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Cocktail of the Day
21st of March 2025

Today is World Vermouth Day, so we are drinking a Vermouth Cocktail.

20 best Spring cocktails

Spring has sprung – well at least it has here in the northern hemisphere. It's time to rediscover the delights of floral cocktails – think elderflower

El Resentin

This grappa-laced cocktail has layers of coffee-led herbal complexity.

Chocolate Punch

Rich and creamy but not overly sweet with brandy adding the Punch.

Snowbird

A mezcal-based riff on the Painkiller that's balanced rather than sweet.

Parkeroo

Splitting between two styles of sherry (fino and oloroso) builds complexity in this tequila-laced aperitivo. Half a spoon of agave syrup helps balance

Mango Rum Punch

Rum-laced mango. Yumm!

Mango Mojito

As the name suggests, this is a mango-flavoured Mojito, and it's deliciously fruity with minty lime freshness.

Gin Espresso Martini

This gin-based Espresso Martini works with dry gin but makes a more austere cocktail. Old tom gin sits more harmoniously with the coffee. Depending on

Waters of Hippocrene

The green-tinged Waters of Hippocrene are worthy of late-night contemplation, perhaps while reading Keats.

Emerald Martini

Green-tinged rather than emerald-coloured but with herbal-lime notes that, along with the name, suggest a greenness in the flavour.

20 best Blood red orange cocktails

You may have thought that winter months in the northern hemisphere were confined to the likes of cauliflowers, leeks and brussels sprouts, but it's also

20 best St Patrick's Day cocktails

St Patrick's Day not only calls for you to dress in green but to toast the Emerald Island with emerald-coloured Irish whiskey-based cocktails, stout, or

20 best Espresso Martinis

The Espresso Martini is itself a riff, by its creator, on his earlier Vodka Espresso. Indeed, the Espresso Martini is a cocktail that lends itself to variation

French Bulldog

A bittersweet muscular mastiff sourpuss laced with French brandy.

Quarter Century

This bittersweet, faintly fruity, sparkling aperitivo may find its way onto our list of Contemporary Classic Cocktails.

Brooklyn Burro

A tropical and ginger juice-spiced riff on a Moscow Mule.

Vermilion Manhattan

This bittersweet red-orange cocktail has notes of Boulevardier about it and moves the Manhattan from being a late-night cocktail back to the aperitivo