Created in the late 1800s, the roots of this refreshing cocktail lie in a very rowdy period of London’s bar history. The idea of mixing a Gin Punch with soda water was introduced to London by a New Yorker called Stephen Price, who had moved to London to manage the Covent Garden Theater. He then …
Legend has it that this cocktail was invented in 1919 at the Casoni Bar in Florence by a bartender called Fosco Scarselli for Count Camillo Negroni who had just returned from America. It is said that the count asked the bartender to strengthen his favourite cocktail, the Americano by replacing the soda with gin. Apparently, the …
Shaken, stirred, dirty or dry: there are many ways to make the perfect Martini, and just about as many opinions about which method is the best. It seems that everyone – from master bartenders to amateur mixologists, from Martini business lunchers to casual after-work drinkers – think they’ve got the magic formula deciphered. “The only …
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