cocktail

• 1 How to drink a sourtoe cocktail
  How to drink a sourtoe cocktail

• 2 Negroni
  Ingredients (makes 1) 30ml gin 30ml sweet vermouth 30ml Campari 1 sliver orange peel Method Fill a rocks glass with ice. Pour the spirits over the top and twist in the orange peel....

• 3 Bloody Mary
  Ingredients 100ml good quality vodka, chilled 300ml good quality tomato juice, chilled Juice of 1/2 a lemon 2 celery sticks Pinch celery salt Pinch sea salt Plenty...

• 4 Cocktail for a King
  The King’s Speech was the big winner at this year's Oscars. The Corinthia Hotel in London has whipped up a tipple fit for a king that The King’s Speech actor Colin Firth alongside other Oscar...

• 5 The King’s Speech cocktail
  Ingredients (makes 1) 30ml fresh raspberry juice from Sundance Partners 20ml Chambord Champagne 3 raspberries sprig of fresh mint Method Pour raspberry juice into the bottom...

• 6 Espresso martini
  Ingredients (makes 1) 1 shot espresso 1 shot vodka ½ shot sugar syrup* Method Shake with ice and strain into a martini glass or espresso cup. *sugar syrup is made by heating equal...

• 7 The Gold Cup Horse’s Neck
  Ingredients 1 strip orange zest, soaked in Hennessy 50ml Hennessy 100ml ginger ale Method Pre-soak a strip of orange zest in Hennessy before you start. Pour the Hennessy into a short...

• 8 New Year's Eve cocktail magic
  What better way to get your New Year’s Eve party off to a cracking start than mixing up some cracking cocktails? Check out these two top tipples from top London cocktail bar Zebrano and have a go...

• 9 Fashion fix: Fab cocktails from LFW
  If you’ve been anywhere around the capital this past week you’ll have noticed crowds of incredibly sharply-dressed, ethereal, tall, slender people wandering round - harking the arrival of this...

• 10 Gin-based summer cocktails for an alfresco soiree
  There are few times of year when sitting outside sipping on a long cool drink over ice seem so right. Whether it’s post-work on a Friday night, with friends on a warm Saturday evening or pre-Sunday...

• 11 An adult Easter tipple
  Straight from Chelsea’s fashionable Ghost Inc bar, this delicious cocktail is an Easter treat with a naughty side. The clever mixologists at the bar have managed to capture the flavour of a Cadbury’s...

• 12 Top tipple for the New Year
  Usher in the New Year with a bang with this festive cocktail. A closely guarded family secret this recipe is one we've managed to prize it away from its creator to share with you. A punchy alternative...