Consisting of four key ingredients: gin, lemon juice, sugar and soda water, the Tom Collins cocktail first appears in writing in the notes of Jerry Thomas, the father of American mixology, in 1876. But how this cocktail came to have this name is a fascinating tale. In 1874, the ‘Tom Collins&r...

This is one of those classic cocktails that were extremely popular nearly 100 years ago, but has been neglected from then up until the modern day where it is seeing a revival in classier cocktail bars. The basic spec is : 6cl Dry Gin, we’d recommend Forager’s Black Label Gin 3cl Lime o...

  Making your own cocktails at home doesn’t have to be expensive, and you don’t need a ridiculous amount of equipment to be able to make a good chunk of classics and some creations of your own. We thought we’d put together a quick list of everything you’ll need, why y...

Ask any bartender and they will tell you that the most important ingredient in any cocktail that they create is ice. It is so important in fact, that it has been said that "ice is to a bartender, what fire is to a chef". It sounds a bit farfetched, but ice is extremely important in the creating and ...