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Cocktails Made Easy

The best-known cocktails tend to have just three liquid ingredients so making cocktails at home is much easier than cooking and can be quicker than making

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Cocktail Hall of Fame

The following 294 cocktails are the preeminent and best-known of the 6,000+ cocktails on Difford's Guide. Subject to ingredients, these are all cocktails

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20 Best Cocktails by Ingredient

Browse the top 20 cocktails by ingredient

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Cocktail of the Day
5 June 2026

Today is World Environment Day, so we are drinking a Green Destiny.

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20 best Maraschino Cocktails

Maraschino liqueur is made from sour Marasca cherries. The cherries' flavour, along with that of its pit (stone) are extracted by distillation to produce

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Pendennis Margarita

A tequila and apricot sour inspired by the classic gin-based Pendennis Club Special.

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Gypsy Serenade

Reminiscent of an Savoy Aviation with orange juice and served frappé. Suited to hot summer evenings. Bring them, and it on!

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Gypsy Serenade No. 2

An Aviation split with orange juice, which adds freshness and mellows floral notes.

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Heavy Handed

A full-flavoured, some might say Heavy Handed, bittersweet aperitivo.

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Petty Crime

Rum and banana shine with layers of bittersweetness.

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No Hands

An Americano-like aperitivo with spiced mole bitters.

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Ink Street

I've rebalanced and added sugar to this classically three-equal-part ingredient cocktail, and I think it's tastier for it.

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Pendennis Club Special

A gin-laced apricot flavoured sour.

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Extra Time Martini

The two 45-minute halves, plus two 15-minute halves of a football (soccer) match that runs into extra time, translated into the proportions of a Martini.

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VAR Martini

Inspired by football's controversial Video Assistant Referee and, fittingly, made with Vodka, Amontillado sherry and Rye whiskey, this Martini is just

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Pineapple & Yuzu Meringue Sour

A tasty cocktail that befits its name, with coconut water quietly adding much.

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Country Life No. 2

Rum adds a pleasing touch of funk to this Manhattan variation.

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Clara Bow

A minty Whiskey Sour with hints of elderflower and grenadine adding fruitiness and colour.

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Mad Hatter

A rye-laced sour set apart by anis and liquorice notes from absinthe, shaken with the other ingredients and floated on the cocktail.

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The Eulogy

An arrack-based Last Word with Strega in place of Yellow Chartreuse and falernum in place of maraschino liqueur.

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Detroit Martini No. 2

A minty fresh Vodkatini, although some will question the use of Martini in the name. However, I've added a splash of bianco vermouth to bring Dick Bradsell's

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