A hot category, gin has seen plenty of innovation of late. But is the drink in danger of losing its personality in the process? Clinton Cawood asks two industry figures for their views

The Negroni may only have three ingredients, but its charms are without number, argues Naren Young as he charts the rise of the bartender’s favourite cocktail

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

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

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...