Blog posts by Make me a cocktail

Breakfast in Burma

11 years ago

Bartenders are creative creatures at heart and nothing fuels the flames of creativity like a good ol’ fashioned cocktail competition (trips abroad and prize money help too!). Bartenders entering the H...

Site Widgets Ahoy

11 years ago

Ahoy their pirate cocktail lovers and website readers. We've hope you've been having a lovely week and got to taste or imbibe some lovely concotions. If the weekend is just arriving for you, then be s...

Exotic Cocktail Bars Around the World

11 years ago

When the rich and famous travel the world, they want to visit the most exclusive, trendy and exotic bars they can find. With money of no object, and the world as their oyster, there are a number of be...

Most Influential Current Bartenders

11 years ago

You have tasted the cocktails and learned the recipes, but behind every drink is a smug bartender who invented it. Here are a few of the most influential bartenders around the world today. They may we...

Las Vegas Bartenders

10 years ago

Bartenders in Las Vegas are considered to be among the best in the world. They undergo vigorous training and have to acquire licenses before they can compete for jobs. Bartending is a career goal, rat...

A Steak Cocktail? Now That Is A-moo-sing!

10 years ago

Steak and cocktails sounds like the perfect match to me. I love to chew on a mouth-wateringly tender bit of rib-eye while sipping a martini. However, one bar in Manchester has taken this pairing a ste...

The Big Freeze Is On It's Way!

10 years ago

Don’t panic! There is not some freak snowstorm about to hit the UK (I hope!) However, an increasing number of London bars have started to offer refreshing Poptails as part of their cocktail menu. The...

Juicy Cocktails in New York

10 years ago

New York has always been a city to set the trends rather than follow them, and the inhabitants of the city seem to be on a natural health kick right now. The fashion for juicing has been around for a...

Caring Cocktails

10 years ago

Drinking and socializing go together like cheese and biscuits, fish and chips, or ice cream and sprinkles. So it makes sense that a charity has started to host cocktail evenings in care homes. It seem...

New site in the works - we need YOU!

10 years ago

During the cold winter months of 2010 Make me a Cocktail was first envisioned and work began on some small scripts to take your cupboard contents to cocktail glass. By March 2011 Nick Wilkins (the cre...

To beer, or not to beer?

10 years ago

The accepted definition of a cocktail, according to Google, is “an alcoholic drink consisting of a spirit or spirits mixed with other ingredients, such as fruit juice or cream.” However, this definiti...

Toe-tally Crazy Cocktails

10 years ago

Some weird and wonderful cocktails have been mentioned on this blog, but this is by far the most unbelievable concoction. It is definitely not for those with a weak stomach. The Sourtoe Cocktail is ex...