An incredible bartender who developed not one but two of the world’s top 40 cocktails.
Category: mixology
Be careful with your alcohol consumption
Enjoy alcohol responsibly. Here are some tips and advice on enjoying it sensibly.
Easter Bunny – cocktail for Easter
This yellow cocktail with a dark chocolate base looks the part for Easter and it tastes fantastic too.
10 years of the blog
A self-indulgent look back at the first 10 years of this cocktail blog.
Wayne Collins and me
I met Wayne Collins star of TV’s Something for the Weekend back in 2015. What did we talk about?
Mini cocktails – great for experimentation
Consider cocktail minis at your party or drinks evening. They’re fun and allow you to offer a range of new taste sensations.
Smoky French Martini
This Smoky French Martini is a great twist on what I found to be a mediocre cocktail.
Cocktails are iterative
Many cocktails are iterative. By just swapping one ingredient perhaps and replacing it with another creates a whole new cocktail. Often with a completely unrelated name.
New products mixologists need please drinks industry
Here are some additional products I’d like to see the drinks industry produce for us mixologists.
New cocktail ingredients – Summer 2020
Some great new cocktail ingredients are appearing for Summer 2020. Let’s get cocktail making again once lockdown finishes.
Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails – an inspiring book
An iconic book for any budding mixologist, and even those of us who’ve been doing it a while. Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails is an essential read. It focuses on cocktails of old, with many anecdotes and explanatory notes.
What to do with chocolate tonic
A great new spirit and mix combination featuring chocolate tonic from Peter Spanton. Chocolate tonic? Yes really. Try the Alpine & Tonic