New Cocktails

This absinthe-influenced Mickey Finn is quite different to the anise liqueur-based original but arguably is more suited to modern-day palates.

A rye whiskey-based, coffee-infused and lightly bittered riff on the classic Boulevardier cocktail.

A bittered orange and grapefruit riff on the contemporary classic Paper Plane.

Richly sweet and sour, the Chalet Cochand envelopes you in a citrusy, velvet-clad, rum-laced, fruitcake-favoured digestivo that's also enjoyable as a...

A bitter Americano. Bittersweetness served deliciously long with bitterness taming sweetness.

The ultimate cooling cocktail for a hot day.

Despite the name, unless you've a rouge ingredient, this cocktail is not pink. And amazingly, when this recipe came my way in April 2025, this tasty...

Fino notes in the palo cortado sherry add freshness to this delicately spiced and vanilla-influenced brandy old-fashioned.

Watermelon with delicate coconut notes, toned by fino sherry.

This is a cocktail that proves sherry is great for brunch, or indeed anytime.

Simply amontillado sherry and ginger ale, as the name suggests, but so much more than that.

A manzanilla sherry-influenced riff on the contemporary classic Enzoni.

Orchard fruit fortified with gin and aromatised with sherry and almond.

Sweet (bianco) vermouth mellows and flavours the brandy in this simple, yet tasty, two-ingredient cocktail. The orange zest twist is essential, so...

Created by yours truly in May 2025.

As the name implies, this is a Sidecar with Greek ingredients.

Created by yours truly in May 2025. The name Giorgos (Γιώργος), the Greek equivalent of George, along with Papadopoulos...

Fruity, long and refreshing. Gin notes are surprisingly subdued.

When made with good crushed ice, this is a serious gin cocktail, and the combination of botanicals, herbal liqueur, and grenadine gives this classic...

As the name suggests, sherry shines and makes this Brandy Old Fashioned special.

Minty freshness with a hint of herbal bittersweetness run through this tasty digestivo.

A dual rum, bite-sized Daiquiri.

As the name suggests, an Irish Whiskey Sour topped with stout.

If you haven't been organised or committed to infusing strawberries in advance, then muddle a couple of small ripe strawberries in the base of the...