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Cocktail of the Day
2nd of September 2025

Today is World Coconut Day, so we are drinking a Coconut Rum Punch.

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Trovador Inspirado Silver Rum

Trovador Inspirado is a blend of three different rums: a Cuban-style rum distilled from molasses fermented with a special yeast strain, a Dominican rum

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Rock & Rye

Rock and rye is a style of citrus fruit-infused whiskey-based liqueur which takes its name from the rye whiskey base and rock candy syrup used to sweeten

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20 best Angostura Bitters cocktails

I've heard it said, You can tell a newly opened cocktail bar is successful when they need a second bottle of Angostura. Over 500 cocktails on this website

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Gaberdine

Spirit-forward, bittersweet and herbal.

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Fair & Warmer No. 1

Sloe gin adds a touch of fruitiness to this delicately herbal, vinous aperitivo.

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Amalfi Spritz

A refreshing, delicately bittersweet and sweet 'n' sour, more interesting take on a Limoncello Spritz.

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Fab Fortified Four

Layers of vinous complexity and with richness balanced by delicate acidity and bitterness.

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Italian Gentleman

The Boulevardier meets the Whiskey Sour.

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Bitter Swagger

Suitably bitter with herbal notes freshened and lifted by lemon and pisco.

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Silvio's Consoler

Rye whiskey underpins an interplay between herbal and zesty citrus flavours.

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Banana Spider

A banana-flavoured riff on a Pisco Sour.

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Real Lemonade

The classic English summertime refresher.

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Snyder Martini

A 2:1 Dry Martini but with a splash of orange curaçao mellowing the dryness and adding more subtle complexity than orange bitters.

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Odessa

Spirit-forward and bittersweet with the tang of arrack, laced with gin. Perhaps best served on-the-rocks as an arrack-influenced riff on a Negroni.

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A Farewell to Arms No. 1

Wakey, wakey! Fernet replaces rum in this falernum-influenced Daiquiri-like cocktail to enliven your taste buds.

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Mexico Navy

A tequila-based riff on the gin-based Army & Navy with a hint of ginger heat.

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Lumière

A floral elderflower-influenced riff on a Last Word.

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Alfa-Romeo

This sporty lovechild of a Negroni and Martinez has plenty of vrooom with fruity bittersweetness.

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Journalist

Like some journalists I've met, this cocktail is classically bitter and sour. Hence, I balanced with an optional splash of sugar syrup, which I've increased

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Man O' War

Zingy, sweet and sour, fruity and bourbon-laced. The sugar syrup is my own addition, and depending on your lemons and tastes, you may want to either omit

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Mayfair No. 2

Gin-laced with clove spice, apricot and orange fruitiness.

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Melon Collie Martini

Something of a holiday disco drink, but tasty all the same.

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Walthall's White Negroni

A bergamot rosolio-influenced riff on a White Negroni.

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