Modern Classic Cocktails

A cachaça sour given additional bittersweet herbal depth of flavour by a dash of fernet.

A spirit-forward sipper that's rich and easy with bourbon mellowed by maple syrup.

A smokin' Margarita. Depending on your palate, you may want to vary the amount of agave syrup – from 2.5ml or even no agave syrup for dry palates...

Delicately spiced and subtly chocolaty.

Salmon pink in colour. Mezcal adds earthy smoky complexity to this bittersweet, citrusy fresh, aperitivo Last Word riff. And indeed, getting naked...

This lighter-styled Negroni has some bitterness but lacks the gin punch and character of the original Negroni.

A great way to inflict mutually assured destruction, although there will be fallout the morning after.

An agave-based old-fashioned with a wonderful hit of smokiness from the mezcal (depending on your choice of mezcal). Like many cocktails, Philip...

A luxurious, minty Daiquiri topped with a splash of fizz.

Tart, dry and lightly bitter, but with just enough underlying sweetness to stroke the palate and make another sip so very desirable – a complex...

Zings with freshness. Lime, mint and cucumber make this gin-laced cocktail a veritable health tonic.

Classically, an equal parts three-ingredient cocktail comprising: 30ml rye, 30ml bitter liqueur and 30ml dry vermouth. This produces an overly dry...