The national drink of both Peru and Chile and both countries lay claim to the origins of the Pisco Sour and indeed the spirit it is made from – something we explore in the Pisco Wars, but as I explain ...

A blood orange flavoured liqueur made in Sicily with locally grown bittersweet Sanguinello oranges and lemon. A blend of three distillates made using copper pot stills, one made from the flesh of the ...

Boord was founded in 1726 and was famous for its brand of Old Tom gin with its distinctive Cat & Barrel trademark. The company’s interests were acquired by Booth’s and Boord’s became an export gin, ...

Like gin, absinthe is essentially a flavoured vodka. Also like gin, absinthe can be made using distillation or cold compounding (mixing) with better quality absinthes being those that are distilled.

Sparkling wine can be red, white or rose, be any alcoholic strength (up to the mid-teens), have any degree of sweetness and any amount of fizziness. The character of the foam can vary in terms of size ...

Words by By Simon Difford (based on and with extracts from Schweppes The First 200 Years published 1983).

Tequila is a distilled spirit made from the cooked and fermented juice of the agave (pronounced 'Uh-Gah-Vee'), a spiky Mexican plant which resembles a cactus. Traditionally the process is labour ...

Swizzles are sour-style drinks with a similar composition to a punch that, distinctively, must be churned with a swizzle stick. They are usually served in a tall Collins or sling glass and always with ...

The Dry Martini, a blend of dry gin (or vodka) with a hint of dry vermouth and perhaps orange bitters is one of the quickest and simplest cocktails to make. However, due to the myriad of different ...

James Bond drank a Negroni when he wasn't in the mood for a Martini, and when Orson Welles tried his first one in 1947, he commented, "The bitters are excellent for your liver, the gin is bad for you.

RUB sugar cube with lemon zest, coat with dashes of bitters and drop cube into chilled glass. POUR chilled cognac and liqueur over soaked cube and TOP with chilled champagne. The Noble Experiment – US ...

The Daiquiri cocktail is closely related to the Canchanchara, a 19th-century Cuban blend of aquardiente de caña, lime, honey and water, but the creation of the Daiquiri is credited by Jennings ...