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5 ways to use honey in your cocktails

Bees produce a veritable larder of ingredients for the cocktail bartender. Paul Mathew looks at how these can be drawn upon to add aroma, flavour and texture to make your creations buzz.
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Coquito by Micaela Piccolo

Latin America’s playful answer to Eggnog gets its sweetness from canned milks, together with coconut, spices and rum for a drink nobody refuses.
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Truffled Eggnog by Keith Motsi

This luxurious twist on a classic Eggnog at Four Seasons Seoul incorporates cardamom, truffle and fine cognac for a deluxe glass of holiday cheer.
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Recipe: Jack Rose

An Apple Martini from the Belle Epoque.
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Picasso’s Pencil by Jorge Conde

Jorge Conde, head bartender of Smoke & Mirrors in Singapore, shares his cocktail tribute to Pablo Piscasso.
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Tree House by Julie Reiner

New York bartender Julie Reiner’s “modern tropical”, rye-and-rum rework of the classic Old Fashioned.
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Recipe: The Paloma

While tourists fight – and lose – against the Margarita, Mexicans themselves lean back with a Paloma.
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Sugarloaf by Andy Griffiths

A sustainability friendly cocktail is based on the sugarloaf pineapple, designed to showcase some of the flavours and techniques found in Mexican cuisine.
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Recipe: Bloody Mary

The classic recipe for the ultimate cocktail after the night before.
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Mohinga Martini by Mark Lloyd

A cocktail based on Myanmar’s breakfast staple commonly made with catfish, vermicelli noodles, fish sauce, fish paste, ginger, banana stem, lemongrass, onions, garlic and chickpea flour.
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Cachee by Yoma Rivera

The winning Campari Bartender Competition cocktail from Singapore's local finals.
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Luna Rossa by Naoto Ogawa

The winning Campari Bartender Competition cocktail from Japan's local finals.
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Recipe: Blue Blazer

One of Jerry Thomas' showstoppers with which he toured the country.
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Recipe: Smoked Toddy

Lapsang souchong tea makes for a very smoky, dark toddy that’s the liquid equivalent of a cigar after a meal.
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Recipe: Jersey (or Apple) Toddy

A toddy that takes Applejack or Calvados and turns it into a wonderfully rich, smooth after-dinner drink
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Recipe: Smoking Bishop

A Victorian-style mulled wine concoction made famous by Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
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Lai le Lao Di by Marz Ma

A Peddlers gin cocktail by Warren Pang of Gaga Chef in Shenzhen
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Recipe: Corpse Reviver #1

Few classics have suffered more from THEIR export than the mighty Corpse Reviver.
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Harmonin by Son Jeok Su

The "Mix Your Origin" MONIN Cup 2018 regional finals from first runner up Son Jeok Su.
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Rum Shangoty by Nyan Min

The "Mix Your Origin" MONIN Cup 2018 regional finals from winner Nyan Min.
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Recipe: Vesper

James Bond might have sent the gin category into a tailspin with the vodka martini, but the Vesper is his saving grace.
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Recipe: White Lady

A universally popular, fail-safe classic, served a crisp aperitif, or a slightly more boozy late night palate cleanser.
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Recipe: The Negroni

Bad day in the office? Need something to soothe the nerves after ordering that pesky kid to be whacked? Time for a Negroni.
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Jerez Highball by Erik Lorincz

Served at the first Asia's 50 Best Bars ceremony, the legendary bartender opens the palate with refreshing and savoury notes. 
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Paradise City by Erik Lorincz

The celebrated barman pairs The London Essence Company's lightly spicy ginger ale with whiffs of smoke and calvados.
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Latina by Erik Lorincz

Tonic water plays nice with mezcal in this creation by the American Bar at The Savoy's former head bartender.
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Whizz Kid by Jesse Vida

In this drink at BlackTail, New York, it’s the carefully engineered liquid – not a garnish – that does the talking.
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Miso Caliente by Yao Lu

The recipe behind one of Union Trading Co Shanghai's best sellers.
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Morning Glory by Rene Soffner

"A super-relaxed late Sunday morning breakfast vibe" from the owner of The Black Dog Temperance Society in Frankfurt.
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Recipe: Gin and Milk

How to make the once popular Victorian breakfast drink.
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Meadow by Rusty Cerven

A refreshing breath of Asian-scented air, served in the Members’ Lounge at 1880 members club in Singapore.
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Matador by Rusty Cerven

1880's sweetened and spiced tequila sipper with bee-extracted bravado.
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Recipe: Sazerac

A silky sazerac using both rye and cognac.
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La Perla by Jacques Bezuidenhout

A cocktail that really uses the delicate dry flavours in manzanilla sherry to pair exceptionally well with tequila.
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PX Flip by Timo Janse

A modern classic from the famous Dutch speakeasy Door 74, where it is hugely popular during winter.
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Beginning of the End by Paul Mathew

A recipe based on the Fin de Siècle (“End of the Century”) cocktail from the 1890s, but with the rum replacing gin and sherry in place of bitters.
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London Calling by Chris Jepson

