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1970s cocktails and disco drinks

Are they worth revisiting?

French 75 cocktail - recipes & history

The French 75 cocktail celebrates the firepower of the WWI French 75-millimetre field gun. In recent decades, this has become a potent gin based champagne

Conniption Navy Strength Gin

Botanicals including coriander, caraway, rosemary, cardamom, juniper and cassia are distilled using vapor infusion in a pot still to produce a base gin

Durham Cucumber Vodka

Made with fresh cucumbers which are “cold distilled” in a 20-liter Rotary Evaporator. The distillers proudly say “No extracts or flavorings. Just

Conniption American Dry Gin

Made by first distilling coriander, angelica root, cardamom and juniper using vapor infusion in a German pot still. Then more delicate botanicals, including

The Benevolent Ride for Dan

This Sunday 13th August 2017, a peloton of riders will set out on a 64 mile charity cycle ride in memory of Dan Townsend, the Chairman of The Benevolent

Edinburgh Festival Guide

The Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for the numerous arts and cultural festivals held each August in Edinburgh, Scotland. The largest of these

Lauren Mote

Back in high school, she wanted to be a mountain climber, and while Lauren Mote may not be scaling peaks for a living, she’s at the top of the heap in

Events in August for discerning drinkers

Our monthly listing of events, seminars and tastings which we consider of interest to discerning drinkers. Those events which are drinks industry specific,

Bacardi Legacy Global

Entries for BACARDÍ Legacy opened 1st August 2017 and will close on the 1st of October 2017. You have to be in it to win it. Apply here now.

Aegean Cocktails & Spirits

Firstly, to introduce myself to those of you outside of Greece, Eleni Nikoloulia and I are the duo behind Difford’s Guide Greece, the local Greek language

International Beer Day

Celebrated annually on the first Friday of August, International Beer Day (IBD) was conceived in 2007 by Jesse Avshalomov at a bar in Santa Cruz, California

New Cocktails July 2017

The cocktails we came across during July and liked enough to add to Difford’s Guide, plus those recipes we’ve revisited and updated.

Limoncello cocktails

Lemon is one of the most used cocktail ingredients, so it stands to reason that a liqueur flavoured with prized Italian Amalfi coast lemons should be part