Cocktails & mixed drinks

Cocktail Finder

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Cocktails Made Easy

Make 100s of cocktails at home just using things from your pantry, a 10 Bottle Bar + your favourite base spirit: vodka, gin, whiskey, rum, brandy etc...

3 Ingredient Cocktails

Most of the enduring classic cocktails comprise just three ingredients e.g. rum+lime+sugar=Daiquiri. A few, such as the Negroni consist of three equal

Cocktail Hall of Fame

The following 258 cocktails are the preeminent and best-known of the 5,000+ cocktails on Difford's Guide and, subject to ingredients, these are all cocktails

Flannel

Pimento dram adds a touch of Christmas spice to this cognac-laced apple and orange winter sipper.

Mezcal Martinez

Adapted from a recipe created on 21st October 2020 (Mezcal Day) by Richard Elgar who posted his Mezcal Martinez recipe with accompanying video as part

H.S.L. Special

Adapted from a cocktail created by and named after Hayden Scott Lambert at his bar,

Honey Cosmopolitan

Created in 2020 by yours truly at the Clocktower in Rye, England.

The Frank

Adapted from a 2020 recipe created by the folk at Maybe Sammy in Sydney, Australia. The folk at Maybe Sammy pre-batch this cocktail but their recipe for

Christmas Daiquiri

Created in October 2020 by yours truly at the Clocktower in Rye, Sussex.

Iron Clad Old Fashioned

Created in October 2020 by yours truly and inspired by Mayur Subbarao's Ironbound.

Espresso Martiki

Adapted from a recipe created in 2019 by Martin Hudak at Maybe Sammy in Sydney, Australia. Originaly made with Mr Black's Coffee Liqueur.

Jungle Hunt

Herbal pineapple and spice with hints of Tiki.

Myths and legends in the cocktail card

It's always very interesting to try something new, isn't it? There is a huge number of amazing bars with incredible cocktail cards. Sorted by blocks and

Calvados Cocktail

Adapted from Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

Fall From The Tree

Adapted from a recipe (originally based on applejack) created in 2019 by Jim Kearns at The Happiest Hour bar in West Village, New York City, USA.

Green Isaacs Special

Named after the small Bahamian island of Great Isaac Cay, the Green Isaacs Special appears in Ernest Hemingway's autobiographical novel Islands in the

Ban-hattan

As the name might suggest, a rye whiskey-based Sweet Manhattan, lightly sweetened and flavoured with a splash of banana syrup.

20 best Grand Marnier cocktails

Grand Marnier is one of the noble and truly premium liqueurs that has transitioned from the after-dinner sideboard to bartender's essential. It delivers

High Rye Manhattan

Who knows who first came up with this version of a Manhattan but I know who I have to thank for introducing me to it (see comment).