It might not have been responsible for the sovereign existence of the United States (as some enthusiasts are wont to claim), but there’s no denying bourbon’s place in the American psyche.

Six cocktails with ridiculous names and how they got them (probably …)

Considering dabbling in bitters? Here is a selection of the best, complete with cocktail prescription advice

Whether you aspire to emulate Don Draper or Del Boy, home bars don’t need to be complicated affairs.

We’ve flipped the format of Liquid Lunch as the world’s best barman Ryan Chetiyawardana serves up three course of cocktails that bring the savoury flavour

The entire story of one nation, one people, one land and one blood, told through six cocktails

The recent renaissance of the cocktail has teased Scotch out of its shell. Hot Rum Cow oversees the transformation of four classic American cocktails into Scotchtails

In fact, we owe him a bottle. If it wasn’t for Everyday Drinking, his idiosyncratic guide to snifters, Hot Rum Cow would never have happened

Secrets are made to be broken, and in the world of speakeasies they rely on it. But why the resurgence in an 80-year-old concept established to facilitate illicit drinking? Hot Rum Cow peeks behind the hidden door of the modern-day speakeasy

Todd Maul on bringing science, power tools and a carpenter’s eye to his cocktail creations at Boston’s molecular gastronomy venture, Café ArtScience

To those unfamiliar with the Martini, it can be hard to know where to start. What difference does it make if it’s shaken rather than stirred and what should you expect if you ask for a twist? Fret no more, Hot Rum Cow is here to guide you through.

We herald history’s hardy ice harvesters and guide you in how best to chill your cocktails