Crisp and Warm, Bundle Up with A Wonky Green Grocer Highball This Burns Night
There’s something wonderfully endearing about imperfect things: whether it’s the slight bend in dad’s nose, a homemade birthday cake that’s slightly sunk on one side, or the houseplant that refuses...
Let's Get Personal: How to Create Your Very Own Personalised Cocktails
Things are better when they’re personal, right? Like, it’s all well and good receiving a birthday card from the office but when it just says “Happy Birthday” with a handful...
Countdown to Christmas with The Cocktail Man’s Classic Advent Calendar
There are a few big disappointments to adult life. Firstly, we all have that horrible realisation that Santa is probably just our dad in his slippers, sipping the whisky we...
Decadent, Dark and Delicious: Welcome Spooky Season with The Cocktail Man’s Dead Man’s Daiquiri
With Halloween fast approaching, where does your mind go first: Is it to pasting together witch costumes for little ones to (not at all scarily) roam around in or to...
The Cocktail Man & Silent Pool Distillers
Sustainable spirits – that’s what we like to hear, isn’t it? Drinks made in tune with the natural world, creating and crafting without hurting the surroundings at the same time....
Presenting The Cocktail Man x Santa Teresa’s Rum Month with Three Delicious Rum Cocktails
Chances are rum is a drink you save for your holibobs. And fair enough if that's the case. It pairs well with a sun soaked beach and long afternoons with...
The Perfect Wimbledon Serve, A Limited Edition Brilliantly British Cocktail
There’s always something that makes summer official, isn’t there? Maybe it’s the inaugural BBQ, the debut annual flip-flop outing or the first time you leave your coat at home. Perhaps...
Don't Forget About Dad: Four New Father's Day Cocktails from The Cocktail Man
They work bloody hard, dads. From swing-pushing and bag carrying, to bad dancing and cracking some truly terrible jokes, they do a lot. But, often they’re forgotten about when it...
Roll Up, The Popcorn Martini Cocktail Kit Has Arrived... for a Limited Time Only
If there’s any food it’s impossible to eat in a friendly way it’s popcorn. It always starts innocently enough, grabbing one or two popped kernels but give it five minutes...
The Perfect Balance: The Cocktail Man & Silent Pool Distillers
Sustainable spirits – that’s what we like to hear, isn’t it? Drinks made in tune with the natural world, creating and crafting without hurting the surroundings at the same time....
Bring the Bar With You: Introducing The Cocktail Man’s On-The-Go Tipples
I’m finding it hard to believe that it’s all finally here: good weather, reunited friends and the reopening of our favourite haunts and special spots up and down the country....
A Fun Fair Inspired Limited Edition Cocktail That's Perfect for Summer
What was your favourite ride as a kid? The tummy-tumbling Pirate ship, clothes-soaking log flume or, perhaps for the stronger-stomached among us, the toe-curling roller coasters. My favourite was the...
Chocolate + Cocktails... Four Wonderfully Indulgent Choctails for Easter
With Easter just around the corner, it’s about time you got yourself sorted with one of my specially-created cocktails, isn’t it? Or choctails, I should say…. The grown-up way to mark...
The Perfect Balance: The Cocktail Man & Reyka
What if I told you I knew of a vodka that’s been crafted from pure Arctic glacier water and filtered through genuine lava rocks? You’d think I was mad, right?...
Dinner & Drinks? The Cocktail Man and Restokit Have You Sorted
It’s been a funny old time of it recently, hasn’t it? I don’t know about you but I’m fairly bored with bread baking, endless Zoom quizzes and sweating with bloomin’...
International Women's Day 2021
(Illustration by Valley Of The Virgos) International Women’s Day is here and, wonderfully, celebrating women who choose to challenge the drinks industry and its age-old status quo isn’t a hard...
The Perfect Balance: The Cocktail Man and Hendrick's
A little while ago I found myself rambling around the lush, wonderful lands of south-west Scotland, a keen sense of adventure leading me on. Roaming between green fields and seaside towns...
Why I Had to Kiss the Hippo to make the Perfect Martini
Ah, the Espresso Martini. One of my favourite tipples of an evening, it’s forever the cocktail that makes me feel that there’s always more fun to be had. Smooth and...
Conker Port Barrel Gin
You’ve probably cradled a Negroni at some point, trying to make the strong drink last a little longer or hold out until your eyes stop watering, but do you know...
Mum's The Word...
If you’re anything like me, your mum was probably the person who did everything from soothe scraped knees to commiserate heartbreaks and celebrate big wins with you. Whether it was...