Base Spirit Cachaça Brazil’s national spirit, distilled from fresh sugarcane juice and the heart of the Caipirinha. Grassy and bright when young, warm and spiced with age. 🥃Base spiritSugarcane juice 🍹Strength38 to 48% ABV 🌎OriginBrazil 🍋FlavourHerbal · Citrus 🥂Classic serveCaipirinha About Cachaça Cachaça (say it “ka-SHAH-sa”) is a Brazilian spirit made from fermented fresh sugarcane…
Cocktail Last Word An equal-parts Prohibition-era classic from Detroit, revived a century later — gin, green Chartreuse, maraschino liqueur, and lime in perfect balance. 🥃Base spiritGin 🍹MethodShaken ⭐DifficultyMedium 🍋FlavourHerbal · Citrus 🥂GlassCoupe About the Last Word The Last Word is an equal-parts classic — gin, green Chartreuse, maraschino liqueur, and fresh lime juice, shaken hard…
Cocktail Mint Julep Bourbon, sugar, and fresh mint, churned over crushed ice until the cup frosts over — the official drink of the Kentucky Derby and a Southern classic in its own right. 🥃Base spiritWhiskey 🍹MethodBuilt ⭐DifficultyEasy 🍋FlavourHerbal · Refreshing · Sweet 🥂GlassJulep Cup About the Mint Julep The Mint Julep is a bourbon, mint,…
Cocktail Sazerac One of the oldest documented cocktails in America: rye whiskey and Peychaud’s Bitters stirred over ice, served up in an absinthe-rinsed glass with nothing but a whisper of lemon oil on top. 🥃Base spiritWhiskey 🍹MethodStirred ⭐DifficultyMedium 🍋FlavourHerbal · Spiced · Bitter 🥂GlassOld-Fashioned About the Sazerac The Sazerac traces back to 1830s-1850s New Orleans,…
Cocktail Martini The ultimate gin-forward classic — spirit and dry vermouth, stirred until silky, with nothing to hide behind. 🥃Base spiritGin 🍹MethodStirred ⭐DifficultyMedium 🍋FlavourHerbal · Bitter · Rich 🥂GlassCocktail glass About the Martini The Martini is the archetypal cocktail: gin and dry vermouth, stirred over ice and strained into a chilled glass, garnished with nothing…
Cocktail Mojito White rum, lime, mint, sugar, and a splash of soda. Cuba’s best-known export after cigars, and one of the most-ordered drinks on the planet for good reason. 🥃Base spiritWhite Rum 🍹MethodBuilt ⭐DifficultyEasy 🌿FlavourCitrus · Herbal 🥂GlassHighball About the Mojito The Mojito is one of the few cocktails that genuinely lives up to the…
Classic cocktail Negroni The perfectly balanced bitter-sweet classic. Equal parts, stirred down, orange peel. Timeless. 🥃 Glass Rocks 🌀 Method Stir ⏱ Time 3 min 📊 Difficulty ★★☆ 🍊 Flavour Bitter-sweet 🔥 ABV ~24% Ingredients Gin 25ml Campari 25ml Sweet vermouth 25ml Orange peel to garnish gin campari vermouth stirred Method 1 Add all three…
Fortified Wine · Modifier Sweet Vermouth Also known as: Rosso vermouth, Red vermouth, Italian vermouth Rich, warming, and botanically complex — the vermouth behind the Manhattan, the Negroni, and some of the most enduring cocktails ever made. Category Aromatised Wine Origin Italy ABV 15–17% Colour Deep ruby red Flavour Sweet, herbal, bitter What is Sweet…
Fortified Wine · Modifier Dry Vermouth Also known as: French vermouth, Extra Dry vermouth The bone-dry, herb-laced fortified wine that makes a Martini a Martini — and one of the most misunderstood bottles behind the bar. Category Aromatised Wine Origin France / Italy ABV 15–18% Colour Pale straw Flavour Dry, herbal, floral What is Dry…
Liqueur · Aperitivo Campari Gruppo Campari · Milan, Italy · Est. 1860 Italy’s most iconic bitter liqueur — the vivid red spirit that defines the Negroni and anchors the aperitivo hour. Category Bitter Liqueur Origin Italy ABV 25% Colour Deep ruby red Flavour Bitter, herbal, citrus What is Campari? Campari is an Italian bitter liqueur…
