As Stuart Hudson says, "Throwing is incredibly easy - if you can catch a ball you'll be able to throw. It's physically gentle, balletic and elegant, and while shaking causes injuries and is tough on ...

Most cocktails that are shaken and served 'straight-up' (without ice) benefit from an additional 'fine' or 'double' strain in addition to the standard strain to remove fine flecks of ice and small ...

This amaretto liqueur is made using almonds from Puglia roasted and distilled. The distillate is then aged in a bourbon cask for eight months and blended with sugar, coffee, cocoa, cinnamon, and a ...

Pure Folie translates as 'pure madness', perhaps referring to the quantity of strawberries needed to make this fruity liqueur. It also uses cognac, Saumur white Chenin wine, mint, ginger, chocolate, ...

Distillation does not produce alcohol, it merely concentrates it. To produce a distilled spirit you need to start with an alcoholic liquid ('wash') to distil your spirit from. The majority of vodkas ...

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I've heard it said, You can tell a newly opened cocktail bar is successful when they need a second bottle of Angostura. Over 500 cocktails on this website In cocktails, apricot brandy is one of the ...

Classically the Gimlet is a simple 50-50 mix of gin and lime cordial but the rise in vodka's popularity during the 1990s and early noughties saw vodka frequently used in place of gin to make a Gimlet.

While the exact origins of the Mojito cocktail and its name are lost in time, some trace it back to 1586 and a medicinal drink named after Sir Francis Drake. Drake was one of a band of privateers ...

Amaro takes the place of aromatic bitters and adds bitter-sweetness in this riff on a Dry Manhattan. A Sweet Manhattan with a herbal touch of Bénédictine and cognac. Drier and more complex than our ...

Rum producers from Mauritius have a new spring in their step and you're likely to be seeing more of the island's agricole rums exported to a bar near you. It was RumFest 2011 where diffordsguide got ...

The 1990s turned into the decade of the V-shaped glass and any cocktail served in such a glass could be, and usually was, christened a member of the Martini family. With the fashion for 'fresh' so the ...