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Cocktail of the Day
25th of February 2025
Today is Chocolate-Covered Nut Day, so we are drinking a Fruit and Nut Chocolate Cocktail.
Mini Margarita
As the name suggests, this is a bite-sized scaled-down version of a classic Margarita served straight-up.
20 best Margaritas
The Margarita cocktail brilliantly lends itself to adaption with the sweet element (traditionally triple sec liqueur) and citrus swapped and added to.
Empyrean
Spirit-forward rye whiskey with a flavoursome and harmonious herbal and fruity supporting act.
Paolucci's Pep
Bourbon-forward with bittersweet and herbal notes from the two liqueurs.
Ginger juice syrup
Good proprietary brands of ginger syrup are available and tend to have a high sugar content (equivalent to a 2:1 sugar syrup, approx. 65° brix). However,
Toreador del Diablo
A Toreador meets a Milk & Honey El Diablo with crème de cassis swapped out for red bitter liqueur. Two already good drinks merged to become a brilliant
Milk & Honey's El Diablo
Fiery ginger syrup and a splash of soda replace ginger beer in this devilish rendition of El Diablo.
Sherry Wood
Gin and sherry enriched by maple syrup and sharpened with a little balsamic.
Belfast Coffee
A cold Irish Coffee based on poitín, which influences the flavours of the coffee and demerara sugar to add dark chocolate notes, distinguishing this cocktail
Littlest Rebel
A Scotch Daisy with apple brandy and egg white. I've tried calvados instead of applejack, but applejack sits better with the scotch whisky.
Reading Nook
Cherry and almond-flavoured fluffed-up coffee.
Magie Noire
A peachy spiced rum sour.
Culross Cocktail
Relatively low in alcohol and suited to the aperitivo moment, your choice of quinquina will make or break this delicate aromatised rum sour.
The Beauty Beneath
Rum-forward with zesty orange and bittersweet herbal notes.
Carrol Cocktail
Basically a Brandy Manhattan without bitters. Spirit-forward and dry yet easy.
20 best Valentine's Day Cocktails
Valentine's Day cocktail names tend to be as corny as the cards and due to strawberries being uncannily heart-shaped, many Valentine's cocktails have strawberries
Breakfast At Terrell's
This creamy orange 'champagne' cocktail is almost as silky smooth as a Sgroppino.
