Food & Wine Bite Size: All the food and drinks news you need for OctoberFrom stylish tea to Wexford wine, there’s plenty going on this month
Recipes Brighten up your days with these fruity, Irish cocktails We asked mixologists from hotels around the country to share their favourite fruit-focused cocktails for you to try
Sponsored Content Best in glass: Mark Cooney wins bartender of the yearExtraordinary cocktails were the order of the evening as the Irish winner of Diageo Reserve’s World Class Bartender of the Year competition was crowned
Drinks Summer of spritz: Oisin Davis visits a new Dublin bar that should be on everyone’s radarOn the ground floor of Three Storey on St Stephen’s Green, Martin Holec is serving up a top-notch selection of lower-alcohol spritzes that are perfect for this time of year
The essential Irish cocktailsOur native spirits have been used in cocktail-making for centuries; we should be making more of them, writes Oisin Davis
Flavoured gins can be ‘a great addition to round out your collection’ If you choose carefully, you can find a flavoured gin you’ll love — just give the glitter a miss
Recipes: Afternoon delightsThis beautiful lemon posset by master patissier Will Torrent is summer in a glass
Wine: Senses stirred, not shakenRed wine is not the first ingredient that springs to mind in relation to cocktail making, but including port, mead and vermouth in the mix opens up a world of possibilities
Publican finds right mix for cocktails venture during pandemicCraft Cocktails started as sideline to help Bar 1661 survive pandemic and range is now stocked by 50 retailers countrywide