New Cocktails

Bourbon-forward with bittersweet and herbal notes from the two liqueurs.

Good proprietary brands of ginger syrup are available and tend to have a high sugar content (equivalent to a 2:1 sugar syrup, approx. 65° brix)...

A Toreador meets a Milk & Honey El Diablo with crème de cassis swapped out for red bitter liqueur. Two already good drinks merged to become a...

Fiery ginger syrup and a splash of soda replace ginger beer in this devilish rendition of El Diablo.

Gin and sherry enriched by maple syrup and sharpened with a little balsamic.

A cold Irish Coffee based on poitín, which influences the flavours of the coffee and demerara sugar to add dark chocolate notes, distinguishing it...

A Scotch Daisy with apple brandy and egg white. I've tried calvados instead of applejack, but applejack sits better with the scotch whisky.

Cherry and almond-flavoured fluffed-up coffee.

A peachy spiced rum sour.

Relatively low in alcohol and suited to the aperitivo moment, your choice of quinquina will make or break this delicate aromatised rum sour.

Rum-forward with zesty orange and bittersweet herbal notes.

Basically a Brandy Manhattan without bitters. Spirit-forward and dry yet easy.

This creamy orange 'champagne' cocktail is almost as silky smooth as a Sgroppino.

One of those cocktails that tastes just as its name suggests, made more delicious with a splash of mezcal alongside the tequila.

A fresh and refreshing gin-laced elderflower sour.

Reposado rather than banco tequila, and a rosso alla vaniglia vermouth rather than a rosso vermouth, help round this tasty riff on a classic gin-based...

Ferro China and Irn-Bru both contain iron ammonium ferric citrate, which is also taken as a health supplement.

Unusually, maraschino liqueur is the backbone of this dry vermouth-based cocktail.

The Mint Julep meets the Paper Plane.

Bittersweet and spirit-forward. The orange zest twist is key to this cocktail's success; hence I use two.

Spirit-forward, characterful rum-laced and bittersweet with notes of herbal toffee and fudge.

Sip through a thick white foamy head to enjoy the layers of rum-laced, innocently fruity delights below.

Reverential herbal Chartreuse turned tropical and fruity with pineapple and lime.

Although simple to make, the result is a sophisticated long drink.