confirms it's technically summer: though perhaps the notorious mud at Glastonbury is a better benchmark for...

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Iain Banks: February 16th 1954 - June 9th 2013

Tuesday 18 June 2013

Iain Banks, who has died at the age of 59, will be remembered as one of Scotland's most prolific aut...

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Soft drinks special

Tuesday 18 June 2013

Welch's White Grape & Raspberry 0% alc./vol. Producer: Welch's Bridgwater, Somerset, England. Welch's has been producing grape juice since 1869, their raspberry and...


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Revisited: Fifteen Cornwall

Tuesday 11 June 2013

Fresh from a refurb, Fifteen's beach-front home in Cornwall emerges with a larger bar and revamped d...

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Jonathan Downey: I'm not rude. Just brutally honest.

Tuesday 11 June 2013

'Booze food music rude'. That's how Jonathan Downey (JD to his friends) describes himself on Twitter...

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Spirited Reviews

Tuesday 11 June 2013

Martini & Rossi Amaro Fernet 45% alc./vol. Producer: Martini & Rossi Friends in San Francisco will be rejoicing at the news that Martini & Rosso Amaro Fernet, thoug...

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New Bars in... London

Tuesday 11 June 2013

Is this the ultimate pop-up conceit? A home for a revolving collection of chefs, drinks by Bourne & Hollingsworth - and the possibility the whole thing could up sticks an...

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Daily Cocktail

Tuesday 11 June 2013

This week we're looking to the stars. The earth will be closer to the sun and the moon than it is all year long, resulting in longer days, a brighter moon and plenty of p...

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Great Gatsby Cocktails

Tuesday 11 June 2013

Booze, glamorous people and extravagant parties: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald articulates...

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Book review: Craft Beer World, by Mark Dredge

Tuesday 11 June 2013

As a compendium of 350 bottled beers this book reads a lot like a list of brews to try before you di...

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New Ciders

Tuesday 11 June 2013

Clear, cloudy, candy sweet and aged ciders from three counties, with some fruit-flavoured ones to follow next week. Cornish Orchards Farmhouse Cider 5% alc./vol. Prod...

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The next round's on me: The Greaves Rules

Tuesday 11 June 2013

The one sure way to annoy a Brit? Disappearing to the toilet when it's your turn to buy a round. Tho...

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Spirited Reviews

Tuesday 4 June 2013

My two stand-out products this week are a blended whisky that's made courtesy of a collaboration between Selfridges and Compass Box whisky, and Fee Brothers Barrel Aged O...

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New Bars in... London

Tuesday 4 June 2013

We visit Selfridges' spanking new wine and spirit department which boasts its own cocktail bar, and check out the Burger & Lobster phenomenon. Harry Gordon's Bar Addr...

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Sugar-free bubbly

Tuesday 4 June 2013

It's by no means a new invention, but sugar-free champagne is making ripples across the industry. Sugar-free champagne, also conventionally known as 'zero dosage', ha...

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Guilty Cocktails

Tuesday 4 June 2013

In March we told you about Guilty pouches - pre-mixed frozen cocktails. We loved what we tried at the time and were keen to taste some more of their creations. Needl...

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Daily Cocktail

Tuesday 4 June 2013

Next week we'll be toasting the biro's birthday, international cachaca day and the first time man ventured into outer space, among other thinly veiled excuses to drink co...

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Work for diffordsguide: we're recruiting

Tuesday 4 June 2013

Would you like to work at the world's leading online drinks website? We're looking for a Sales and B...

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Ten Years of Renaissance

Tuesday 28 May 2013

With newspaper headlines screaming how many pubs are closing every week (a scary 26 as of this month...

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COLD - City of London Distillery

Tuesday 28 May 2013

We first visited COLD - the City of London Distillery - when the beautiful copper stills were instal...

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Dead Dolls Club

Tuesday 28 May 2013

Helgi 'Belgi' Gudjonsso, from the Dead Dolls Club in Dalston, makes The Gardener cocktail. Helgi, 29, hails from Reykjavik, Iceland, and comes to sunny London via sti...

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Beautiful drinks at the Blind Pig

Tuesday 28 May 2013

New bar Blind Pig at the Social Eating House boasts visually captivating and fun drinks - certainly...

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Christopher Marlowe 1564-1593

Tuesday 28 May 2013

On 30 May, 1593, the playwright, poet and international man of mystery, Christopher Marlowe, was kil...

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