1073 Cocktails and 238 Bars now listed
This guest post is from our lovely friends at Vinspire. We can all shake up something tasty to drink at the end of a long week, but one of the best things about making cocktails is learning about all the … Continue →
Posted in Cocktails | Tagged Aging of wine, Campari, Drink, Fortified wine, Grand Marnier, Hendricks Gin, Muffin, negroni, Valentine's Day, Vermouth | Comments Off on Lesser Known Cocktail Ingredients, and How To Use ThemYep, the festive season is upon us – and there is officially no escaping the fact that Santa and his reindeer will soon be bestowing gifts on all the good boys and girls. Look around and you will see a … Continue →
Posted in Cocktail Bars, Events | Tagged Alie Ward, Apple cider, Apple Inc., Bloody Mary (cocktail), Copper, Drink, Ginger Beer, Moscow, moscow mule, Mug | Comments Off on Holidays are coming…If you fancy discovering a new spirit then a Spiritual Session is the best to do it. In each session, the Spiritual Sessions team will focus on two premium spirit brands from the same category and you’ll learn about the history … Continue →
Posted in Cocktails | Tagged Cocktail, Drink, edinburgh, London, Punch, scotland, Spitalfields, United Kingdom | Comments Off on Spiritual Sessions – 25% reduction for all Social and Cocktail VisitorsOver the last few years, hen party organisers have been on the look-out for more unique and original activities for their party. Bar crawls, male strippers and pamper parties are all well and good, but for many people they become … Continue →
Posted in Cocktails, Events | Tagged Bartender, Bramble, Christmas, Chuck, Cocktail, Crafty, Drink, New Orlean | Comments Off on Craft and CocktailsWe’ve teamed up with drinks blog Vinspire to bring you an amazing new cocktail every week. Vinspire is a UK-based drinks blog, covering everything from wine to whisky, tea to tequila, cordial to cognac. The aim of the blog is to find the … Continue →
Posted in Cocktails | Tagged Apple Juice, Cocktail, crème de cassis, Drink, Lemonade, Pottery Barn, Prosecco, Syrup | Comments Off on Vinspire’s Cocktail of the WeekThe prospect of drinking in a bar with no ice and no citrus sounds dodgy. I’m kind of expecting a bunker somewhere where the cocktails are served in tin cups and the staff are dressed like extras from Dad’s Army. … Continue →
Posted in Cocktail Bars, Reviews | Tagged Cocktail, Drink, drinking in Perth, East End of London, Hoxton, Labels, London, Shoe | Comments Off on Cocktail Bar Review: White Lyan, LondonBy Sian Ferguson – Bartender Extraodinaire Aberdeen has a really great social scene. In the past few years there’s been a fantastic amount of new bars, hotels and restaurants opening around the city. The most popular additions have included speciality … Continue →
Posted in Cocktail Bars | Tagged Aberdeen, Aberdeen Bars, Cocktail, Drink, Friday, Havana Club, manhattan, old fashioned, Sunday | Comments Off on My Favourite Aberdeen Cocktail BarsBy Diane at A Tale of Two Sittings Leeds has a plethora of decent cocktail bars to choose from across its city centre. Coming in different styles, ambience, character and appeal. I’ve tried to choose my favourite independents from a … Continue →
Posted in Cocktail Bars | Tagged Caipirinha, Call Lane, Cocktail, Drink, Friday, Leeds, Sandinista, The Calls | Comments Off on My Favourite Leeds Cocktail BarsI am in Cocktail Heaven. So far the drinks at House Bar have been good. Really good. But the ‘bar’ has just been raised – I’ve been served the most beautiful gin martini and am utterly, utterly charmed. I’ve had concoctions in … Continue →
Posted in Cocktail Bars, Reviews | Tagged Cocktail, Cooking, Drink, Food, Home, martini, New York, New York City | Comments Off on Cocktail Bar Review: The House BarIn a city such as London, the next best thing comes along every five minutes. Today’s ‘new favourite’ is tomorrow’s ‘who was that again?’. Bars come, bars go, some stick around, but few claim their stake at the top table … Continue →
Posted in Cocktail Bars | Tagged Cocktail, Drink, Jason Atherton, Lewis Carroll, London, Rivington Street, Savoy Hotel, Shoreditch | Comments Off on My Favourite London Cocktail BarsLock up your black cats, kick over the ladders, and dust off your lucky rabbit’s foot, because today is Friday 13th. Now I’m not superstitiously inclined, but there’s still something about the day that makes me relieved that I’ve made … Continue →
