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Spiced vodka-laced port wine with a splash of rich orange liqueur, lemon juice and honey.
Apple brandy leads this bittersweet and herbal aperitivo, which is also great as a digestive or late-night tipple.
There are numerous rum-based riffs on Sam Ross' Paper Plane, some served tall with added juices and syrups, but at its simplest (as here), a Paper...
Grassy rhum agricole and sweet vinous Pineau des Charentes freshened with a splash of lemon juice.
Limoncello's almost creamy lemon freshness its brilliantly alongside herbal bittersweetness in this riff on the Negroni.
Rich and yet austere. Adapted from the Roosevelt Room's brilliant riff on a classic Chrysanthemum with dry sherry pitched alongside the usual...
Spicy smoky pineapple with hints of agave and bitter orange with balancing white wine acidy.
Smoked chargrilled pineapple laced with spiced agave.
Harmonious flavours of spiced ripe pineapple and corn, freshened by underlying white wine acidity. Great served with spiced corn riba (corn riblets).
Chargrilled, grassy, smoky, honeyed and soured pineapple.
A super refreshing, zesty citrus, zingy ginger Mule
A basil-flavoured G&T with a splash of lemon freshness.
Genever laced mandarin orange liqueur soured with lemon juice and freshened with mandarin soda.
Italian bitter liqueur served with tonic is one of our favourite thirst-quenching long drinks, here differentiated with Aegean-style tonic water.
It is possible to juice a bell pepper in a blender if you add a little water, but these peppers are better juiced with a juice extractor – either...
A subtle but inspired riff on Wayne Collin's contemporary classic, White Negroni.
Calvados' spirituous appley notes sit well with the dry sherry, celery bitters and uplifting tonic water in this refreshingly savoury cocktail.
Spirit-forward and bittersweet with assertive floral Parma Violet, the Wingman is suited to late-night sipping.
This sweet 'n' sour and bittersweet cocktail is usually served straight-up but is perhaps better served on-the-rocks.
Aged rum and rich overripe banana with lime freshness and maple syrup, adding toasty maple and caramel-like notes.
Reverential herbal Chartreuse turned tropical and fruity by pineapple and lime.
A generous slug of amaro replaces dashes of aromatic bitters in this bittersweet, Sweet Manhattan. Also suited to being served on the rocks.
Spirit-forward and bittersweet, this after-dinner digestivo may fast-track your night.
An Aviation with triple sec in place of maraschino liqueur.