Drinks

Your guide to the latest trends in spirits and cocktails

Amaretto is a sweet, almond-flavoured Italian liqueur that is most famously used in an amaretto sour but also pairs really well with dark spirits like whisky. Here we’ve used it in an old fashioned to

A martini is all about the ratio of spirit to vermouth – the more spirit you use the drier the martini. We used a 5:1 ratio of gin to dry vermouth for this recipe but you could use 4:1 or go drier wit

New drinks and tipples to try

SERVES 6 PREP 20 mins plus chilling NO COOK EASY 50ml gin2½ tsp dry vermouth1 lemon, zested and juiced90g pitted green olives from a jar,plus 1 tbsp of the brinelarge pinch of caster sugar3 tbsp extra

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