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Membership levels

Whether you are just visiting Difford's Guide as a Guest or you are a Free or Premium Member, we have your cocktail and drinks needs covered. We have three ways for you to enjoy our extensive content and features; as a Guest, a Free Member or a Premium Member.

The comparison table below outlines the features and benefits for each level. To find out more about each item just hover or click on the information icons.

To register for one of our Membership levels, join our community

What Guests, Free members and Premium members get
Guest Free membership Premium membership from £3.50/month
Members’ newsletter
More about Members’ newsletter Receive weekly newsletters with new content, recipes, competitions and more.
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Go ad free
More about Go ad free View Difford’s Guide without adverts being displayed.
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Premium dashboard
More about Premium dashboard View at a glance your recipes, favourites, wish list, new cocktails and more. A collapsible dashboard which you can pull up on your homepage whenever you like.
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Collections
Create cocktail recipe collections
More about Create cocktail recipe collections Assign cocktail recipes to your personal collections. Create collections and name them, such as Barbeque Cocktails, Summertime Cocktails etc.
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Create beer, wine & spirit collections
More about Create beer, wine & spirit collections Assign your favourite brands to your personal collections. Create collections and name them, such as Sipping Rums, English Wines etc.
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Set collections to public or keep private
More about Set collections to public or keep private Mark your personal collections as public and viewable by other community members, or private.
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Show collections on your public profile
More about Show collections on your public profile You can select to show your collections on your profile page, so other community members can view them.
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Be part of our community
Read comments left by others
More about Read comments left by others Read what community members say about cocktails and brands.
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Write comments, ask and answer questions
More about Write comments, ask and answer questions Participate in forum discussions, ask questions to the community and answer questions being asked by others.
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Create your personal profile page
More about Create your personal profile page Whether you are a professional bartender or a home cocktail enthusiast, you can introduce yourself to the community with your own profile page.
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Latest comments notified on your dashboard
More about Latest comments notified on your dashboard See a live stream of comments by other community members.
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Cabinet
Your Cabinet, an inventory of the bottles and ingredients you have
More about Your Cabinet, an inventory of the bottles and ingredients you have Easily add and remove ingredients to your Cabinet to see the recipes you can make with them
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Create up to 5 Cabinets to represent what you have in different locations
More about Create up to 5 Cabinets to represent what you have in different locations For example, create a Cabinet for the ingredients you have at your home bar and a Cabinet for ingredients at your professional bar
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Record the various brands you have under each generic
More about Record the various brands you have under each generic Define your preferred brands for each ingredient in your Cabinet
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Cocktail Finder
Basic search
More about Basic search Search cocktails by ingredient, name and other simple search criteria.
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Advanced search combinations & filtering
More about Advanced search combinations & filtering Seach cocktails by combinations of ingredients, advanced criteria and filtering.
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Search cocktails by what’s in your active Cabinet
More about Search cocktails by what’s in your active Cabinet See the recipes you can make with all, or a selection of, the ingredients in your Cabinet
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Cocktails & brands
Read in-depth articles & cocktail history
More about Read in-depth articles & cocktail history Access thousands of in-depth cocktail and brand origin stories and longform articles.
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View all Difford’s Guide recipes
More about View all Difford’s Guide recipes Browse and view all Difford’s Guide recipes including ingredients, method, glassware, garnish and history.
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View all community recipes
More about View all community recipes Browse and view all community recipes contributed by members set to ‘public view’
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Rate recipes & brands
More about Rate recipes & brands Award cocktail recipes and brands your rating out of 5.
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Add recipes & brands to your favourites
More about Add recipes & brands to your favourites Create and build your personal favourites list of recipes and brands, visible only to you.
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Add recipes & brands to your wish list
More about Add recipes & brands to your wish list Create and build your personal wish list of recipes and brands, visible only to you.
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Mark recipes & brands as Tried & Liked/Didn’t Like, Must try
More about Mark recipes & brands as Tried & Liked/Didn’t Like, Must try Categorise cocktail recipes and brands to help you filter them to either come back to, or disregard.
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Add private notes on recipes & brands
More about Add private notes on recipes & brands Your own private space on Difford’s Guide where you can add notes on cocktail recipes and brands, visible only to you.
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Specify & set brands across all recipes
More about Specify & set brands across all recipes e.g. Our preference for unflavoured vodka is for Ketel One in all recipes but you may have and select your brand preference.
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Specify & set brands in individual recipes
More about Specify & set brands in individual recipes Select specific brands as your preference for individual recipes. E.g. a set specific brands of gin, bitter liqueur and vermouth to appear in a Negroni.
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Early access to new Difford’s Guide recipes
More about Early access to new Difford’s Guide recipes Be among the first to have access to new cocktail recipes published on Difford’s Guide.
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View cocktails you can make with what you have
More about View cocktails you can make with what you have See cocktails you can make only using the brands and ingredients you have.
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Copy, download & print recipes
More about Copy, download & print recipes Copy, download and print Difford’s Guide recipes. Note, they remain subject to our copyright.
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Add your own cocktail recipes
Add your own recipes
More about Add your own recipes Publish your own recipes on Difford’s Guide, with an optional photo and video.
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Edit your own recipes
More about Edit your own recipes Once published, you can make tweaks and refine your cocktail recipes.
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Set recipes to be public or private
More about Set recipes to be public or private Want to share your cocktail recipes with other Discerning Drinkers, or keep them just for yourself? Simply select ‘public’ or ‘private’.
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Show recipes on your public profile
More about Show recipes on your public profile Opt to select to show your recipes on your profile page, so other community members can view your cocktails.
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Add custom products & ingredients
More about Add custom products & ingredients Can’t find a product or ingredient on the Difford’s Guide database? You can add your own, visible to you, without requiring approval from Difford’s Guide.
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