Edible cocktails: when a drink is not just a drink

Cosmopolitans leave you jaded? G&Ts are a bore? Then perhaps the new trend for booze-infused nibbles will be the perfect pick-you-up

The science of mixing mind-blowing cocktails

A guide from 1948 still contains the best advice about cocktail-making – but modern mixologists use plenty of 21st-century science, too. Is all that effort worth it?

Top 10 classic cocktail bars in London

London’s cocktail scene is booming, with new bars opening all the time – but if you want to treat yourself to a flawless classic then head to a hotel bar. Cocktail expert Jared Brown chooses the best, plus some cutting edge places where top mixologists are producing drinks destined to become the new classics

London’s Artesian voted the World’s Number 1 Bar for second year in a row

This year the multi award winning Artesian bar in London has successfully defended its crown to be voted the World’s Number 1 Bar and take the NikkaBest Bar in the UK award for the second time. Returning for the fifth year, The World’s 50 Best Bars is the most influential and respected global survey of its … Read more

Best bars in the world – the most exciting drinks cities of the world

The World’s 50 Best Bars 2012 announced Drinks International‘s 150 experts named their World’s 50 Best Bars list. Artesian in the five-star London hotel The Langham is the number one bar in the world thanks to its inventive and innovative cocktail menu. London, New York and Sidney are the most exciting drinks cities of the … Read more