Cocktail Bar Review: The House Bar

I 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 5* hotels in New York that aren’t this delightful.

Cocktail Bar Review: The Milk Thistle, Bristol

Why is it that taxidermy animals are now synonymous with Speakeasy bars? I thought the point was that everyone was busy making moonshine gin in their bathtubs out of potatoes and their mistress’ nail polish, not shooting badgers and then artfully dressing them in comedy bowler hats? Still, it seems that it’s de rigeur  in […]

Focus: 18th Birthday Parties

Mai Tais? Martinis? MIXOLOGISTS? Sadly not in my day… I take a look at how 18th Birthday Parties have changed in the last decade – and why I wish I’d had the option of Social and Cocktail. I remember my 18th birthday well. Wait, no – let me rephrase. I remember the beginning well. And […]

Amarula Eggnog

I’ve always seen Amarula in supermarkets and bars, as the bottle stands out quite a bit, but I’ve never tried it before. So when I saw this cocktail, I went for it. The result? Delicious! I love the creaminess of it, but it’s definitely a ‘treat’ drink, as I imagine it isn’t so fantastic on […]

Valentines Cocktails from PIMM’S® + Competition

Social and Cocktail and PIMM’S® Blackberry & Elderflower have teamed up to present 5 amazing Valentines Day cocktails made with their latest special edition tipple and we also have 3 Bottles of their PIMM’S® Blackberry & Elderflower to give away to 3 lucky winners. Simply answer the question at the end of this post. The following 5 simple […]

The Margarita Cocktail

If there is one cocktail which I have been served more bad versions of than any other, it is the Margarita cocktail. The simple mix of tequila, Cointreau and lime juice just should’t be that hard to mess up, but many do, disgracefully so. Often considered one of ‘the classics’, with several different stories laying claim […]