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Porn Star Martini

Adapted from a drink created in 2002 by Douglas Ankrah at The Townhouse bar in Knightsbridge, London. Douglas also founded London’s LAB bar which is

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Amaretto Sour

DRY SHAKE (without ice) all ingredients to emulsify. Add ice, SHAKE again and strain into ice-filled glass.

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White Lady Cocktail

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into the same shaker to remove the ice. SHAKE again without ice (dry shake) and then strain into chilled

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Bramble

Created in the mid-80s by Dick Bradsell at Fred's Club, Soho, London, England. In 2001 Dick wrote the following for us about his creation: “The best

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Mexican Mule

SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with ginger beer, lightly stir and serve with straws.

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French Martini

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

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Penicillin cocktail

Adapted from a 2005 recipe by Sam Ross at Milk & Honey, New York City, USA.

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Slow Comfortable Screw Against The Wall

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. FLOAT Galliano.

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Dirty Banana

A popular cocktail in Jamaica.

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Tommy's Margarita

Created in the early 1990s by Julio Bermejo and named after his family's Mexican restaurant and bar in San Francisco, the self-proclaimed “premier tequila

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Espresso Martini

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

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Vieux Carré Cocktail

Created in 1938 by Walter Bergeron, the then head bartender at what is now the Carousel bar at the Monteleone Hotel, New Orleans, USA. Pronounced 'Voo-Ka-Ray',

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Ramos Gin Fizz

SHAKE first 8 ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker. DRY SHAKE without ice and strain into chilled glass (no ice in glass). TOP with soda from

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Jack's Godfather

POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass and lightly stir.

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Screaming Orgasm

A dodgy drink from the 1980s.

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Manhattan Sweet

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

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Mai Tai (Trader Vic's) Cocktail

In 1934, Victor Jules Bergeron, or Trader Vic as he became known, opened his first restaurant in Oakland, San Francisco. He served Polynesian food with

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Cantaritos

A cocktail commonly made in bars, café's and even road side stalls of Jalisco, Mexico. The simple 'cantaritos' clay pot is often used as a disposable

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Boulevardier Cocktail

The Boulevardier was made for Erskine Gwynne by Harry McElhone at his Harry’s New York Bar in Paris and the drink appears in his 1927 book, Barflies

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Brooklyn Cocktail

One of the Manhattan variations named after New York's five states.

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Eight Foot Fizz

Created in 2016 by Andy Mil at The Cocktail Trading Co., London, England.

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Aviation Cocktail (Difford's recipe)

My (Simon Difford) adaptation of Hugo R. Ensslin's Aviation Cocktail in his 1916 'Recipes for Mixed Drinks'.

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The Last Word cocktail

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

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Trinidad Sour

Created in 2009 by Giuseppe Gonzalez, at Clover Club Bar, Brooklyn, USA and inspired by the competition-wining Trinidad Especial by Valentino Bolognese.

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Eden

Created in 2003 by Sylvian Solignac at Citrus, London, England.

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Southside

This vintage cocktail is purported to have originated at New York's Twenty-One Club. A long version served over crushed ice is said to have come from the

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Old Cuban

Created in 2004 by Audrey Saunders, New York, USA.

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Blood and Sand (Classic formula)

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

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Hemingway Special Daiquiri (Papa Doble)

Created by Constantino (Constante) Ribalaigua Vert, the legendary head bartender of La Floridita, Havana, Cuba for Ernest Hemingway, after the great man

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Lynchburg Lemonade

Created for the Jack Daniel's distillery in - yep, you guessed it - Lynchburg, Tennessee.

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Gin Basil Smash/Gin Pesto

Adapted from a drink created in July 2008 by Jörg Meyer at Bar Le Lion, Hamburg, Germany. Jörg originally blogged that his new creation was called a

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Negroni Cocktail

POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass and STIR.

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Brandy Crusta

Created in the 1850s by Joseph Santini, an Italian from Trieste, in New Orleans, USA, either at the City Exchange in the French Quarter, or at his Jewel

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Vesper Dry Martini

This variation on the Dry Martini is said to have been created by Gilberto Preti at Duke’s Hotel, London, for the author Ian Fleming. He liked it so

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Daiquiri No.1 Natural (Difford's 10:3:2 recipe)

Bitter lime zest oils are key to the balance of this drink. Hence, peel your lime before squeezing for juice and then add two slices (cut pole to pole)

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Old Fashioned Cocktail (Difford's recipe)

As with the Martini, the glass this cocktail is served in has taken the name of the drink. Its origin stems from the adaptation and renaming of a similar

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Huckle my buff

Our adaptation of a recipe presented by Jamie Oliver and Jimmy Doherty on Friday 9th August 2013 at Simon Difford’s Cabinet Room in London as their entry

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Breakfast Martini

This now world famous drink was created in 1996 by bartender, raconteur and long term President of the United Kingdom Bartender’s Guild, Salvatore Calabrese.

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Pickle Back

Created in 2006 at Brooklyn's Bushwick Country Club after the neighbouring business, McClure's Pickles, stored some of their pickles in the bar's basement.

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Negroni Sbagliato

Pronounced 'spal-yacht-oh' which in Italian means 'mistake', this drink was created in the late 1980s by Mirko Stocchetti at his Bar Basso in Milan when

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Air Mail

Adapted from a classic recipe, which first appears in the 1949 Esquire's Handbook for Hosts. This is a potent drink and the name could be a reference to

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Whisky Mac

POUR ingredients into ice-filled glass and lightly stir.

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Illusion

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass.

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Blue Blazer

This spectacular serve was created by Jerry Thomas, author of the first bartending book and travelling performance bartender. Thomas was a master of showmanship;

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Mary Pickford Cocktail

Created in the 1920s (during Prohibition) by Fred Kaufman at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, for the silent movie star and wife of Douglas Fairbanks. Mary

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Caipirinha #1 (Brazilian serve)

Pronounced 'Kie-Pur-Reen-Yah', the name of this traditional Brazilian cocktail literally translates as 'little countryside drink'. It is made by muddling

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Jamaican Mule

POUR ingredients into ice-filled glass and lightly stir.

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Long Island Iced Tea Cocktail

This infamous drink reached the height of its popularity in the early 1980s. Of the many stories surrounding its origin, perhaps the most credible attributes

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Fog Cutter #1

A version of what became a Tiki classic, sometimes credited to Trader Vic and/or Don the Beachcomber. In his Bartender's Guide (1972 revised edition) Vic

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Apple Virgin Mojito (Mocktail)

Created in 2002 by Tony Conigliaro at Isola, London, England.

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