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10 Tips for Hosting a Home Cocktail Party

  Select a theme for your Home Cocktail Party from a pirate theme to a James Bond party or something more subtle like a colour or a flavour. This will help steer the cocktails, food and the decorations plus make it that bit more memorable. Use the number of guests attending to estimate the amount [...]

Cocktail Bar Review: Santa Chupitos, Liverpool

Tucked away down a quiet street just off one of Liverpool’s major bar areas, you can find a small, inconspicuous building with an even smaller sign. As the Santa Chupitos website states, “look hard enough and you will find”. No related posts.

Cocktail Bar Review: Powder Keg Diplomacy, London

The North South divide really is a bit of a problem. We’re not talking economics here, but the distribution of decent cocktail bars on the Capital’s drinking map. Whereas North of the river you’ll struggle to walk 50 yards without bumping into the latest must visit establishment, South London remains a veritable desert. Fortunately, even [...]

A Cocktail for Eurovision

When it comes to competitions unifying Europe, Eurovision is by far the most fabulous. Sure, football and rugby have their place, but we have a special place in our hearts for the glitzy, zany and downright fun of the global singing comp. And for those of you that want to embrace the glitz this weekend [...]

My Three Favourite Whisky Cocktails

By Graham at The Whisky Shop If you mention whisky to someone, invariably images of Scottish Highlands, isolated distilleries and gentlemen sipping whisky on the rocks flash into their mind. However, in recent years whisky has enjoyed a rise in popularity among people of all ages throughout the world. This renaissance is largely down to [...]