Mulled wine is one of those drinks that arrives every winter and instantly makes a room feel warmer than it actually is. Red wine gently heated with orange, cinnamon and cloves, it has been part of...

Pimm's Cup is as much a British summer ritual as it is a cocktail. It shows up at Wimbledon, at garden parties, at any gathering where the sun makes even a brief appearance, and it earns its place ...

The Sidecar has a wonderful bit of mythology attached to it, invented, so the story goes, at the Ritz in Paris just after the First World War for a customer who arrived by motorcycle sidecar. True ...

The Sazerac carries the weight of being one of the oldest cocktails in America, and it drinks like it knows it. Dry, spiced and unapologetically strong, it is a New Orleans institution built on rye...

The Caipirinha is Brazil's answer to the question of what a spirit and a piece of fruit can do together with almost nothing else involved. Cachaça, lime and sugar, muddled and poured over ice, noth...

The Gimlet is a cocktail that trusts two ingredients to do all the work, and they do. Gin and lime, shaken cold and poured into a coupe, nothing to distract from the sharp, clean hit of citrus agai...

The Penicillin is proof that a genuinely new classic can still emerge from a modern bar. Created in New York in the mid-2000s, it takes whisky, honey and ginger and finishes with a float of smoky p...

The Aviation is the cocktail equivalent of a well-kept secret. Pale, floral and faintly lavender-tinted, it looks unlike almost anything else behind a bar, and most people who try it for the first ...

The Clover Club is one of the prettiest cocktails you will ever make, and one of the most unfairly overlooked. Soft pink, topped with a silky foam, it looks like something from a much more precious...

The White Russian is proof that a cocktail does not need cleverness to earn its place in the canon. Vodka, coffee liqueur and cream, built straight over ice, no shaking, no technique to master. It ...

The Bramble is a British classic, and a rare modern one that has properly earned its place. Invented in London in the 1980s by the legendary bartender Dick Bradsell, it takes a sharp gin sour and d...

The Tom Collins is one of those drinks that has been quietly getting summers right for over 150 years. Gin, lemon, a little sugar and a long pour of soda, served tall over ice. It is essentially a ...