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National Chocolate Caramel Day

There can't be enough chocolate-themed national days in a year, so here's another one. Is there a more perfect duo than chocolate and caramel?

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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

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Mandarine Napoléon Cocktail Challenge

We're looking for the best new cocktails that harness the vibrant flavours of Mandarine Napoléon Liqueur, which is a rich blend of Mediterranean mandarines,

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White Cuban

A White Russian based on rum rather than vodka. Tends to be better with a charcoal-filtered light white rum rather than a more characterful golden rum.

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Pineapple Margarita

As advertised, a Margarita with pineapple fruitiness. If you have it, a splash of pineapple syrup helps balance while amplifying the pineapple flavour.

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Blood Orange Garibaldi

Why settle for a mere Garibaldi when seasonality allows for an even tastier blood orange version of the same cocktail.

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Lost Souls

Mezcal and beet juice sit well together in this delicious riff on a Straight-up Margarita.

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Sunstone

Bittersweet and herbal. Enjoy as an aperitivo or digestivo.

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Very Sexy

A fruity raspberry vodka sour invigorated by a splash of fizz.

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Fee Brothers

Fee Brothers are one of the oldest producers of cocktail bitters, and their hand-wrapped bottles adorn the world's best bars. During the cocktail dark

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20 best Absinthe cocktails

Absinthe is a most unusual cocktail ingredient as it's the main base spirit in some cocktails while is used as mere dashes in others. Absinthe's aroma

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La Fee

The story of La Fée is inextricably linked to one man's discovery of absinthe at a time when it was either banned or thought to be banned in much of the

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Absinthe

Nicknamed the 'Green Fairy', Absinthe is a bitter, aniseed-flavoured green liquor distilled with anise, fennel and wormwood. It has a reputation to challenge

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20 best Irish whiskey cocktails

Irish whiskey tends not to be peated so usually lacks the subtle smoky notes associated with Scotch whisky, so making its presence somewhat subtler in

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Revival Rum

A Caribbean-inspired rum distilled in Northamptonshire, in the heart of the English countryside, using an innovative distillation process.

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Crimson King

Some serve this Boulevardier-style cocktail straight-up but, like the Boulevardier, its delicate chocolate and coffee notes are better appreciated with

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White Dragon

A tequila-based White Lady.

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Donde Estas, Yolanda

Dry, delicately smoky with subtle coconut.

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Captain Cuba

Victor's original recipe was made for Bacardi Legacy so calls for a light white rum. Perhaps more importantly, he specifies pomegranate syrup and your

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Doctor No. 2

Funky notes from Swedish punch vie with piney gin, freshened by zesty lemon.

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