Posted in Cocktails | Tagged Cocktail, Drink, Espresso Martini, Harvey Wallbanger, manhattan, Pina Colada, tom collins, Winston Churchill | Comments Off on Tall Tales and CocktailsSocial and Cocktail have teamed up with “Silver Rocks” Vodka to give away 3 bottles of their fantastic vodka. Simply answer the question at the end of this post. “Silver Rocks” is a smooth luxury Vodka from Poland which is … Continue →
Posted in Cocktails | Tagged Drink, Facebook, February 2014, Poland, Recreation, Silver, Twitter, vodka | Comments Off on “Silver Rocks” Vodka CompetitionThis season Caorunn Gin presents the Caorunn Winter G&T – perfect for the festive season. Gin & Tonic is high up on the Social and Cocktail beverage list and this slight twist will definitely be getting put on heavy bar … Continue →
Posted in Cocktails | Tagged Caorunn, Christmas, Cocktail, Drink, Gin, New Year, Prosecco, Scottish Highlands | Comments Off on Caorunn Gin conjures up a Winter G&TCocktail Name Moment of Truth By: Pekka Välitalo Cocktail Ingredients: 40ml – Galliano L’Autentico 15ml – Angostura Bitters 30ml – Lime Juice 10ml – Agave Nectar 2 Dashes of Absinthe Egg white Instructions: Add all ingredients into the shaker and shake hard … Continue →
Posted in Cocktails | Tagged Cocktail, Cocktail glass, Cocktail Shaker, Drink, Egg White, Food, Illicium verum, Master of Malt | Comments Off on Submit your own Cocktail Entrant – “Moment of Truth”Few bars can claim an historical pedigree as rich as that of the American Bar. First headed up from its opening back in 1893 by Frank Wells, this is a bar as famous for its head bartenders as it is … Continue →
Posted in Reviews | Tagged American Bar, Cocktail, Drink, Food, Frank Wells, Harry Craddock, Recreation, Savoy Hotel, Savoy London, United States | Comments Off on Cocktail Bar Review: American Bar at the Savoy, LondonCocktail Name Christmas Pudding Martini By: Josh Powell Cocktail Ingredients 25ml – Liqueur Muscat Dessert Wine 12.5ml – Jack Daniels Honey 12.5ml – Cointreau 50ml – half and half Cinnamon and Nutmeg Instructions Start by chilling a martini glass with … Continue →
Posted in Cocktails | Tagged Boston, Cocktail, Cocktail glass, Cointreau, Cooking, Drink, Glass, Home | Comments Off on Submit your own Cocktail Entrant – “Christmas Pudding Martini”Whilst many of the older generation prefer their whiskey neat or on the rocks the whiskey cocktail has had a big renaissance in cocktail bars up and down the UK over the last decade. The whiskey cocktail is often considered … Continue →
Posted in Cocktails | Tagged Angostura Bitters, Cocktail, Don Draper, Drink, Mad Men, Recreation, Syrup, Whisky | Comments Off on What`s your Favourite Whiskey Cocktail?Ideally situated in Glasgow’s bustling city centre, my friends and I went along on a Wednesday evening around 8 o’clock. Strata is a chilled hub for enjoying post- shopping or after work cocktails. I liked the feel of the bar … Continue →
Posted in Cocktail Bars | Tagged Bartender, Cocktail, daiquiri, Drink, glasgow, Havana Club, Long Island, manhattan | Comments Off on Cocktail Bar Review: Strata, GlasgowThe piña colada cocktail (which means “strained pineapple” in Spanish) is a tropical rum cocktail made with rum, coconut cream and pineapple. The piña colada cocktail is generally classed as a Tiki-style drink and is normally served either blended or … Continue →
Posted in Cocktails | Tagged Cocktail, Coconut, Coconut cream, Drink, Pina Colada, Pineapple, Puerto Rico, rum | Comments Off on The Pina Colada CocktailWhen the last bar you ran had a reputation for taking home almost every award going, including World’s Best Hotel Bar and World’s Best Cocktail Menu, the expectations for your next place are pretty high. The former was the Bar … Continue →
Posted in Reviews | Tagged Belfast, Cocktail, Dead Rabbit, Drink, manhattan, Merchant Hotel, New York City, newyork | Comments Off on Cocktail Bar Review: The Dead Rabbit Grocery & Grog, New York CityCocktail Bartenders have never been more in demand. Professional mixologists, mobile cocktail bars, uniformed waiters and even a bit of “cocktail flairing” have all become the latest must-have at the typical fun-packed birthday celebration, office party, hen party or just a standard … Continue →
Posted in Interview | Tagged Bartender, Bartender Services, Bristol, Cocktail, Drink, Mobile Bars, Recreation | Comments Off on Professional Cocktail Bartenders for all Events!! We Interview “The Bartender”