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Cocktail Bar Review: The Joint – London

Is Marylebone ready for fast food on paper plates and dishes that you can only eat properly sans cutlery? With a menu as mouth-watering as this, and inventive expertly-made cocktails, it sure is! If you’ve been to its predecessor in … Continue →

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Cocktail Advent: Day 10 – Sugar & Spice

For day number 10 we recommend this new offering from Drake and Morgan. Sugar and Spice, is a very merry combination of Chairman’s Spiced Rum, Antica Formula Sweet Vermouth, rich pomegranate molasses, old-fashioned bitters, sugar and prosecco, with a citrus orange … Continue →

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Cocktail Advent: Day 6 – Very Sherry Christmas

Day Number 6 of the Christmas countdown, and it’s the first Saturday of December! To rest your weary feet while out shopping, we recommend reviving yourself with the Turkey and Tankard from TwoRuba. Located in the central area of London Bridge, this delicious combination is … Continue →

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5 Unmissable Spirits Flavours

The spirits world is evolving rapidly, with brand new products flooding onto the market at an impressive rate, and brands are competing harder to stand out from the crowd. This has brought about some truly remarkable new spirits flavours – … Continue →

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Top 5 Kooky Liqueurs

No matter what your tipple of choice is, sometimes we could all do with shaking things up a little bit, and trying something totally out of our comfort zone. Our friends over at Vinspire HQ are very big on exploring … Continue →

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Cocktail Bar Review: Basement Sate, London

‘Shall we go out for dessert?’ These are the words generally spoken by some trendy New Yorkers, usually in a rom-com where they will then accidentally bump into the future love of their life. The habit of finding a spot … Continue →

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If Gin is Your Thing..Head to The Four Thieves

So, this Gin Craze. It’s certainly not showing any sign of dying down, that’s for sure. Once maligned as Mother’s Ruin and derided for being cheaper than water, it is now having its hay-day as the spirit that everyone wants … Continue →

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Celebrate Cuban Independence Day with a BACARDÍ Cuba Libre

CUBA LIBRE – Make the perfect one In the world of cocktails, there isn’t a more refreshing or simpler drink than the Cuba Libre – or rum and cola with a squeeze of lime to the majority of us. But … Continue →

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Cocktail Bar Review: Gillray`s, London

Fancy hotel bars are two a penny in London, and each must work to stand out from the crowd. Some go all art deco on us, others invoke a sense of American glamour, or even high end tropical tiki. Gillray’s, hidden … Continue →

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What`s your favourite Prohibition-era Cocktail?

The prohibition-era cocktail emerged in the USA of the 1920`s when all alcohol was strictly forbidden by law. The production and distribution of alcohol went underground and numerous speakeasies sprung up to accommodate the demand for illegal liquor. These speakeasies … Continue →

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Cocktail Bar Review: American Bar at the Savoy, London

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 →

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The Moscow Mule Cocktail…..kicking!

The Moscow Mule cocktail is a popular mixed drink made from vodka, ginger beer and lime, which is both refreshing and packs a kick, thanks to the ginger. The Moscow Mule cocktail was invented in the 1940`s as a clever … Continue →

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My Favourite Cocktail – “Sazerac”

By Alex at House of Bourbon   It may seem strange, coming from a Scotch Whisky enthusiast who writes under the name of House of Bourbon, that my favourite cocktail is commonly made with rye whiskey, and before that even … Continue →

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