Category Archives: Rambling

Cocktail Update: Sbagliato and Jalisco Flower

Posted on 20/04/2025 by Jon Butterworth

Ok, two of these posts in a row but it’s the holidays… Sbagliato is a Negroni when you put sparking wine (in this case Blanquette de Limoux, see below) instead of gin. Sbagliato is Italian for “wrong”, but feels right … Continue reading →

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Cocktail Update: Trilby

Posted on 17/04/2025 by Jon Butterworth

There is actual physics going on my life but right now there is also this. Gin, crème de violette, red vermouth, orange & angostura bitters. Yum. I’d would say it counts as a variation on the negroni, and you might … Continue reading →

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Cocktail Update: Penicillin and Sidecar

Posted on 19/01/2025 by Jon Butterworth
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Experts

Posted on 19/01/2025 by Jon Butterworth

It has been a bit of a week. I am just back from the Congress Centre – which is a hall underneath Congress House, the headquarters of the TUC – where I was a late stand-in as a speaker on … Continue reading →

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