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Cocktail of the Day
8th of September 2025

Today is International Literacy Day, so we are drinking a The Book of Kells.

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Boulevardier No. 2

Delicately bittersweet with wine red wine notes and herbal complexity. (For the rouge quinquina, I used Raphaël, as per the original recipe.)

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Copper's

Delicately floral rye whiskey with fernet adding layers of bitter herbal complexity.

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Panamericano

A pisco-based riff on a White Negroni.

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DuBoudreau

Reminiscent of a fernet-influenced Manhattan with elderflower liqueur vying for attention.

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Who Knows

Reminiscent of a herbal liqueur-heavy Last Word.

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Doctor Cook

A riff on the Clover Club or an Aviation without crème de violet, smoothed with fluffy egg white.

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Mocha Martini

Made with good espresso, this cocktail is a richly flavoured balance of bittersweetness.

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Well-fortified

A Bamboo meets a Vodka Martini in a vodka-laced aromatic aperitif cocktail. So named due to its packing a trio of fortified wines.

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Spicy Mango Flip

Vodka-laced and mango-flavoured with ginger and chilli spice.

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Spicy Mango Daiquiri

Exactly as the name promises, with a splash of cachaça adding to the rum-laced, lightly soured, spicy mango.

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Spicy Mango Buck

Mezcal adds character to this delicately spicy, mango-flavoured Buck.

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Trovador Inspirado Silver Rum

Trovador Inspirado is a blend of three different rums: a Cuban-style rum distilled from molasses fermented with a special yeast strain, a Dominican rum

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Rock & Rye

Rock and rye is a style of citrus fruit-infused whiskey-based liqueur which takes its name from the rye whiskey base and rock candy syrup used to sweeten

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20 best Angostura Bitters cocktails

I've heard it said, You can tell a newly opened cocktail bar is successful when they need a second bottle of Angostura. Over 500 cocktails on this website

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Gaberdine

Spirit-forward, bittersweet and herbal.

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Fair & Warmer No. 1

Sloe gin adds a touch of fruitiness to this delicately herbal, vinous aperitivo.

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Amalfi Spritz

A refreshing, delicately bittersweet and sweet 'n' sour, more interesting take on a Limoncello Spritz.

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