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Cocktail of the Day
20th of December 2025
Today is Anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase, so we are drinking a Sazerac (Difford's split base).
20 best Christmas cocktails
Christmas is a time for overindulgence, so these cocktails are rich in every sense of the word. In America, the creamy Eggnog dominates the festive cocktail
Champagne Snowball
Deliciously silky smooth, indulgent, and decadent. Rich, thick, and creamy advocaat freshened with dry sherry, zesty lime cordial, and invigorated with
Tom & Jerry (serves 6)
A warming and filling winter's meal in itself. This recipe will fill six small toddy glasses or Tom & Jerry mugs (each 20cl capacity to brim), and given
Christmas Martini
Festive in colour and flavour with vodka-laced orange, ginger and pomegranate, balanced with red wine tannins.
Honey in Manhattan
Bittersweet honey flavours subtly introduce new dimensions to a Sweet Manhattan.
Daiquiri No. 4
Maraschino liqueur adds delicate notes to this finely balanced Daiquiri.
Humuhumunukunukuapua'a
Pronounced hoo-moo-hoo-moo-noo-koo-noo-koo-ah-poo-AH-ah, this fabulously named cocktail is a Gin Sour turned tiki with pineapple and orgeat.
La Louisiane
A rye-based Sweet Manhattan enriched with herbal liqueur and bittered with Peychaud's and absinthe. Originally made with equal parts rye whiskey, Bénédictine
Devil's Soul
Spirituous, smoky, earthy, bittersweet, floral, herbal and complex. I've reduced the original serve by one-third to produce a complex, serious and most
Frisco Sour
A bourbon-laced Whiskey Sour with monastic herbal notes.
Christmopolitan
A suitably Christmassy amaretto-influenced Cosmopolitan.
Atlantic Flyer
Aromatised and fortified wines structure this brandy-based, delicious, late-night sipper.
Christine Wiseman's Margarita
Agave syrup flavours and helps balance this classic Margarita and Tommy's Margarita hybrid.
Cantinflas
This Agave spirit-forward, bittersweet cocktail is a pleasing digestivo or late-night sipper.
Cantinflas Mustache
Reminiscent of an M & M, this is a delicious and perfectly balanced bittersweet, spirit-forward, digestivo or late-night sipper with great depth of flavour.
After Midnight Martini
A late-night alternative to an Espresso Martini.
Roman Twist
Bourbon-laced almond and orange coffee served tall and frappéd.
