Cocktail of the Day<br>26 June 2026 image

Cocktail of the Day
26 June 2026

Today is The toothbrush's birthday, so we are drinking a Sweetie Pie.

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20 best Summer cocktails

When it comes to cocktails, summer screams Sex on the Beach, or at least fruit-forward rather than spirit-forward, more refreshing cocktails, but not necessarily

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Bittersweet Hello

Designed as a low-alcohol welcome drink that's also a palate cleanser.

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Tia Juano

I've tried shaking this cocktail as originally called for and stirring it with various proportions of dry and bianco vermouth. However, it's best when

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Milano '36

Relatively low in alcohol, this bittersweet aperitivo has attractive almond notes. The sambuca adds well-integrated depth of flavour, rather than being

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Sentimental Gentleman

A surprisingly dry, herbal Scotch whisky Old Fashioned.

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Eponine Collins

Gin-laced, grapefruit, bittersweet and sweet 'n' sourness, invigorated by a splash of soda water.

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Bruised Pomegranate

This cocktail sits somewhere in the East River between a Manhattan and a Brooklyn with a splash of Thames Estuary.

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Rumpari

Bittersweet grapefruit soda, subtly laced with funky overproof rum.

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Ketel One Amsterdam Martini Cocktail Route

This June, Ketel One brings the Martini Cocktail Route to Amsterdam to showcase the versatility of the iconic cocktail that's trending globally, and is

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Martini Cocktail

The Dry Martini, a blend of dry gin (or vodka) with a hint of dry vermouth and perhaps orange bitters is one of the quickest and simplest cocktails to

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Bandolier

A chili-spiced Mezcal Martini.

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King James Martini

The lemon zest twist is the only non-British ingredient in this patriotic, mead-infused riff on a Paisley Martini, but the citrus oils help pull the trio

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Triple 'C' Martini

A chocolate and cranberry alternatini and aperitif.

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Pallini Limoncello Cocktail Competition

The judges had to consider 149 recipes before pronouncing the 2 WINNING RECIPES and 2 runners-up.

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Bloom No. 5

A floral, bittersweet and warming ginger-spiced riff on a Margarita. (Also good served in an old-fashioned glass over ice.)

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Pineapple & Cardamom Daiquiri

Green cardamom and pineapple are a match made in heaven, here laced with rum to produce a super tasty Daiquiri.

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Fee Brothers Bacon Fat Wash

A water-soluble, gluten‑free fat wash designed for use in cocktails. Dashes of this Bacon Fat Wash add savoury bacon-umami flavours to cocktails, without

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Fee Brothers Roasted Duck Fat Wash

A water-soluble, gluten‑free fat wash designed for use in cocktails. Dashes of this Roasted Duck Fat Wash add a savoury meaty flavour to cocktails, without

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Fee Brothers Browned Butter Fat Wash

A water-soluble, gluten‑free fat wash designed for use in cocktails. Dashes of this Browned Butter Fat Wash add a savoury nutty flavours to cocktails,

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Bacon Whiskey Sour

One of those few cocktails where its name perfectly sums up its taste.

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Browned Butter Daiquiri

Characterful rhum agricole and pot still rum form the backbone of this Daiquiri, flavoured with the headline Browned Butter Fat Wash.

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Roasted Duck Boulevardier

Exactly as headlined, a bourbon and rye whiskey-laced Boulevardier with Roasted Duck Fat Wash.

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Fat Mexican Duck

Mexican corn liqueur. White port and duck wash flavour this tequila-based late-night sipper.

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