Even the simplest of hot cocktails can bring a welcome seasonal feel and extra sales opportunities to your list. And if you can set fire to them, well, so much the better, says Alice Lascelles

Name-dropping may be fun, but it won’t elevate you to the bartenders’ hall of fame. Nick Wykes celebrates the mixologists whose genuine talent can be missed among the PR-fanfare of better known celebrity haunts

There are times when nothing hits the spot quite like a brand with a little bit of cheese about it. Nick Midgley asked some top mixologists to ’fess up to some secret favourites

Good with food, great on its own and terrific value for money, it’s time, says Peter McCombie MW, for restaurants to reclaim sherry from the pensioners

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

The film Cocktail is 20 years young this year, and with so many kids now wearing clothes straight out of the 80s, it seemed the perfect time for Tom Sandham to re-visit the movie that has inspired a generation of bartenders

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

As bling products become as popular as bankers’ bonuses, Dave Broom gives us a snapshot of which super premium products are still worthy of their hefty price tags

A growing number of drinks are enhancing their recipes with ingredients reputed to make you party harder and feel better. Alice Lascelles gets to know her guarana from her ginkgo and finds out what the bartenders make of it

From the East they came. Strange. Strong. Threatening. Made of Rice (and some other stuff). Yet were saké and shochu the monsters they first seemed? Clinton Cawood donned his cape and entered their underground lair

The cyber world is sinking under the weight of bar bores, blogs Nick Wykes

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

Slippery Nipples, test tube cocktails, ethical ingredients – IP Bartenders have seen it all in 10 years on the bartending frontline. Nushi Wijewardena joined the team along with their latest recruit, Emma Davis, to celebrate their 10th anniversary, and ponder the decade ahead