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Cocktails Made Easy

The best-known cocktails tend to have just three liquid ingredients so making cocktails at home is much easier than cooking and can be quicker than making

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Cocktail Hall of Fame

The following 294 cocktails are the preeminent and best-known of the 6,000+ cocktails on Difford's Guide. Subject to ingredients, these are all cocktails

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20 Best Cocktails by Ingredient

Browse the top 20 cocktails by ingredient

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Cocktail of the Day
24 April 2026

Today is The day New York's Woolworth Building opened, so we are drinking a High Ryeser.

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RAC Cocktail

A one-to-one Perfect Martini with extra grenadine sweetness and orange bitters adding complexity.

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Lemon Cream Soda

A creamy, citrusy, refreshing treat.

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Light & Day

Proof that fresh orange juice works in a gin-forward stirred cocktail.

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House of Payne

A spirituous Sloe Gin Negroni with raspberry fruitiness adding much to this cocktail's flavour and colour.

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Fat Cat

Orange blossom water amplifies apricot notes in this brandy-laced sour, with sloe gin adding fruity depth of flavour.

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Bubblegum Daiquiri No. 2

Just as it says on the tin, although more complex than the name might suggest.

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Te Anaka

Reminiscent of a Honeysuckle Daiquiri with distinctive fino sherry notes. Honey and lemon juice combine brilliantly, smoothed and made frothy by egg white.

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Smoky Spirit of Paloma

A surprisingly tasty alcohol-free alternative to a mezcal-based Paloma.

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Tiramisu

Chef meets bartender in the rich dessert cocktail.

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Italian Margarita

A liberal splash of amaretto adds Italian almondy subtexts to a >classic Margarita.

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Six Cylinder

A bittersweet Negroni-like aperitivo or digestivo with pleasing, subtle, rich cherry notes. This cocktail runs so much better on high-octane Navy strength

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20 best Amaretto cocktails

Amaretto's bittersweet almond and vanilla notes mix brilliantly with dark spirits, particularly whiskey and brandy, but this versatile liqueur also pairs

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Yuzu Margarita

Just as the name promises, a flavoursome yuzu-freshened margarita, which has an attractive creamy quality.

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Pisco Bee's Knees

Floral, vinous notes from the pisco, lemon freshness and rich, deep honey notes combine brilliantly.

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Prince of Wales No. 2

More authentic renditions of this classic call for the addition of sugar and aromatic bitters, but these mask subtle vinous madeira and sparkling wine

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Old Square

A riff on a Vieux Carré with armagnac in place of cognac, and sherry adding an extra dimension.

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Pickletini

A savoury, filthy martini variation.

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