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Cabinet

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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 Directory

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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
11 July 2026

Today is Mojito Day, so we are drinking a Mojito Cocktail.

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20 best Summer cocktails

When it comes to cocktails, summer screams Sex on the Beach, or at least fruit-forward rather than spirit-forward, more refreshing cocktails, but not necessarily

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Latin Trifecta

A tequila-laced, herbal, after-dinner/late-night sipper. I've tried this cocktail with blanco, reposado and añejo tequilas, and while I like the freshness

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Black Prince

A Rum Manhattan with a dark, bittersweet side.

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Cobra Clutch

This is a particularly venomous, herbal, mezcal-laced Cobra, but its bite is subdued by the chill and dilution of crushed ice. However, beware its delicious

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Dovetail

A Paloma-inspired (Paloma is Spanish for dove) riff on a Hemingway Special Daiquiri.

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Tomato Bamboo

This cocktail takes the classic Bamboo to new levels of savoury deliciousness.

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Roasted Duck Dirty Vodkatini

Why settle for a mere Dirty Vodkatini when you can have a Roasted Duck Dirty Vodkatini?

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Gillette – Chicago Style

This dry, spirit-forward Gin Sour is considered a predecessor to the modern Gimlet.

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Elder & Wiser

Apple and elderflower are flavours that blend harmoniously with bourbon whiskey.

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Major Bailey

As Trader Vic says of this gin-based Julep, This is a hell of a drink.

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Major Bailey No. 2

A rum-based Major Bailey charged with a full shot of pineapple juice and triple sec. Beware, this cocktail packs a three-shot punch.

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Wimbledon cocktails

When Wimbledon kicks off, the British summer has officially begun. Cue hordes of tennis fans making their annual pilgrimage to sit on Aorangi Terrace in

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20 best American Classic Cocktails

There are just so many American classic cocktails that some of the very best are forgotten. While some may say the Long Island Iced Tea and Hurricane should

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Pera Margarita

Margarita-like in style but with delicate notes of pear (in place of the usual orange) and a toning splash of tonic water enhancing agave flavours.

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Pearfect Couple

Delicately pear-flavoured and invigorated by a splash of fizz. Perfect for wedding day celebrations.

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Scotch Old Fashioned

Single malt enhances the structure of this Scotch Old Fashioned with vanilla bitters, subtly adding flavour and complexity.

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White Godmother Sour

A creamy, cream-coloured, almond-flavoured, Vodka Sour served straight-up.

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