Vinspire’s Cocktail of the Week

We’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 best drinks, merchants, accessories and resources for all their fellow beverage-lovers. So, we kick off the […]

My Favourite Brighton Cocktail Bars

Fran at The Graphic Foodie The party town of Brighton is certainly not short of a place or two to drink. Saying that, the majority of bars cater for the influx of stag and hen parties and mainstream clubbers that want their drinks cheap and cheerful. But if you prefer your poison refined and a little more exclusive […]

Slimming Summer Cocktails

Our Low Calorie Summer Cocktail Recipes Summer is officially here. Bad tan-lines are on display, elderly men are insisting on persevering with the socks-and-sandals trend, and I seem to wake each morning with a hankering for a Magnum. So this means it’s time for summer drinking – beer gardens, plastic cocktail glasses, and a concoction […]

Cocktail Bar Review: Raoul`s Bar, Oxford

Upon entering Raoul’s it’s obvious this is a bar serious about their cocktail making. On the wall hang certificates about the various awards they’ve won, and the back-bar offers a shimmering multi-coloured plethora of spirits. Their ingredients are a cause for interest – various exotic fruits (they claim to use more fresh fruit than any other bar […]

Submit your own Cocktail Entrant – “Brume”

Cocktail Name Brume By: Nicholas Horton Cocktail Ingredients 50ml – Bermondsey gin 25ml –  Fresh pea juice 10ml –  Rich spearmint syrup 3 drops –  MoM wormwood bitters Instructions –for the pea juice: Freeze peas then soak in hot water before passing through a microjuicer. -for the syrup: Blanch mint leaves then place in an ice […]

Submit your own Cocktail Entrant – “Into the Pink”

Cocktail Name Into the Pink By: Mats Lian Cocktail Ingredients 1 1/2 oz –  Hendrick’s Gin 1/2 oz – Aperol 3/4 oz – Lime Juice 1 teaspoon – Rich Simple Syrup  (2:1) 15 drops –  Bittermens Burlesque Bitters 1  – Egg white 3 – Cucumber Slices (skin on) Rosewater and mint sprig for garnish Instructions Muddle simple […]