Cocktail of the Day
22 August 2026

Today is Tooth Fairy Day, so we are drinking a Greyhound's Tooth.

Difford’s Guide to Cocktails Book 18th Edition

Our Eighteenth Edition hardback has 3,081 cocktail recipes, all accompanied by a photograph. It is a monster 656 pages, 6cm (2.3 inches) thick, and weighs

Golly Gosh!

A tropical fruity sour with rum-laced layers of funky citrus.

Limoncello Sour

Could be renamed Summer Sour as this vodka-laced, bright, fresh, zesty sour is best appreciated early on a summer's evening.

Petrichor

Combining gin botanicals, génépy and amaro, this spirit-forward, herbal cocktail is named after the wet-earth smell, called petrichor, released after

Newark

A spirituous apple brandy-forward Sweet Manhattan variation with generous splashes of fernet and maraschino liqueur in place of aromatic bitters.

Molten Steel Flip

Velvety, herbal and indulgent dessert-style cocktail with a rum backbone.

Sherry Caipirinha

Fino sherry makes a brilliant Caipirinha, which, while lower in alcohol and calories than a cachaça-based Caipirinha, is equally tasty and refreshing.

Susan's Salad

Cucumber and lime summer freshness with herbal basil and floral elderflower, fortified with a carefree splash of vodka.

Rhinestone Cowboy

A minty, peachy bourbon sour, invigorated with ginger beer.

Bellini Margarita

As the name suggests, a peachy Margarita. (I prefer straight-up, but this fruity Margarita is arguably 'peachier' when strained over ice.)

Brandy Boulevardier

Choose your brandy well (perhaps reach for your finest cognac) and you'll experience a refined Boulevardier/Negroni.

Saramago

Elderflower liqueur tones and adds floral notes to this Tequila Martini variation.

21st & ¼ Century

A coconut rum and gentian charged riff on the 20th Century Cocktail.

S & M (Smoke & Mulberry)

Best made with a smoky mezcal to intertwine with sloe gin's berry fruitiness, subtle layers of herbal vanilla vermouth and delicate bitter chocolate.

Fat Duck Old Fashioned

A delicately smoky (depending on your mezcal), faintly buttery Tequila Old Fashioned with roasted duck and popcorn notes.

Suit and Tie

A manzanilla-dried Lychee Martini.

Sevez Honey Lavender Liqueur

Made by famous vermouth producers, Dolin & Cie in France's Savoie region, Sevez Honey Lavender Liqueur combines the natural sweetness of Savoie honey with

Nude Bar/Giani Double Pour Mixing Glass

The Bar/Giani Double Pour Mixing Glass is thought to be the first mixing glass with three pour spouts, including a dual-pour side that enables two cocktails

Boston Flip

A dusting of freshly grated nutmeg completes this satisfying old-school cocktail.

Spritz

Most bartenders in Venice describe their spritz recipe using words like splash rather than distinct proportions or recipes. However, during the 2000s and

Smoking Hand

A peated whisky-forward Boulevardier served straight-up with mole bitters adding delicately spiced cacao notes. A deliciously bittersweet aperitivo or

Pink Pony Club

Adapted from a recipe created in 2026 by Leandro The Educated Barfly DiMonriva and eponymously named after the 2023 song by Chappell Roan.

Watermelon Fresh Fruit Martini

Vodka-laced, fruity watermelon with delicate herbal complexity. It might be fruity, but with its vermouth notes, this cocktail remains dry and spirit-forward