The time has come to put Guyana firmly back on the rum-lover’s map, says Alice Lascelles, as she heads off to South America in search of adventure

Cachaça is a must-stock for any serious bar, but isn’t it time to move the spirit away from making endless caipirinhas? Nushi Surtani packs her G-string and sambas off to São Paulo to find out what the boys from Brazil do with their national spirit

Being struck by illness and subsequently deprived of your tasting senses for a few days can turn out to be a blessing in disguise, as an enlightened Dave Broom discovers.

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...

UK bars would do well to look at the Japanese approach to bartending and attempt to find their own niche. Dave Broom believes that it could be the key to their survival...

Its troubled history has only served to make Berlin even more exciting, argues Mixology magazine’s editor Helmut Adam, as he takes Imbibe on a trawl of some of the city’s best bars

Rum is not just about the Caribbean, says rum ambassador Ian Burrell – Central and South America have quality and heritage that easily rival the famous rum producing countries to the north

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...