Gin, Lillet, crème de cacao and lemon juice doesn’t read too well on paper — not, at least, until you’ve put the Twentieth Century cocktail in your mouth.
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“My old man’s a head chef, so hospitality’s always been in the family; even if it is the angry chef side of the industry!” Meet Ryan Snedden from PS40.
The Dream Catcher presents and pours just like a natural wine, and it blew away the judges (and the competitors, too). Indeed, after Gregory’s presentation had concluded and the competition ended for the night, you could see more than a few of the bartending industry’s big names clamouring for a swig from the bottle.
The formulation for a Fizz is a relatively simple one: it’s spirit, citrus, sugar and soda water. Here’s five essential Fizz recipes you ought to know.
The Martini is the perfect vehicle for delivering some straight-up, let’s-not-muck-about great tasting booze to your face; here’s 7 variations on the Martini recipe you can use to create your own riff.
Rum has been flavoured with fruits and spices in the Caribbean pretty much since the time of its inception, but how do you use spiced rum? These four cocktail recipes pack a whole lot of flavour.
With gin popping up from distilleries across the globe, the cast of botanicals on display goes well beyond the juniper, coriander, citrus peel and angelica combo so often seen.
If you don’t like bourbon this Mint Julep recipe may not be for you, but this simple combination of bourbon, sugar, mint and ice is no pushover.
Some cocktails are perfect for when you’re sweating it out in the sun; this Kentucky Buck recipe is one such drink.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a cocktail named after artillery used in the first world war would clobber your palate, but if it’s made just so, there’s few things more elegant than the French 75.
Well the New York Sour is a classic cocktail we love, but we think we might like this riff on it from Travis Cosgrove and James Irvine of Swillhouse (the group behind the 2017 Bar of the Year, The Baxter Inn) even more.
You guys like your tequila, right? We do too, and we love tequila in cocktails. Below, we’ve got three classic blanco tequilas, and we’ve also got five tequila cocktail recipes that caught our attention.