One of Milk & Honey's longest-standing recipes on the list, and a testament to quite how good simple cocktails with sherry can be.
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Recipe: Mojito

How to make a Cuban Mojito.
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Bersama by Gagan Gurung

This cocktail uses otherwise wasted pineapple core for juice and its garnish.
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Recipe: The Cuba Libre

A liberating mix of rum, Coca-Cola and just the right amount of lime.
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Pollen a Pollen Bee by Aiden Bowie

World Class UK 2016's representative draws inspiration from the Freedom Tower in Miami for this frothy cocktail with bee pollen.
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Shiso by Matt Whiley

Scout London's owner pairs honey wine with shiso and gin.
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The Artisan #8 by Choni Song

The Cannery's bartender builds on the cheese tea cocktail with flavours of chai-infused rum, sherry, orgeat and cream cheese.
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Gun’s & Butter by Zero Chen

A head of parmesan foam adds umami to orange mate tea and gin in the Union Trading Company bartender's take on the cheese tea beverage.
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Childhood by Sunny Xiao

For her boozy riff on the cheese tea cocktail, Chic Tail's Sunny Xiao balances passion fruit syrup with a crown of cream cheese foam.
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Honda Negroni by Arcadius Rybak

Named for legendary samurai Honda Tadakatsu, this shiso-flavoured take on the gin classic features a touch of clay for mouthfeel.
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Tangan Raja by James Cooper

Rich musang king durians add a funky aroma atop a cocktail of rum, Campari and sweet vermouth at Kuala Lumpur's Shelley Yu's.
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D25th by Peter Chua

Christmas meets the odorous fruit in this cocktail by Crackerjack's head bartender.
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Vitruvian Rose Spritz by Dandelyan

Dandelyan, the masters of using blossoms in a cocktail offers up their take on the spritz with a house-made vermouth.
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Hammer & Tonic by Jillian Vose

Dead Rabbit New York's beverage director tackles the floral cocktail with a lavender absinthe and hibiscus-infused mezcal.
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New Lace by Swift, London

The London bar complements the notes of gin, florals and eau de vie with a sprig of baby's breath in the glass.
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Passion of Joel Robuchon by Mike Cheong

The DRINK Cocktail Bar at FOO'D by Davide Oldani mixologist's winning entry for the inaugural Teisseire Asia Flavour Masters Regional Competition.
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Peas in a Pod, by Yao Lu

Revenge for the owner of Shanghai's Union Trading Company is a drink served cold, with snow peas. 
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Lee Chee by Cross Yu

Epic Shanghai owner-bartender's creamy cocktail uses lychee and osmanthus in the mix – only because it works in the drink. 
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Tiki Time by David Hong

The Tailor Group bartender's signature drink with tropical island leanings.
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Sleep No More by Eddy Yang

From Above the Globe in Shanghai, a cocktail named for an adaption of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
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The Macallan Copa

Macallan's answer to the g&t is refreshing with a bite of sherry.
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Fro Yo by James Barker

Inspired by fromage frais, the 208 Duecento Otto bartender whips yoghurt gelato into a Negroni.
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Neg-garlic by Kae Yin

The Meowvelous Taipei Fan Club bar man infuses Taiwanese black vinegar and black garlic into his riff on the Negroni.
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The Matchmaker by Boo Jing Heng

Tess Bar & Kitchen's head bartender incorporates Campari as an ice-cream in his version of the Negroni.
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The Classic Negroni

The perfect ratio for the bright orange Italian classic.
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Coix Solero by Matthew Hall

Job's Tears goes tropical in this long drink at Hakkasan Shanghai by the restaurant group's Asia bars manager.
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The Modern Cocktail

A vintage scotch-based cocktail with contemporary aspirations.
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Charlie Parker’s: Centennial Park

Taking their inspiration from an eastern suburb park in Sydney, Sam Egerton and Toby Marshall distil plants into this cocktail.
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Pisco Sour

Our definitive recipe for the Pisco Sour.
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Macabre by Antonnius Saputra

From the Batak tribe in Indonesia, a good kick of heat for this Bloody Mary at E&O.
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Grasshopper by Sam Jeavons

A creamy rum cocktail with chocolate liqueur from London's oddball rummery, Burlock.
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1975 by Josh O’Brien

One of three winning drinks that handed Josh O'Brien the La Maison Cointreau title in 2016.
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White Peony from Trix Yeung

Trix Yeung of Bao Bei in Hong Kong looks back at the purest expression of tea with her gin-based drink.
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Virginity by Ganeshvara Kurukal

This is Smoke and Mirrors' Ganeshvara Kurukal's entry at Paper Lantern and The Minute List's A Very Asian Christmas competition.
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Mamarita by Dre Masso

Mexico meets mangosteen in this tequila drink by the bar legend from Akademi.
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The Employees Only Gimlet

Employees Only's signature drink is a lot more than its two ingredient make-up.