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National Pie Day

Happy National Pie Day, everyone! Today is the day to celebrate the deliciousness that is pie, and whether you prefer sweet or savoury, there's a pie out

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Orange Blossom

Gin-laced orange juice delicately enriched with a splash of grenadine. A regal shake (with a swath of orange peel) adds a balancing zestiness to this cocktail.

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Rolls Royce

A variation on the earlier RAC Cocktail. Lovingly hand-crafted and highly polished with enough oomph to be a conder in the spirit-forward classics series.

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Caramac Old Fashioned

The caramel alternative to a Whisky Mac.

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Caramel Mocha Martini

A riff on an Espresso Martini that's as indulgent as the name suggests.

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Carmel Whiskey Sour

Caramel enriches the bourbon notes in this Whiskey Sour.

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Spanish Monk

Herbal, tart and gin-laced, smoothed and mellowed by foaming egg white.

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Crop Top

A fresh and refreshing riff on the Paper Plane/Last Word.

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Sloe & Unsteady

Fruity, bittersweet and sweet 'n' sour, a delicious sloe gin-based aperitivo or digestivo.

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North By Northwest

A French 75 made more interesting by a splash of absinthe.

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Percheron

Grapes shine in this vinous cocktail with bergamot liqueur adding flavour and balance.

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The Thunderer

The strength and cleanliness of vodka, lightly softened and flavoured with cassis berry fruit and parfait amour's floral aromatics.

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Lipspin

Bittersweet. Will please those looking for a tequila-based Negroni-alternative with a touch of sloeberry fruitiness.

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Minnie the Moocher

Spirit-forward and just on the rich side, this late-night sipper delivers satisfying botanical complexity. Before serving to others, practice this cocktail's

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Quadrant

Bittersweet vibrant pear with delicate bittersweetness.

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Port Side Spice

Hints of mulled wine fortified and chilled for late-night sipping on a winter's night.

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Amaretto Adriatico Zero

Amaretto Adriatico Zero is made with a distillate of Filippo Cea almonds from Puglia, Italy. It is a non-alcoholic amaretto with the familiar aroma of

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Torabhaig Allt Gleann Single Malt

The second expression to be released in Torabhaig's Legacy series of single malts, released July 2021 under the label 'Allt Gleann. Each release is bottled

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Enrique de Colsa

When Enrique de Colsa set out to create Lost Explorer's first tequila, Blanco No. 1, he had just two priorities in mind. I wanted a small distillery that

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Mulled Over

Spiced vodka-laced port wine with a splash of rich orange liqueur, lemon juice and honey.

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Difford’s Guide to Cocktails Book 18th Edition

Our Eighteenth Edition hardback has 3,081 cocktail recipes, all accompanied by a photograph. It is a monster 656 pages, 6cm (2.3 inches) thick, and weighs

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Harvest Negroni

Apple brandy leads this bittersweet and herbal aperitivo, which is also great as a digestive or late-night tipple.

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Paper Boat

There are numerous rum-based riffs on Sam Ross' Paper Plane, some served tall with added juices and syrups, but at its simplest (as here), a Paper Boat

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Pompadour

Grassy rum agricole and sweet vinous Pineau de Charentes freshened with a splash of lemon juice.

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