New Cocktails

As the name suggests, a mashup of the Espresso and Breakfast Martinis, delivering gin-laced coffee and marmalade citrus.

Napoleon tendencies aside, this cocktail is bigger than its diminutive proportions, packed with bourbon-laced, expressive, bittersweet fruity...

Spirit-forward and bittersweet. Sometimes that's what life calls for! If you find Ryan's recipe, which originally calls for a high-strength rye, a tad...

A Tommy's Margarita lengthened with soda. Tasty and refreshing.

Looking at the recipe, with pear liqueur and a whopping 15ml (½oz) of maple syrup, I thought it would be overly sweet. However, as you'd expect from...

Cola-like herbal and marine notes invigorated with tonic water.

Fabulously light, almost creamy, and floral.

Best described as a Galliano Manhattan, I was sceptical when David Selle, a fellow Discerning Drinker, recommended this three equal-parts cocktail to...

A Dry Manhattan-based on Scotch with a dash of apricot liqueur and a touch of créme de menthe.

All the Peruvian bartenders I've met prefer their Pisco Sours blended rather than shaken. Indeed, it is a brilliant cocktail when blended, but I...

What this cocktail lacks in verdant colour is made up for by its grassy green flavour.

Overproof rum, orange curaçao and lime are the main influences in this long, refreshing cocktail. However, crème de cacao adds pleasing chocolaty...

A mezcal-laced riff on the classically vanilla vodka-based Porn Star Martini.

Best described as a nutty, delicately bittersweet Old Fashioned. A tasty digestivo or late-night sipper.

Tobacco bitters add a distinctive and very pleasant flavour to the modern classic Oaxaca Old Fashioned.

A bright and bold sour in both flavour and colour.

A delicately bittered apple sour.

To better fit a 12oz Collins glass, I've reduced the original spec of this cocktail by a third. However, you'll need properly cold crushed ice...

Dry vermouth balances the richness of crème de cassis.

Select a good vermouth, strike the perfect dilution, and add the freshness of a lemon zest twist, and you'll enjoy a delicious aperitivo.

Rum and rye-laced, herbal and faintly fudge-like with delicate spice.

Gin's botanicals shine and are surprisingly enhanced by bittersweet and herbal ingredients. A burst of zesty orange adds to the cleansing nature of...

As the name suggests, this low-alcohol, tequila-laced, bittersweet Cooler is suited to summer drinking. All the better when enjoyed on the beach.

Relatively low in alcohol and delicately bittersweet, this cocktail is suited to repeat orders during an extended aperitivo hour. Gin adds additional...