Jeff Berry spent five years working on Potions of the Caribbean: 500 Years of Tropical Drinks and the People Behind Them. He describes it as "the most epic narrative I've ever attempted". This ...

As Stuart Hudson says, "Throwing is incredibly easy - if you can catch a ball you'll be able to throw. It's physically gentle, balletic and elegant, and while shaking causes injuries and is tough on ...

Most cocktails that are shaken and served 'straight-up' (without ice) benefit from an additional 'fine' or 'double' strain in addition to the standard strain to remove fine flecks of ice and small ...

Muddling means pummelling fruits, herbs, and/or spices with a muddler (a blunt tool similar to a pestle) to crush them and release their flavour. You can also use a rolling pin. Just as you would use ...

Luxardo Maraschino is aged for two years in white Finnish ashwood vats before being put in bottles encased in hand-plaited straw - originally to make transportation safe and now a trade mark exported ...

IN THIS 18th EDITION 3,081 cocktail recipes (in ml & oz) all accompanied by a colour photograph. 460 NEW cocktail recipes 365 ...

This American Single Malt is double distilled from 100% malted barley using a copper pot still. The distillate is matured for ...

Tanduay Especia Spiced Rum is distilled and blended in the Philippines and flavoured with a secret mix of spices and tropical fruits. Enlivening cinnamon and black pepper spice is mellowed by creamy ...

A blend of two-thirds apple must (unfermented apple juice from cider apples) and one-third calvados. The appellation requires Pommeau de Normandie to be matured in oak casks for a minimum of 14 months ...

Created by English bartender Xander Driver. His cocktail recipe and accompanying original liqueur recipe impressed the judges of the 2023 Gabriel Boudier Wizard Award, leading to his winning and this ...

This amaretto liqueur is made using almonds from Puglia roasted and distilled. The distillate is then aged in a bourbon cask for eight months and blended with sugar, coffee, cocoa, cinnamon, and a ...

Distillation does not produce alcohol, it merely concentrates it. To produce a distilled spirit you need to start with an alcoholic liquid ('wash') to distil your spirit from. The majority of vodkas ...