Category: Cocktails

How to mix a gin martini

How to mix the perfect gin martini.

How to make sloe gin

It looks like 2021 will be a fantastic year for sloe berries; the blackthorn bushes are laden. Here, forager Julius Robert shares his favourite recipe for sloe gin. Sloe gin: the famous elixir. A deep maroon, viscous and warming potion. A friend of the flask and something we used to sneak sips of from the […]

The cocktail hour: White Lady

The White Lady cocktail was born in London and refined in Paris; today, it’s loved far and wide. Here’s how to make the timeless classic. The White Lady is said to have been created at Ciro’s Club – a historical London nightclub just off Haymarket – by bartender Harry MacElhone. The original recipe consisted of […]

The cocktail hour: The Last Word

Refreshing and refined, our No.3 London Dry Gin is excellent in cocktails. This week, we take a closer look at The Last Word, a zesty 1920s cocktail. Pour yourself a glass and step back in time to a Prohibition-era world. The story of The Last Word is as colourful as its name. The cocktail first […]