This genever-based riff on the Last Word takes the classic in a bittersweet gentian direction that brings it forward in the evening, perhaps even as...

Despite the name, this Old Fashioned style drink is more fruity and nutty than it is woody, but it's tasty all the same.

Delicately bittered and chocolate-spiced mezcal and bourbon, lifted by subtle, rich almond.

As its creator says, "a split-base sour for lovers of the Sidecar."

A ginger spice riff on a Vieux Carré with both a tawny colour and tawny port notes.

Light, refreshing and all too quaffable. Bitter liqueur adds depth of flavour to a Watermelon Martini.

All Hallows' Eve, the 31st of October, is spook night with bizarre costumes, trick-or-treating, pumpkin carving, apple bobbing and bonfires all the...

Rum-laced sweet and sourness with maraschino liqueur brilliantly balancing grapefruit juice.

Creamy, indulgent and downright toasty.

Like many of New York City's Manhattan variations, the rye whiskey-forward Fort Point is named after the Boston district that was home to the bar...

Vodka may fortify this cocktail, but it's led by the interplay between fino sherry, banana liqueur and sweet 'n' sour.

Grape combines with fortified wine in a sublime after-dinner sipper.

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

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...

Elderflower's floral notes are subdued by tequila-laced and refreshing herbal minerality.

Elegant, herbal and complex with pleasing sweet and savoury interplay.

Spirituous and delicately bittersweet, with zesty orange and underlying herbal complexity.

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.

Spicy, tequila-laced vanilla, pineapple and lime.

Richer than the more upper-class and entitled Kir Royale.