New Cocktails

Indulge in rum-laced cream with subdued honey and orange.

Characterful rums combine and shine in this Rum Manhattan.

This "Martini" might be lengthened with lemonade, but it retains the essence of a proper Dry Martini, both in flavour and punch. As with a Martini...

Zesty with the sharp freshness of grapefruit and a hint of orange, rounded with dry vermouth.

A Vodka Martini given a Japanese influence with sake and Japanese whisky. Omit the sugar syrup if you like your Martinis bone dry.

A light summertime aperitivo.

When perfect dilution is achieved, a Port Sangree is delicious, and that requires good cubed ice, cold dry crushed ice, and powdered sugar. Even a...

Diluted and sweetened gin tastes great. Not many know that!

Sweetened gin and port wine are a tasty combination. Don't be tempted to use sugar syrup in place of powdered sugar, or your cocktail will be overly...

Reminiscent of a Naked & Famous turned tropical.

A Manhattan variation created to help promote US-made Dubonnet Rouge, but is best made with French Dubonnet Red, or indeed another red quinquina.

This recipe (by yours truly in August 2026) combines elements from various vintage Roman Punch recipes to produce a cooling fruity sour laced with...

Most bartenders would stir this cocktail, as per Robin's original recipe. However, when shaken, this cocktail develops an attractive foamy head and a...

My old tom gin version of the classic Holland House, mostly leaning on the recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

A Cleansing riff on a Paloma with subtle bittersweetness.

A long fruity drink for parched palates. Reminiscent of a Pimm's Cup.

An easy-drinking tequila sour, transformed by bittersweet aperitivo liqueur, fresh strawberry and a dash of spicy bitters.

Fruity, yet balanced and well-weighted with just enough spirituous bite. Rum acts as a base while gin lightens and lifts.

A delicately bittersweet Italian brandy and grappa Boulevardier with amaro liqueur and vermouth amaro.

Tropical but far from sweet, led by an interplay between mezcal, pineapple and lime, spiced by cinnamon, with bourbon providing this sour's underlying...

Lavender liqueur replaces crème de violette in this riff on an Aviation.

A Pineapple Mezcal Margarita with chili and cinnamon spice.

A superbly refreshing, bittersweet, zesty fizz.

A Penicillin turned Tiki.