Difford's Guide - for discerning drinkers

gaz regan

Gary sadly died, aged 68, on 15th November 2019. Death is inevitable but comes earlier for some. Sadly, they seem to be the folk who are more talented,

Hendrick's Absinthe

Hendrick's Presents Absinthe Reimagined. Crafted to bring the approachability and mixability of gin to absinthe, Hendrick's Absinthe is bottled at 48%

Murder Inc.

A dingy narrow backstreet traversing the corner between Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road is a fittingly seedy setting for a bar which celebrates

Black Cuban

Recipe created in 2019 by Helder Fortes Silva, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Helder's original recipe uses homemade mint-lime cordial and black pepper tincture.

Brandy Sangaree

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

Rum Dum Sour

Adapted from a recipe created in 1971 by Wilfred Sands while bartending at the Lyford Cay Club in New Providence, Bahamas. Wilfred apparently made the

Bucket List

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Mezcal Jackson

Adapted from a recipe created in 2019 by Sean Lisik.

Vnay Lad

“I’ve always been a fan of cooking and baking,” says Vnay Lad, the bar manager at Livin’Italy Dough House and the creator of Bartender Bake; a

Absinthe

Nicknamed the 'Green Fairy', Absinthe is a bitter, aniseed-flavoured green liquor distilled with anise, fennel and wormwood. It has a reputation to challenge

Hendrick's Gin Palace Distillery

Hendrick's, the most unusual gin has been brilliantly marketed as a quintessentially British product, associated with cucumber sandwiches and rose gardens,

Brooklyn Special Effects Alcohol Free Lager

A non-alcoholic beer brewed with a specially developed fermentation method that limits the amount of alcohol that is created using a blend of Pale, Caramel,

Black Tot Rum

A blend of rums from Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica, Black Tot is unsweetened and non-chill filtered. Black Tot is matured in ex-bourbon barrels in the Caribbean

Veritas White Blended Rum

Veritas, Latin for 'truth', is a blend of three rums: Coffey column still rum and 2 year old pot still rum from Foursquare in Barbados, with double retort

Ron La Progresiva

Blended and matured under Cuba's Vigia quality seal, a marque previously used for rums made as a gift for visiting heads of state, La Progresiva 13 is

Bacardi Gran Reserva Diez

Barrel-aged for a minimum of ten years under the Caribbean sun, after blending this rum is lightly charcoal filtered.

Cotswolds Distillery

Established by Daniel Szor, the Cotswolds Distillery is based on a five-acre site near the village of Stourton. The distillery produces gin and English

Absolut Juice Rhubarb Edition

Absolut vodka blended with 5% rhubarb juice and natural flavours. Released in 2018.

Absolut Juice Strawberry Edition

Absolut vodka blended with 5% strawberry juice and natural flavours. Released alongside Absolut Rhubarbe Juice Edition in 2018.

Licor 43

A globally-recognised brand, the story of Licor 43 begins in the mid-20th century when Diego Zamora created the recipe along with the help of his siblings,

Hoxton Banana Rum

Flavoured with fresh and dried bananas macerated in rum for up to five weeks.

Tiffanie Barriere

“A friend I worked with said that every time I took an order, or placed the cocktail down, or even a glass of wine or beer, I always gave three fun facts,”

Sloegroni

A riff on the classic Negroni which emerged circa 2018.

Bee's Tease

Adapted from a recipe created in 2018 by Jared Brown, who wrote the following about the origins of this cocktail. One night upstairs at Balthazar, London,

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