Cocktail of the Day
24th of March 2025
Today is Cocktail Day, so we are drinking a 21st Century (Difford's recipe).
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.
Smokestack Lightning
Margarita-like with a wisp of peaty smoke.
