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The Ultimate Guide to The Porthole Infuser

Casual Mixologist

If youve been knocking around mixology blogs awhile, youve seen The Porthole infuser. Use either vodka or high-proof grain alcohol that youll sweeten and dilute post-infusion. The award-winning designer Martin Kastner created it for the bar chefs at The Aviary in Chicago. Bitters: you can make house bitters using infusions.

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14 things we discovered at Flauer Alassio 2025

The Cocktail Lovers

It makes the base for a perfect for a non-alcoholic aperitif, but also works well with a little gin or vodka too. Mediterranean (fennel-infused vodka, turmeric, bitter orange leaf cordial and ginger beer) beautifully complimented the pasta with wild fennel. A lot of people think that flowers dont rally have a taste. The Gin Flauer (Be!Gin,

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FUNKIN Cocktails in focus with Hyppolite Civins

The Cocktail Lovers

Solution two: This is a two-step process, which involves mixers, where you just add a spirit – meaning it is as easy to make as a gin and tonic or vodka soda. This solution makes shaking up a cocktail as easy as pouring a beer. It’s just two steps: shake and pour, then you have a perfect cocktail.

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Mmmm is for Martinis… new podcast!

The Cocktail Lovers

With that in mind, we’ve picked out two very different bases for our Martinis, we go high proof with Beluga Gold Line Vodka and low – not in quality, but volume – with Second Sip, a new, recently released 20% abv gin created very much with sessional Martinis in mind by industry stalwarts Leo Robitschek and Nick Strangeway.

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What’s on our radar for the week/s ahead…

The Cocktail Lovers

Add in extra dry vermouth, fior di latte mozzarella, fresh basil and Calabrian chillies and youve got yourself a flavour bomb of a twist on its vodka-based counterpart. And just when you thought it couldn’t get better, Giorgio and team Alley Cat have also created a Negroni dip to complement their creation.

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The House of Suntory DOJO programme is back

The Cocktail Lovers

Getting to know you: up close and personal with Haku Vodka What does success of the programme look like? The execution of DOJO has been regarded as best in class by our global Suntory teams. So, in those terms it was very successful and we were very, very happy with it. Or let’s put it another way, how do you measure success?

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Martinis in the mix – new podcast!

The Cocktail Lovers

Not in our product reviews, which feature Planteray Cut and Dry Coconut Rum and Tito’s Handmade Vodka (although, come to think of it, the latter would make a fab base if vodka-based Martinis are your thing). It wasn’t planned, but Martinis pop up a few times in this episode.

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