Sidecar Cocktail recipe
Sidecar is a delicious and classic cocktail with both sweet and sour elements. Vary the ratio of these to find your perfect combination. Ingredients 1...
Black Pig Cocktail
The Black Pig is a cocktail for lovers of those drinks that shout aniseed. The Vodka tastes of berries but both Sambuca and Pernot offer...
Brockmans Warm Winter Mull Cocktail Recipe
What sangria is to summer, this crowd-pleasing punch is to winter. Brockmans Warm Winter Mull: so much more interesting than mulled wine. Mull over the...
Hayman’s Sloe Gin – review
Hayman’s Sloe Gin is a classic with the fresh fruitiness of the autumn. This plum-coloured gin displays great balance on the palate with gin at...
Scotch Whisky – A Guide
Scotch Whisky – The Essential Guide for Single Malt Lovers will make the hearts of so many discerning sippers beat just a little faster. Single...
El Dorado 12-year-old Rum
A small glass of El Dorado 12-year-old Rum by Demerara Distillers will waft the lucky sipper back to the days of sailing ships and sugar...
Wine Folly: Magnum Edition: The Master Guide
It seems a long way off, but the gift-buying season will soon be here. What do we give to family and friends? is the question...
Gin: The Essential Guide
Gin: The Essential Guide for Gin Aficionados offers a wealth of information. Gin is one of the world’s best-loved spirits. It has a rich history...
Foxhole Gin review
Well, what a surprise. A bottle of Foxhole Gin arrived. The event was no surprise, but the shelf appeal was. There are so many new...
Luxardo Maraschino Cherries
There are several popular varieties of cocktail cherry. Most of them are bright enough to read a book by and sticky enough to become the...
Steenbergs for Summer Drinks
Steenbergs is a delightful company and probably better known for their selection of high-end teas and organic goods. But they offer more drinks than the...
Absinthe – Green Hills & Green Fairies of Jura
Originally produced in the Val-de-Travers region in Switzerland and in Pontarlier, France, Absinthe is a distilled anise-flavoured spirit made from herbs including the flowers and...
Jack Daniel’s Lynchburg Lemonade
Jack Daniel’s Black Label Tennessee Whiskey remains the flagship product of Brown-Forman Corporation, one of the foremost international drinks companies. Jack Daniel’s has a range...
Pink Grapefruit Gin by Pickering
This is a summer winner. Pickering’s Pink Grapefruit and Lemongrass Gin Liqueur is complex and surprisingly refreshing for a drink that describes itself as a...
Hayman’s Distillery Tour with Sam and Old Tom – review
Balham isn’t the first neighbourhood in which one might think to find a distillery. But here it is on a small industrial estate, and looking...
Good Beer Guide – Belgium – book review
Beer has changed its image over the last decade. It was once the chosen beverage of older folks who had their favourite brew and they...
Willow & Stone Sparkling Rosé from Kingsland – drinks review
Willow & Stone Sparkling Rosé British wine is selling at £4.99 and has 8.5% alcohol, so a light-in-every-way alternative to more robust traditional wines. It...
Whisky The Connoisseur’s Journal – review
Christmas isn’t far away. The ads on TV herald the coming season and offer the threat of Yuletide gift giving. Men are famously difficult with...
Mezcal Amores – drinks review
Mezcal? Isn’t that a brand of tequila? No – they are slightly different beverages but with great similarities in both taste and production methods. Tequila...
Trolley in the Lobby Bar at One Aldwych – bar review
The name ‘lobby bar’ might give the impression that this is something of an after-thought. Perhaps a venue through which to pass. A prequel to...