Drinks
Double Dutch
Today is National Twin Day, and our man on the ground, Kevin Pilley meets some more than usually effervescent twins. Twins sometimes don’t make good mixers. But the Dutch De Haas identical twin sisters, Joyce […]
Cocktail
Bars
St James Bar ‘Once In A Lifetime’ Cocktails
The popular St James Bar at the Sofitel London St James off Pall Mall in Waterloo Place comes up with the most creative seasonal and special occasion cocktail menus, most recently having created three superb cocktails to […]
Drinks
Coole Swans, Minty Don and Desert Island Liqueurs
If there was such a programme as “Desert Island Liqueurs” in which people choose the drinks they would want to be shipwrecked and marooned along with them on a remote atoll, I would choose limoncello. […]
Drinks
National Tequila Day 2022
Tequila is going from strength to strength, so there is much to celebrate on National Tequila Day today. But with whom? George Clooney? Kendall Jenner? Rita Ora? Justin Timberlake? The Rock? And with what brand? […]
Cocktails
British Cassis
The Provençals say “Qu’ a visit Paris, se noun a vist Cassis, n’a rèn vist” (“Who has seen Paris and not Cassis, has not seen anything”). The British also have a saying, “If you haven’t […]
Cocktails
Celebrate World Paloma Day
To mark World Paloma Day today, we thought we would celebrate this popular Mexican cocktail that dates back to 1953, with the ‘London Essence Paloma’ as a perfect summer serve, to coincide with the launch […]
Cocktails
Platinum Jubilee Cocktails at St James Bar
With the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee just around the corner, the popular St James Bar at the Sofitel London St James off Pall Mall in Waterloo Place, has created three superb cocktails to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Her Majesty The […]
Cocktails
Cheers To Fantastic New Home Grown Mocktail Flavours
Summer is on its way and what better than to celebrate with a flavoursome mocktail. The craze for alcohol free cocktails means there are lots of brilliant concoctions on the market as people look for […]
Cocktails
Azaline Vermouth Spring Cocktails
With the weather forecasters promising more Spring-like weather next week, we thought we’d take a look at some more seasonal cocktails you can make at home if you happen to be entertaining over the long […]
Cocktails
Mermaid Gin
As part of my job being contributing editor for Our Man on the Ground I sometimes have to ‘branch out’ a little and plough new fields of discovery. Or should that be Oceans? Great things […]