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Cocktails and Cocktail Recipes - Difford's Guide
WEBMidnight in Paris. A luxuriant fruity and nutty riff on the classic Champagne Cocktail. A searchable library of over 3,000 easy to follow recipes, including the Mojito, Margarita, Old Fashioned and Daiquiri, and thousands of other vodka cocktail...
20 best Blue Curaçao cocktails - Difford's Guide
WEBBlue curaçao equals BLUE DRINKS, or at least various shades of aquamarine. There are numerous other orange-flavoured liqueurs but blue curaçao stands out as the only vivid blue ingredient to be found in bars across the world. And like many things from the 1970s, blue drinks are retro and so back in vogue. Here's our best blue curaçao cocktails.
Gimlet (Difford's Recipe)
WEBHarry Craddock 's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book lists both a 'Gimlet Cocktail and a 'Gimblet Cocktail: GIMBLET COCKTAIL. ¼ Lime Juice. ¾ Dry gin. Shake well and strain into medium size glass; fill up with soda water. GIMLET COCKTAIL. ½ Burrough's Plymouth Gin. ½ Roses Lime Cordial. Stir, and serve in same glass.
Aperol Spritz / Aperitivo Spritz Cocktail Recipe - Difford's Guide
WEBSlightly sweet, herbal, refreshing and quaffable. The good folk at Aperol, the aperitivo liqueur brand most identified with the Spritz, recommend equal parts prosecco and liqueur topped with a splash of soda. However, we've stuck with our preferred 3:2:1 ratio which is a little lighter on aperitivo liqueur and noticeably fizzier.
Bottle Sizes – the world's mandatory bottle sizes - Difford's Guide
WEBThe global standard bottle size for wines, spirits and liqueurs emerged as 75cl (750ml). In North America and much of the world it still is. However, in 1990 the European Union (EU) introduced a ridiculous piece of legislation which complicated this by dictating that spirit and liqueur bottles have to be 70cl while wine and soft drink bottles remain 75cl. Follows our …
The Original Margarita Cocktail Recipe - Difford's Guide
WEBThe classic proportions, dating back to 1937, are 2oz (60ml) tequila, 1oz (30ml) Cointreau, and 1oz (30ml) lime juice. The recipe we've adopted slightly reduces the proportion of tequila and sour lime juice to the rich liqueur to create a better-balanced cocktail. Depending on your palate you may still want to add a teaspoon of agave syrup in ...
Premium membership FAQs and how to use - Difford's Guide
WEBPremium is a tier of membership enabling a whole new level of functionality and advanced features in Difford's Guide. Here's a full introduction to Premium. Premium membership costs less than £1 per week (US$1.04 / EUR€0.98 / AU$1.50) if you purchase an annual membership. Due to minimum fees per ...
Honey Deuce Cocktail Recipe - Difford's Guide
WEBHistory: Adapted from a recipe created in 2016 by Nick Mautone, a highly experienced bartender then working as Grey Goose brand ambassador, which had just become vodka sponsor of the U.S. Open tennis tournament. One evening, soon after being tasked with creating the event's official cocktail, he noticed that honeydew melon balls resembled …
Sazerac (Difford's Split Base) Cocktail Recipe
WEBHow to make: 1. POUR absinthe into an ice-filled old-fashioned glass, TOP with water, and leave to stand. 2. THROW other ingredients with ice and set aside. 3. STRAIN contents of the old-fashioned glass into a chilled shot glass to be served as an optional extra alongside the main event. 4.