National Cheese Lovers Day

You can't make everyone happy. You're not cheese. How true. And particularly pertinent today as we celebrate one of the world's most beloved foods.

Spanish Monk

Herbal, tart and gin-laced, smoothed and mellowed by foaming egg white.

Crop Top

A fresh and refreshing riff on the Paper Plane/Last Word.

Sloe & Unsteady

Fruity, bittersweet and sweet 'n' sour, a delicious sloe gin-based aperitivo or digestivo.

North By Northwest

A French 75 made more interesting by a splash of absinthe.

Percheron

Grapes shine in this vinous cocktail with bergamot liqueur adding flavour and balance.

The Thunderer

The strength and cleanliness of vodka, lightly softened and flavoured with cassis berry fruit and parfait amour's floral aromatics.

Lipspin

Bittersweet. Will please those looking for a tequila-based Negroni-alternative with a touch of sloeberry fruitiness.

Minnie the Moocher

Spirit-forward and just on the rich side, this late-night sipper delivers satisfying botanical complexity. Before serving to others, practice this cocktail's

Quadrant

Bittersweet vibrant pear with delicate bittersweetness.

Port Side Spice

Hints of mulled wine fortified and chilled for late-night sipping on a winter's night.

Amaretto Adriatico Zero

Amaretto Adriatico Zero is made with a distillate of Filippo Cea almonds from Puglia, Italy. It is a non-alcoholic amaretto with the familiar aroma of

Torabhaig Allt Gleann Single Malt

The second expression to be released in Torabhaig's Legacy series of single malts, released July 2021 under the label 'Allt Gleann. Each release is bottled

Mulled Over

Spiced vodka-laced port wine with a splash of rich orange liqueur, lemon juice and honey.

Difford’s Guide to Cocktails Book 18th Edition

Our Eighteenth Edition hardback has 3,081 cocktail recipes, all accompanied by a photograph. It is a monster 656 pages, 6cm (2.3 inches) thick, and weighs

Harvest Negroni

Apple brandy leads this bittersweet and herbal aperitivo, which is also great as a digestive or late-night tipple.

Paper Boat

There are numerous rum-based riffs on Sam Ross' Paper Plane, some served tall with added juices and syrups, but at its simplest (as here), a Paper Boat

Pompadour

Grassy rum agricole and sweet vinous Pineau de Charentes freshened with a splash of lemon juice.

Negroni d'Amalfi

Limoncello's almost creamy lemon freshness its brilliantly alongside herbal bittersweetness in this riff on the Negroni.

Roosevelt's Chrysanthemum

Rich and yet austere. Adapted from the Roosevelt Room's brilliant riff on a classic Chrysanthemum with dry sherry pitched alongside the usual vermouth.

Amaro Lucano

Non-alcoholic and low-alcohol cocktails made with Lucano Zero Amaro.

Blue Marge

Spicy smoky pineapple with hints of agave and bitter orange with balancing white wine acidy.

Smoky & Spicy Pineapple Margarita

Smoked chargrilled pineapple laced with spiced agave.

Spicy Corn & Pineapple

Harmonious flavours of spiced ripe pineapple and corn, freshened by underlying white wine acidity. Great served with spiced corn riba (corn riblets).