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Cocktails Made Easy

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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
10th of December 2025

Today is Trader Vic's birthday, so we are drinking a Gun Club Punch No.1.

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20 best Christmas cocktails

Christmas is a time for overindulgence, so these cocktails are rich in every sense of the word. In America, the creamy Eggnog dominates the festive cocktail

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White Christmas Martini

Recognisably a crisp, dry, Vodka Martini, but mellowed and made luxuriant with festive flavours.

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Honey Aperitif Daiquiri

Bittersweet and sweet 'n' sour honey, delicately fortified with rum.

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Elf On The Shelf

Elf (elderflower liqueur), On (orange liqueur), The (tequila), Shelf (sherry) is for naughty elves to share while planning mischievous enactments. Judicious

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Improved Scotch Cocktail

A tad heavier on the 'improving' liqueur element than some other Improved Scotch Cocktails, but this is balanced by doses of bitters, and a little richness

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After Midnight

A bittersweet, orange and maraschino-influenced riff on a Rob Roy.

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Jersey Lightning

A brandy and apple brandy-based Sweet Manhattan.

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is Latin for New Scotland and this cocktail presents Scotch whisky in a contemporary take on an Old Fashioned.

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Golden Mojito

The rum's character shines in this rustic, Cuban-styled Mojito.

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Banana Calling

This short, sharp cocktail is best described as a Banana & Fino Sherry Gin Sour. The fino and banana notes are subtle, so subtle that it is not obviously

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Pisco Kid

This short pisco-based spirituous stirred cocktail was inspired by memories of Nestle's Milkybars and the 1980s British TV ads featuring the Milkybar Kid

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Cherry Sour

Sweet and sour cherry with bittersweet vanilla.

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Queen Street Cocktail

Daiquiri-like, delicately sour and, helped by the garnish, wonderfully aromatic.

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Hunter

A spirit-forward, bourbon-laced, late-night sipper with rich cherry. (Traditionally served straight-up in a coupe, but it's better served over ice.)

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Symposium

A Greek-influenced riff on the Port & Brandy classic English classic, which, among those who drink it, is known by the nickname Randy.

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Cassis Crush

Fruity, refreshing, low-alcohol and easy-drinking

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I'm a Baliva

Savoury and delicately bitter with cleansing acidity. A cocktail to challenge conventions.

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