The complete-o Mojito: the last word in customised Mojitos

This summer, the great and good of the bar world descended on New Orleans for the world’s largest libatory festival: Tales of the Cocktail. Alice Lascelles packed a spare liver and joined the throng...

From the lowliest boozer to the most stylish cocktail bar, this humble mix of tomato juice, spirit and spice continues to fascinate, inspire and divide bartenders and consumers alike. Bloody marvellous, say Jared Brown and Anistatia Miller

Scented, flavoursome and adorned with beautiful flowers, herbs are an essential ingredient for any cocktail list this summer. Alice Lascelles digs deep...

With the titles of Best Boutique, Classic and International Hotel Bar already in the bag, this issue brings us to the fourth and final round of our UK-wide competition – Best New Hotel Bar 2009. Awarded in association with pioneering new super-premium gin Zephyr, the original elderflower gin, this heat was open to any…

In the last issue of Imbibe, we announced the winners of the Classic Hotel Bar category. Since then, our mystery imbibers have been scouring the country for winners in the third heat of our nationwide competition in association with pioneering super-premium gin Zephyr…

Quirky, remote and utterly individual, for many whisky lovers the islands off Scotland’s west coast capture all that is great about scotch. Whisky expert Dave Broom guides us through the people, the places and the distilleries at the heart of one of the most beautiful drinks regions in the world

Jim Meehan, co-owner of New York’s cult hot-dog-stand-turned- cocktail-bar PDT, has just picked up Tales of the Cocktail gongs for Best American Bartender and World’s Best Cocktail Bar in New Orleans. Alice Lascelles asks the man from Please Don’t Tell to Please Tell All...

No matter how eclectic the wine list, most UK restaurants offer a very mediocre range of spirits. And it’s not just the customers who are missing out, says Dave Broom

Bartenders today are blessed with an array of witty, wise – and eminently collectible – contemporary and vintage cocktail books to choose from. Tom Innes takes a look...