A Last Word with Light rum in place of gin, hence initially named Light Word, but A Quiet Word had more of a ring to it. Bird is the Word No. 1 To quote Fraser Campbell, the drinks creator, influenced ...

Artemisia (Artemisia vulgaris) - Related to wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), artemisia grows in Provence and adds a slight green colour and a touch of bitterness to the drink. Centaury (Centaurium ...

Thai basil has a more assertive flavour than the more usual sweet basil varieties. The leaves are smaller and the stems purple. The flavour has hints of liquorice (licorice) and mint. Basil leaves don ...

Fat-washing is a technique pioneered in New York City and was popularised due to Don Lee's Benton Old Fashioned cocktail made with bacon fat-washed bourbon. Grill 24 slices of smoky bacon to obtain at ...

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 ...

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 ...

Step 1: LAYER the first four ingredients by carefully pouring in order into a Martini glass. Step 2: In two shot glasses POUR the remaining two ingredients separately. Step 3: IGNITE the contents of ...

Triple Sec refers to a style of orange flavoured liqueur which is clear and typically between 20 and 40% alc./vol., although better quality examples are usually between 38 and 42% alc./vol.. Triple ...

The Spritz is a drink from northern Italy, particularly Venice and the Veneto region where it is pronounced 'Spriss' (from the German verb Spritzen, meaning spray or splash). This aperitif cocktail's ...

Crème de cassis is a blackcurrant liqueur which originated in France and is made by both infusion and maceration. The original recipe for a crème de cassis was thought to have been formulated by ...

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.