Bramble
The Bramble is a cocktail made popular in the 1980s. Its ingredients of gin, lemon juice and crème de mûre (which is a blackberry liqueur) make this an…
Classic Cocktails
Moscow Mule
The Moscow Mule has been around since the 1940s, but has recently seen a resurgence in popularity over the past few years. At its very core, it is a ba…
Paradise
The Paradise is an apéritif, or pre-dinner drink, dating back to the 1930s. The cocktail is a blend of gin, apricot brandy or apricot liqueur and orang…
Daiquiri
The Daiquiri is a popular drink around the world and was originally created in Cuba. Though "Daiquiri" refers to a family of drinks containing rum, cit…
Horse’s Neck
The Horse's Neck cocktail was originally a non-alcoholic beverage consisting of a mixture of ginger ale, ice and lemon peel. By the 1910s, bartenders h…
French 75
The French 75 cocktail, also known as the 75 cocktail, is a drink that dates back to the first World War. I was originally created at the New York Bar …
Black Russian
The Black Russian cocktail is a mixture of vodka and a coffee liqueur, such as Kahlúa. It gets its name from the vodka which is a popular spirit in Rus…
Americano
The Americano, despite its name, was actually originally created in Italy. It is believed that in the early 1900s the Italians noticed that many of tho…
Bloody Mary
The Bloody Mary is a very well known cocktail and is unique in many ways. The drink takes on an array of savoury flavours, containing Worcestershire sa…
Stinger
The Stinger cocktail is a lesser known, brandy-based drink. Made from just two ingredients, Cognac and crème de menthe (a mint liqueur), this drink is …