Cocktail of the Day
27th of March 2025

Today is Paella Day, so we are drinking a Aigua de València.

Sake Ono

Sake Ono is a Junmai Daiginjo-shu sake made using rice from Niigata, Japan, with a minimum of 50% of each grain milled off to reveal its starchy heart.

20 best Spring cocktails

Spring has sprung – well at least it has here in the northern hemisphere. It's time to rediscover the delights of floral cocktails – think elderflower

Parkeroo

Splitting between two styles of sherry (fino and oloroso) builds complexity in this tequila-laced aperitivo. Half a spoon of agave syrup helps balance

Chocolate Punch

Rich and creamy but not overly sweet with brandy adding the Punch.

El Resentin

This grappa-laced cocktail has layers of coffee-led herbal complexity.

Louis Powlett

Having that extra cash was nice, but recognition outside the town was really nice, says Louis Powlett, co-owner and cocktail maven at Ballarat's Renard.

Snowbird

A mezcal-based riff on the Painkiller that's balanced rather than sweet.

Mango Rum Punch

Rum-laced mango. Yumm!

Mango Mojito

As the name suggests, this is a mango-flavoured Mojito, and it's deliciously fruity with minty lime freshness.

Gin Espresso Martini

This gin-based Espresso Martini works with dry gin but makes a more austere cocktail. Old tom gin sits more harmoniously with the coffee. Depending on

Waters of Hippocrene

The green-tinged Waters of Hippocrene are worthy of late-night contemplation, perhaps while reading Keats.

Emerald Martini

Green-tinged rather than emerald-coloured but with herbal-lime notes that, along with the name, suggest a greenness in the flavour.

20 best Blood red orange cocktails

You may have thought that winter months in the northern hemisphere were confined to the likes of cauliflowers, leeks and brussels sprouts, but it's also

20 best St Patrick's Day cocktails

St Patrick's Day not only calls for you to dress in green but to toast the Emerald Island with emerald-coloured Irish whiskey-based cocktails, stout, or

20 best Espresso Martinis

The Espresso Martini is itself a riff, by its creator, on his earlier Vodka Espresso. Indeed, the Espresso Martini is a cocktail that lends itself to variation

French Bulldog

A bittersweet muscular mastiff sourpuss laced with French brandy.

Quarter Century

This bittersweet, faintly fruity, sparkling aperitivo may find its way onto our list of Contemporary Classic Cocktails.

Brooklyn Burro

A tropical and ginger juice-spiced riff on a Moscow Mule.

Vermilion Manhattan

This bittersweet red-orange cocktail has notes of Boulevardier about it and moves the Manhattan from being a late-night cocktail back to the aperitivo

Red Dragon

Blood orange juice, orange curaçao and grenadine add colour and flavour to a Gin Sour.

Jasper's Rum Punch

Make in a 10oz highball (not a 12oz+ Collins) and this is an assertively punchy cocktail with funky rum notes to the fore. And it's all the more delicious

Orange Whip

A rum and vodka-laced orange creamsicle.

Smokey Joe

Sake sweetened with Sauternes and flavoured with cognac and Islay whisky.