What, I hear you ask, does a line-up of intriguing martini variations have to do with the bartender’s favourite shot-and-a-beer? Candice Longmire, it seems has the answer.

From Sideways’ Cab Sav to A Clockwork Orange’s narcotic-laced milk, here’s a cute-as-a-drunken-button alcographic to brighten your Friday.

Forget blending your own whiskies. Try ageing them yourself instead.

The gap between marketing ploy and honourable initiative can be a furry wee beast. But the new Karlsson’s Gold Vodka project, Unfiltered, fills us with a hopeful glow.

We’ve been erring towards the verbose a little of late. And while there’s nothing wrong with that, per se, how does a spot of Qiu Yang’s cocktail eye candy sound?

RTDs come in all sorts of flavours and varieties: gin and tonics, bourbon and cokes, even pre-mixed Mojitos. But this? Why this is just pure Scotch. In a can. No, really.

Food writer Rose Prince unleashes an impassioned stab at the medical profession and their conflicting view of we-who-love-a-dram-or-two. Hear hear.

Name us one (SFW) thing even as remotely visually satiating as a near-orgasmically elegant spectacle of slow motion exploding cocktails?

Do It Yourself whisky blending? From the comfort of our own laptop? Whisky Blender, this could be love.

With a delicious spat of whisk(e)y-based videos currently doing the rounds, there’s nevertheless something rather special about this number from the folks at Jack Daniel’s.

For whatever reason, bars in boxes make us happy. And designer Piere Gonalons’ Cube Bar is our latest geometric infatuation.

Behold The Anti-Drunk Pill. A gift to frat boy and professional alcoholic alike, the premis is simple enough: take the pill; drink as much as you like; stay sober. Boom! as they are wont to say.

What do J.R.R. Tolkien, the British TV quiz show Mastermind, and craft beer have in common? The answer: Vikings. Yep, that’s right. There’s now Viking Beer. And it’s rather tasty.

Little satisfies the trend-trapper like a pocket of perfectly contained micro-trend. Especially when it occurs simultaneously on both sides of the Atlantic. Which delivers us to Bathtub Gin.

The Hendrick’s car still brings a gin-tinged smile and Alex Kammerling has his cocktail ice-cream bike. But this – by Brad Ford, Jim Meehan and Moore & Giles – blows them out the water.

Created by Merve Kahraman for Rémy Martin, The “Seduction Series” is a portable experience in liquid luxury. Jewellery meets shot glass.

It’s London Cocktail Week time again – and we have a feeling that this year is going to be one for the books. Want to know why and where to find us? Read on…

When Darcy O’Neil popped this recipe for real homemade maraschino cocktail cherries, we were all over it like felines on excessively-warmed metallic roofing.

Often we’re asked where one can find London’s top cocktails and finest barkeeps. Here, in a short video is the answer and some of our favourite drinkeries in this fair city.

Here’s a simple two-part recipe from the WSJ to start our Boilermaker recipes rolling: a smokey beaut that balances the peaty strength of Laphroig with a bitter IPA.

Tell me you don’t just want to pour this (in cinematic slow motion) all over a stack of fluffy pancakes, scattered with fresh seasonal fruits – or bacon, if that’s your thang…

We’ve been hunting lately for a new wine read, and this hefty hardback tome from the chaps at Tong Magazine seems to fit the bill pretty much perfectly.

Who doesn’t look better in black? Darth Vader, Coco Chanel, Johnny Cash, 1950s feds…

The world of cocktail literature moves on strange tides. PDT’s Jim Meehan and Little Branch’s Joseph Schwartz have released a new tome for bartenders. And it’s entirely digital.

Forget the old idea of history as a land of textbooks. Instead, picture a small room, good for about eight guests, where The History of Rum comes alive. And dives into a glass…

Now, this is something we hope to see much more of: design brands, pairing up with alcoholic craftsmen to yield a product that glows right from packaging through to the liquid within.

Sometimes brand collaborations get it right. And sometimes they absolutely don’t. Which, then, is this new bat-ish Absolut pair-up with fashion designer Gareth Pugh?