SKY & SODA cocktail: what it is made of

In the second of our series on extracting flavour, we ask head distiller and co-founder of Hepple Spirits Company, Chris Garden, to explain how the method of distillation impacts the final flavours of gin Distillation has been around for thousands of years. It has travelled across continents, starting in Western Asia in around 1200BC, and […]

In the fourth instalment of our series on extracting flavour, head distiller and co-founder of Hepple Spirits Company Chris Garden explains how Hepple uses supercritical fluid extraction to extract juniper oil. Supercritical fluid extraction is used in many industries, from the fragrance industry through to the pharmaceutical industry. By applying high pressure and temperature to […]

Many popular cocktails require straining when serving, so cocktail strainers are a must-have bar tool. Read about the 3 main types of cocktail strainers, the differences and when to use each one.

Dive into Copenhagen's bar scene, with the woman who started it: Kirsten Holm and her twenty years old K-Bar

The award-winning author and drinks historian, David Wondrich, takes a look back at his renowned writing back-catalogue. From ‘Killer Cocktails’ to ‘The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails’, he gives us the inside track on how his books came to be

Understanding the foundations of classic cocktails is resourceful tool in the bartender’s belt. But how can it be used in contemporary cocktails to hone flavour creation rather than hinder it, asks Tyler Zielinski. When the contemporary cocktail renaissance took hold in the 1990s and early noughties, Dave Arnold and other culinary, technology-savvy luminaries hadn’t yet […]