Cocktails & mixed drinks

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Cocktails by ingredient
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World's top 100 cocktails
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Techniques & how to mix
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Cocktail of the day
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Most viewed this week
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Rum cocktails

Rum is the most exciting and diverse of spirits categories, offering clear clean light delicate rums through to dark full-bodied pungent estery rums and

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Trademarking cocktails

Trademarking cocktails is a contentious business. Are you trademarking the name, the recipe, or both? Are you in breach of trademark when you make a drink

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Red Lion Cocktail

The Red Lion is one of those cocktails from the 1930s that has proved enduring. Originally promoted by Booth’s Gin and more recently by Grand Marnier,

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Beer cocktails or 'Beertails'

Into a pint glass doubles of the following are poured: gin, whisky, rum, port and brandy. A small bottle of stout is added, and the whole topped up with

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New & updated cocktails July 2016

Almond old-fashioned variations dominate our favourite 10 new or updated cocktails added to Difford’s Guide during July 2016.

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Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards winners since 2007

Established in 2007, Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards recognise the best bars, bar talent, drinks writers and drinks products from the United States

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Tequila cocktails

With its earthy herbaceous flavours, tequila makes for a both versatile and interesting cocktail base spirit. Traditionally mixed with orange (think triple

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New Orleans Cocktails

New Orleans is the spiritual home of the cocktail, and its history is intertwined with grand saloons, fine drinks and jazz. The Ramos Gin Fizz and the

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Daiquiri Cocktail

Pronounced ‘Dye-Ker-Ree’, this drink bears a close relationship to the Canchanchara, a 19th century Cuban blend of rum, lemon, honey and water, but

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Tiki's rise, fall and revival

Tiki is so much more than a Faux-Polynesian theme, it is a culture. The heady mix of exotic drinks, décor, music, clothes and a laid back attitude that

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Cocktail glassware

Cocktails are something of a luxury. You don’t just ping a cap and pour – they take a degree of time and skill to mix, so deserve a decent and appropriate

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Pisco cocktails

Pisco is the national spirit of both Peru and Chile and in both countries the iconic cocktail is the pisco sour, which, understandably in such hot climes,

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Wimbledon cocktails

When Wimbledon kicks off the British summer has officially begun. Cue hordes of tennis fans making their annual pilgrimage to sit on Aorangi Terrace, eat

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History of gin cocktails

The development of cocktail culture and so, by default gin based cocktails, were much aided by three developments: artificial carbonation of water (1767),

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Advanced cocktail shaking tips, myths & lessons

I’m guessing you're reading this page because you’re already an accomplished cocktail mixer and are interested in the fineries of the art or you've

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