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SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
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A brandy-forward, cherry and herbal-flavoured late-night sipper. If you're in the mood for an on-the-rocks serve, then try 40ml cognac/brandy, 40ml...
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Elderflower's floral notes are subdued by tequila-laced and refreshing herbal minerality.
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Elegant, herbal and complex with pleasing sweet and savoury interplay.
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Spirituous and delicately bittersweet, with zesty orange and underlying herbal complexity.
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A Dry Manhattan is just too dry for most, but this version, with bianco vermouth, is more approachable and is a cleansing alternative Sweet Manhattan.
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Spicy, tequila-laced vanilla, pineapple and lime.
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Richer than the more upper-class and entitled Kir Royale.
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Delivers exactly what the name promises.
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This amaretto-forward Spritz follows the classic 3:2:1 proportions with three parts prosecco taming the richness of the two parts amaretto.
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All Hallows' Eve, the 31st of October, is spook night with bizarre costumes, trick-or-treating, pumpkin carving, apple bobbing and bonfires all the...
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Thanks to icewine's rich concentrated flavours, this Martini has a delightful honeyed note, while remaining dry.
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Mezcal is often used to add a touch of its distinctive character (often delicately smoky) to cocktails based on other spirits, particularly tequila...
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Triple sec is an enduring mainstay of the cocktail bar, a key ingredient in classics such as the Corpse Reviver, Margarita, Sidecar and the White...
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From a B52 to an Espresso Martini, coffee liqueur may not feature in as many cocktails as some other liqueurs, but it seems to play an essential role...
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A delicately bittersweet Tequila Sour.
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A Scotch whisky sour that's set apart by the clever use of manzanilla sherry, which tones and brightens, while peach bitters add complexity.
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This attractive, pale-green, minty-fresh cocktail is best enjoyed as a late-night after-dinner freshener.
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Rum-based "Tropical Curaçao" and a splash of mellowing reposado tequila; add to this Mezcal Margarita.
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Vodka-laced strawberry fizz. Yumm!
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