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Over the years, various people and bars have claimed to have created the Old Fashioned and for years the most vociferous of these come from Louisville's private Pendennis Club. In his 1931 Old Waldorf ...

The name coconut comes from 'coco', the Portuguese word for head or skull, and despite the name, is a fruit rather than a nut.

The Old-Fashioned is delightfully simple, just whiskey, sugar, bitters and dilution from melting ice. That's three ingredients that can be swapped out - a different spirit base, a liqueur or flavoured ...

While the exact origins of the Mojito cocktail and its name are lost in time, some trace it back to 1586 and a medicinal drink named after Sir Francis Drake. Francis Drake was one of a band of ...

Glowing red, the Negroni manages to be both sophisticated and simple at the same time and is definitely for a grown-up palate - for many it's simply too Enjoy a Negroni at any time. This recipe is ...

Swedish Punsch (not to be confused with punch) is also known as Arrack Punsch, Caloric Punch, Punssi in Finnish, and simply as Punsch. Based on Batavia arrack, it is a style of liqueur popular in ...

Fruit cups, quintessentially English summertime thirst-quenching drinks, were invented by the Victorians and were originally a mixture of fruit, liqueurs and spices with a base spirit of gin. They ...

Punch is widely considered to be the earliest cocktail – the drink all other cocktails emanate from. A great punch is a fine balance between spirit, citrus, sweetness, spice and dilution, but its ...

Amaretto is a fragrant almond flavoured liqueur. Traditionally, the almond flavour and slight bitterness come from oil extracted from bitter apricot kernels. However, sufferers of nut allergies should ...

The Dry Martini, a blend of dry gin (or vodka) with a hint of dry vermouth and perhaps orange bitters is one of the quickest and simplest cocktails to make. However, due to the myriad of different ...

A traditional Italian bittersweet red aperitivo, Cappelletti is wine-based and coloured crimson red with natural carmine. Cappelletti is mostly used to make Spritz with white wine and soda.