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Cocktails Made Easy

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Cocktail Directory

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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
19th of September 2025

Today is The Emoticon's birthday, so we are drinking a Royal Smile.

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Mayflower Martini

Fragrant balance of fruits and flowers.

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Vodka Sour

The bitters significantly contribute to this vodka-based sour.

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Quince & Pear Daiquiri

Pear delicately influences this two rum Daquiri in the form of poire william eau de vie. If you prefer your Daiquiris on the tart side, and depending on

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Pawlett Sour No. 2

Old tom gin provides the backbone to this tasty quince sour.

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Georgetown Club

Rhum Agricole is a tasty addition to this cocktail, but your choice of base rum is what will make this Club special. Charles H. Baker specifies Cuban Bacardi,

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20 best Cachaça cocktails

A compilation of the 20 best cachaça cocktails would not be complete without a Caipirinha, not only the classic, but one or two more fruity options. However,

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Caipirinhas – styles, flavours & how to make

Pronounced 'Kai-Pur-Een-Ya', this traditional Brazilian cocktail is made by muddling limes with sugar and then adding cachaça and ice. It's a simple rustic

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Paris is Burning

Gin and mezcal provide the characterful backbone to this tasty, floral and fruity sour.

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Are you Man-hattan enough?

A Chili Agave Manhattan with attitude. It might lack nuance, but it doesn't lack favour.

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Leña

The lovechild of a Picante de la Casa and a Jungle Bird.

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Perá Fortuna

An absinthe-laced Gin Sour with pleasing pear fruitiness.

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Diable à Quattre

The original, 1936 recipe is perhaps a tad full-on and sweet when served straight-up, so some may prefer the added dilution that comes with serving on

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El Avioncito

A bittersweet, maraschino-influenced riff on Sam Ross' Paper Plane.

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Apothecary

Once upon a time, apothecaries served spirit-laced remedies as tasty as this. Now they're called bartenders.

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Roman Remedy

Perhaps not a cure-all, but may satisfy the need for a tasty late-night tipple.

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Lounge Lizard

A rich, almond-flavoured Cuba Libre.

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Boulevardier No. 2

Delicately bittersweet with wine red wine notes and herbal complexity. (For the rouge quinquina, I used Raphaël, as per the original recipe.)

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