• How do you drink Vermouth & Apéritifs?!

    Basically, there are three ways to enjoy the apéritif/aromatized wine styles: Simply over ice, perhaps with a citrus peel garnish or a couple olives. Spritz! On ice, 50/50 with sparkling soda water and/or sparkling wine. Cocktails, the styles we make are staple ingredients in hundreds of classic cocktails. We've got loads of recipes here on the website and our other favorite resource for cocktail recipes is Difford's Guide. Enjoy!

  • What about Bitters?

    Bitters are concentrated botanical flavouring, you can think of them as flavour modifiers for cocktails. Wherever you want a little kick of botanical flavour you can add them to cocktails or even in sparkling soda water. A dash of Orange Bitters in a Martini for example, really makes the drink shine. Or a few dashes of aromatic bitters in sparkling water is a refreshing and tasty delight.

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Cocktail Recipes

The World's Best Martini

The World's Best Martini

Quinn Palmer

Dry Gin, Dry Vermouth and Orange Bitters. Oh the Martini! Probably one of the most controversial cocktails I know of. Everybody has their opinion and preference on it. Some like...

The World's Best Martini

Quinn Palmer

Dry Gin, Dry Vermouth and Orange Bitters. Oh the Martini! Probably one of the most controversial cocktails I know of. Everybody has their opinion and preference on it. Some like...

Gibson Recipe - A touch of brine really makes a Martini shine

Gibson Recipe - A touch of brine really makes a...

Quinn Palmer

Gin, Dry Vermouth, Orange Bitters and a Pickled Onion. Obviously as Vermouth makers we're big Martini drinkers at home. Usually this means a lemon twist garnish, but more often than...

Gibson Recipe - A touch of brine really makes a...

Quinn Palmer

Gin, Dry Vermouth, Orange Bitters and a Pickled Onion. Obviously as Vermouth makers we're big Martini drinkers at home. Usually this means a lemon twist garnish, but more often than...

Apple Blossom

Apple Blossom

Anna-mary Schmidt - Apothecary Formulary

Apple brandy, rosso vermouth, orange bitters! This is the name of the cocktail, not the cat. Simple, made with BC spirits and intoxicatingly delicious. Perfect for Friday night! Source: Victor Bergeron’s ‘Trader...

Apple Blossom

Anna-mary Schmidt - Apothecary Formulary

Apple brandy, rosso vermouth, orange bitters! This is the name of the cocktail, not the cat. Simple, made with BC spirits and intoxicatingly delicious. Perfect for Friday night! Source: Victor Bergeron’s ‘Trader...

Peary Fox Run

Peary Fox Run

Brenton | Bars + Cocktails

Dry Vermouth, Fino Sherry, Absinthe, Orange Bitters, Pear Cordial*. Wasn’t planning on posting anything for National Vermouth Day, but after seeing all the deliciously fortified cocktails being posted, all I...

Peary Fox Run

Brenton | Bars + Cocktails

Dry Vermouth, Fino Sherry, Absinthe, Orange Bitters, Pear Cordial*. Wasn’t planning on posting anything for National Vermouth Day, but after seeing all the deliciously fortified cocktails being posted, all I...

Golden Palermo

Golden Palermo

Adam Dewar

Gin, single malt whisky, bianco vermouth, rhubarb liqueur, orange bitters. It's so fresh and complex, it needed to be remade. Now of course I am using different brands, and feel...

Golden Palermo

Adam Dewar

Gin, single malt whisky, bianco vermouth, rhubarb liqueur, orange bitters. It's so fresh and complex, it needed to be remade. Now of course I am using different brands, and feel...

A Palmetto Twist, a Rum Manhattan

A Palmetto Twist, a Rum Manhattan

Adam Dewar

Rum, Rosso Vermouth and Orange Bitters. This one popped up the other day and I couldn’t believe I hadn’t made a Rum Manhattan yet.. So I changed that. I used...

A Palmetto Twist, a Rum Manhattan

Adam Dewar

Rum, Rosso Vermouth and Orange Bitters. This one popped up the other day and I couldn’t believe I hadn’t made a Rum Manhattan yet.. So I changed that. I used...

The Little Things, a Breakfast Manhattan

The Little Things, a Breakfast Manhattan

Adam Dewar

Single Malt Whisky, Kina-Blanc, Orange Bitters. Shelter Point’s Montfort Single Malt Whisky is what I would call a Breakfast whisky. It’s light, floral, with some subtle fruit coming through. I...

The Little Things, a Breakfast Manhattan

Adam Dewar

Single Malt Whisky, Kina-Blanc, Orange Bitters. Shelter Point’s Montfort Single Malt Whisky is what I would call a Breakfast whisky. It’s light, floral, with some subtle fruit coming through. I...

Bijou Cocktail Recipe - Gin, Vermouth, Chartreuse, does it get much better?

Bijou Cocktail Recipe - Gin, Vermouth, Chartreu...

Kat Sears

It may be simpler to use the classic 1:1:1 ratio for this drink, but we follow Difford's recommendation here and use this ratio for something a little more crushable "Recipe adapted...

Bijou Cocktail Recipe - Gin, Vermouth, Chartreu...

Kat Sears

It may be simpler to use the classic 1:1:1 ratio for this drink, but we follow Difford's recommendation here and use this ratio for something a little more crushable "Recipe adapted...

El Presidente Cocktail Recipe - The Cuban Manhattan

El Presidente Cocktail Recipe - The Cuban Manha...

Kat Sears

Aged Rum, Rosso, Bianco and Dry Vermouth with a splash of Curaçao and grenadine. The Cubanized answer to the Manhattan

El Presidente Cocktail Recipe - The Cuban Manha...

Kat Sears

Aged Rum, Rosso, Bianco and Dry Vermouth with a splash of Curaçao and grenadine. The Cubanized answer to the Manhattan

Dutch Coupe Recipe - A taste of the old world

Dutch Coupe Recipe - A taste of the old world

Anna-mary Schmidt

Aged Genever, Rosso Vermouth and Cynar - Before there was gin there was Genever. Think of it like a gin made like whisky; a malted barley based spirit infused with...

Dutch Coupe Recipe - A taste of the old world

Anna-mary Schmidt

Aged Genever, Rosso Vermouth and Cynar - Before there was gin there was Genever. Think of it like a gin made like whisky; a malted barley based spirit infused with...

50/50 Martini Recipe - The true classic.

50/50 Martini Recipe - The true classic.

Little Jumbo

Gin & Dry Vermouth. Before prohibition, the Martini was a Vermouth centric drink and is the perfect way to explore different vermouths and gins. This drink will simply change the...

50/50 Martini Recipe - The true classic.

Little Jumbo

Gin & Dry Vermouth. Before prohibition, the Martini was a Vermouth centric drink and is the perfect way to explore different vermouths and gins. This drink will simply change the...

Bamboo/Adonis Cocktail Mashup Recipe!

Bamboo/Adonis Cocktail Mashup Recipe!

Dave Bulters

Dry Vermouth, Sherry, Orange and Aromatic Bitters. What happens when you mix a Bamboo with an Adonis? A Bamboo Adonis of course! 

Bamboo/Adonis Cocktail Mashup Recipe!

Dave Bulters

Dry Vermouth, Sherry, Orange and Aromatic Bitters. What happens when you mix a Bamboo with an Adonis? A Bamboo Adonis of course!