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Carajillo

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Classic cocktails: Carajillo
Clinton Cawood continues his journey mapping the origins of historic cocktails and modern classics.
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20 November, 2024

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The Top Cocktails in the UK's Best Bars
 
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09 October, 2024

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Modern classics: East 8 Hold-Up
The East 8 Hold-Up is that rare thing - a modern classic. Clinton Cawood tracks down the not-so-long-ago history.
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20 September, 2024

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Classic cocktails: The Bizzy Izzy Highball
Clinton Cawood unearths the Bizzy Izzy Highball.
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20 September, 2024

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Classic cocktails: Mai Tai
Clinton Cawood documents the beginnings of the tropical classic that is the Mai Tai. 
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20 September, 2024

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Classic cocktails: The Saturn
Clinton Cawood tells us the story of a classic cocktail which was created in the 1960s and unearthered in 2010.
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21 May, 2024
London Calling

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Classic cocktails: the story of the London Calling
This British classic is a relative newcomer - Clinton Cawood bring us its short history.
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15 May, 2024

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Classic cocktails: the story of the Boulevardier

Clinton Cawood comes with a potted history of this Negroni-like whiskey classic. 
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13 May, 2024
Bea Bradsell

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Bea Bradsell on the real story of the Espresso Martini

To celebrate Espresso Martini Day, Bea Bradsell - recently appointed on-trade director at Glasgow-based agency The Drink Cabinet -  shares the story behind her father Dick Bradsell's coffee-vodka classic. 
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15 March, 2024
La Louisiane

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Classics: La Louisiane
Clinton Cawood unearths the lesser-known New Orleans classic La Louisiane.
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06 February, 2024

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Modern classics: the Penicillin

The poster-cocktail for modern-era classic creation is the Penicillin by Sam Ross. Clinton Cawood brings the potted history. 
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05 February, 2024
Irish Coffee, Swift

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Classics: The Irish Coffee
The Irish Coffee is the latest cocktail under Clinton Cawood's microscope. He brings us the history and this hot-cold classic.
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30 January, 2024
Remember the Maine

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Classics: Remember the Maine
Clinton Cawood unearths the dusty old classic Remember the Maine, which in constitution is not dissimilar to the Manhattan.
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04 December, 2023

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Modern classics: The Old Cuban
Clinton Cawood's latest investigations into modern classics takes him to Audrey Saunders' Old Cuban.
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04 December, 2023

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Classics: The story of the Corpse Reviver #2
Clinton Cawood takes a trip down memory lane with the Corpse Reviver #2.Bright and bracing, this century-old classic certainly lives up to its name, having brought countless drinkers back to life over the years, particularly in bygone times when a morning cocktail was a more common means of undoing the effects of the night before. It’s a revivifying drink at any time of the day though, for those suffering near-fatal hangovers or not.
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01 December, 2023
Negroni classical

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Classics: Making sense of the history of the Negroni
Our series on Classics stops in on the Negroni. How much of this old cocktail's yarn is true, we'll let cocktail writer Clinton Cawood be the judge
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26 September, 2023
Tuxedo cocktail

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Classics: The story of the Tuxedo
Clinton Cawood dusts off the storied Martini-twist the Tuxedo.
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20 September, 2023
Sam Ross' Paper Plane

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Modern classics: all about the Paper Plane
First up in our series on modern classics is Sam Ross' Last Word twist: Paper Plane. 
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11 September, 2023
Julio Bermejo

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Julio Bermejo: how I make the Tommy's Margarita
Hamish Smith gets the full skinny on the Tommy’s Margarita from the creator himself, Julio Bermejo.
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04 May, 2023

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The New Fashioned - how the classic of classics has changed
The Old Fashioned is being given a makeover, catering to demands for lower-abv and culinary cocktails. Tyler Zielinski looks at some of the twists that are available.
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02 May, 2023

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The Manhattan - its history and falsehoods
A drink with a colourful, if erroneous, backstory, the Manhattan remains a classic among classics. Clinton Cawood traces its mukey origins.
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02 February, 2023

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The Pisco Sour - an underrated classic with a disputed history
Clinton Cawood unearths the history of the South American classic.
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10 November, 2022
French 75

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The past and present of the French 75
Clinton Cawood tackles, with military precision, a classic named after a field gun. 
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11 July, 2022

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The story of scurvy, seafaring and the Gimlet
Clinton Cawood peels back the layers on a cocktail with a rich seafaring history.
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21 April, 2022
Florodora

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Florodora - the tale of the tribute cocktail that outlived its inspiration
With its stage musical roots, this fruity pick-me-up gives Jane Ryan a rich history to pick through.
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14 January, 2022
English Milk Punch

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The Milk Punch: the story of a very English drink
Jane Ryan unpicks the history of this English classic.
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06 January, 2022
Champagne Cocktail

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Golden oldie: the tale of the Champagne Cocktail
Jane Ryan hits the history books again to determine the origins of probably the oldest classic cocktail known to the world.
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28 October, 2021
Dark 'n Stormy

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The story of the Dark 'n Stormy
One of only a handful of trademarked cocktails, the Dark ’n Stormy has a long and rich history. Jane Ryan fills us in.
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16 June, 2021

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The Rusty Nail - why the 70s classic just makes sense
Jane Ryan hammers home the delights of this simple combination of scotch and Drambuie
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17 December, 2020
Champagne Pina Colada

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How the Piña Colada turned from kitsch to cool
Jane Ryan chronicles the adventures of the Piña Colada - from Puerto Rico to East London and everything in between.
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16 September, 2020