Of the 1,000 'encyclopedic' articles on Difford’s Guide, the following were the most read during 2016:

1. Contemporary Classic Cocktails - renaissance classics

2. Rum Cocktails - the best cocktails for each category of rum

3. Inception Negroni - Vancouver's cocktail within a cocktail

4. The five great bartending styles

5. Bottle Sizes - the world's mandatory bottle sizes

6. Shaking Cocktails - advanced tips, myths & lessons

7. Elderflower Cocktails - cocktails with elderflower liqueur

8. Daiquiri Cocktails - the drinks history & its perfect proportions

9. Vodka Cocktails - the 20 best vodka based cocktails

10. Difford's Cocktail Hall of Fame - the all-time best known cocktails

11. London's best gastro pubs

12. Casks (barrels, butts, puncheons, pipes, barriques & hogsheads)

13. History of Gin Cocktails

14. How tequila is made and what from

15. Sugar & sugar syrup in cocktails

16. Cocktail glassware

17. Margarita Cocktails - best recipes and history

18. Beer Cocktails - the best cocktails made with beer

19. Tequila Cocktails - the best tequila based cocktails

20. Difford's 20 best cocktails - the best cocktails by Simon Difford

21. Highball Cocktails - the perfect Highball & the drink's history

22. Grappa cocktails - the best grappa based cocktails

23. Pisco cocktails - the best pisco based cocktails

24. Cocktail shakers & how to shake a cocktail

25. Activated charcoal in cocktails

26. Tiki's rise, fall & revival

27. The Martini Cocktail and its evolution

28. Measuring cocktail ingredients

29. Vintage cocktail books - a timeline with links to read online

30. The story behind Bond's Vesper martini