Basil Peach Daiquiri
A characterful cocktail built around white rum, peach syrup and lime, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: White rum, Peach syrup, lime, Basil syrup. Serve well chilled.
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Savoury and Umami Cocktails cocktails.
Savoury and Umami Cocktails
Not every cocktail needs to lead with fruit or sugar. Savoury and umami flavours can make drinks feel deeper, more grown-up and much more memorable. This collection focuses on active cocktails with miso, sesame, olive leaf, salt, smoke, pepper, herbs, rosemary, thyme, sage, basil and other ingredients that bring structure rather than obvious sweetness. The result is a set of drinks that feel modern, layered and very satisfying.
The key with savoury cocktails is balance. Miso can add richness, sesame brings nuttiness, salt sharpens sweetness, smoke gives drama, and herbs can make a drink feel almost culinary. These cocktails are ideal before dinner, with food, or for drinkers who like the idea of something a bit more complex than a standard fruit serve. They are unusual, but not strange for the sake of it. They are built around flavour logic, and that is what makes them exciting.
Not every cocktail needs to lead with fruit or sugar. Savoury and umami flavours can make drinks feel deeper, more grown-up and much more memorable. This collection focuses on active cocktails with miso, sesame, olive leaf, salt, smoke, pepper, herbs, rosemary, thyme, sage, basil and other ingredients that bring structure rather than obvious sweetness. The result is a set of drinks that feel modern, layered and very satisfying.
The key with savoury cocktails is balance. Miso can add richness, sesame brings nuttiness, salt sharpens sweetness, smoke gives drama, and herbs can make a drink feel almost culinary. These cocktails are ideal before dinner, with food, or for drinkers who like the idea of something a bit more complex than a standard fruit serve. They are unusual, but not strange for the sake of it. They are built around flavour logic, and that is what makes them exciting.
Recipes in this collection
Savoury and Umami Cocktails recipes
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Black Sesame Sour
A characterful cocktail built around vodka, black sesame syrup and lemon, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, Black sesame syrup, lemon, Honey syrup. Serve well chilled.
Blood Orange Rosemary Spritz
A characterful cocktail built around aperitif, blood orange liqueur and rosemary cordial, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Aperitif, Blood orange liqueur, Rosemary cordial, sparkling wine. Serve well chilled.
Bloody Mary
A savory, spiced cocktail perfect for brunch.
Ingredients: Vodka, tomato juice, lemon, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce.
Brown Butter Old Fashioned
A characterful cocktail built around pisco, dragon fruit syrup and fig juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Pisco, Dragon Fruit Syrup, Fig Juice, Citrus Juice, Sugar Syrup. Serve well chilled.
Caesar
Caesar is bold, tomato-rich and built around seasoning rather than sweetness, with Vodka, Clamato Juice, Hot Sauce and Worcestershire Sauce giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Vodka, Clamato Juice, Hot Sauce, Worcestershire Sauce.
Cherry Pepper Smash
A characterful cocktail built around bourbon, cherry syrup and lime, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Bourbon, Cherry syrup, lime, Pink pepper syrup. Serve well chilled.
Cinnamon Sunset Sour
A characterful cocktail built around tequila, cinnamon syrup and lemon, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, Cinnamon syrup, lemon, Blood orange syrup. Serve well chilled.
Coconut Ember Negroni
A characterful cocktail built around gin, mango purée and cherry cola cordial, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Mango Purée, Cherry Cola Cordial, Lime Juice, Soda Water. Serve well chilled.
Coconut Negroni Colada
A tropical bittersweet cocktail that blends Negroni intensity with creamy Piña Colada energy.
Ingredients: Gin, Campari, sweet vermouth, pineapple juice, coconut cream and lime. Shake over ice.
Cucumber Elderflower Collins
A characterful cocktail built around gin, cucumber syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Cucumber syrup, citrus juice, Elderflower cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Dirty Margarita-Tini
A savoury tequila cocktail that fuses a Margarita with the sharp, briny confidence of a dirty Martini.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, dry vermouth, lime juice, orange liqueur, olive brine and agave. Shake and serve chilled.
Fig Thyme Manhattan
A characterful cocktail built around rye whiskey, fig syrup and bitters, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Rye whiskey, Fig syrup, bitters, Thyme tincture, Expressed citrus peel. Serve well chilled.
Kimchi Bloody Mary Mule
A spicy savoury long drink crossing a Bloody Mary with a ginger beer mule.
Ingredients: Vodka, tomato juice, lime juice, kimchi brine, hot sauce and ginger beer. Build over ice.
Mezcal Margarita
Mezcal Margarita is sharp, lively and properly structured, with Mezcal, lime juice, triple sec and and optional salt rim giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Mezcal, lime juice, triple sec, ice, and optional salt rim. Shake and strain.
Miso Caramel Old Fashioned
A characterful cocktail built around bourbon, miso caramel syrup and bitters, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Bourbon, Miso caramel syrup, bitters, Bitters tincture, Expressed citrus peel. Serve well chilled.
Miso Espresso Old Fashioned
A dark, glossy whisky cocktail with espresso bitterness and a subtle miso-salted finish.
Ingredients: Bourbon, espresso, maple syrup, white miso and chocolate bitters. Stir until cold.
Oaxaca Old Fashioned
A smoky agave twist on the Old Fashioned.
Ingredients: Reposado tequila, mezcal, agave syrup, bitters, and ice. Stir and serve over ice.
Olive Leaf Martini
A characterful cocktail built around gin, olive leaf liqueur and vermouth modifier, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Olive leaf liqueur, Vermouth modifier. Serve well chilled.
Picante de la Casa
Picante de la Casa is crisp, expressive and easy to come back to, with Tequila blanco, lime juice, agave syrup and coriander giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Tequila blanco, lime juice, agave syrup, coriander, chilli, and ice. Shake and strain.
Pickleback Mojito
A sharp, herby long drink that gives the Mojito a pickleback kick.
Ingredients: White rum, lime juice, pickle brine, sugar syrup, mint and soda water. Build over ice.
Pineapple Sage Smash
A characterful cocktail built around gin, pineapple syrup and lime, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Pineapple syrup, lime, Sage syrup. Serve well chilled.
Pink Pepper Paloma
A characterful cocktail built around tequila, pink pepper syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, Pink pepper syrup, citrus juice, Grapefruit cordial, Grapefruit soda. Serve well chilled.
Roasted Sesame Whisky Sour
A characterful cocktail built around vodka, matcha syrup and miso juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, Matcha Syrup, Miso Juice, Citrus Juice, Sugar Syrup. Serve well chilled.
Saffron Citrus Sour
A characterful cocktail built around gin, saffron syrup and lemon, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Saffron syrup, lemon, Mandarin syrup. Serve well chilled.
Sesame Matcha Martini
A creamy green Martini-style cocktail with vodka, matcha and toasted sesame.
Ingredients: Vodka, matcha syrup, white chocolate liqueur, toasted sesame syrup and cream. Shake and serve chilled.
Smoky Orchard Highball
A characterful cocktail built around scotch, apple syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Scotch, Apple syrup, citrus juice, Ginger cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Tamarind Sunset
A characterful cocktail built around tequila, tamarind syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, Tamarind syrup, citrus juice, Orange cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Toasted Coconut Negroni
A characterful cocktail built around gin, toasted coconut syrup and bitters, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Toasted coconut syrup, bitters, Bitter aperitif tincture, Expressed citrus peel. Serve well chilled.
Wasabi Watermelon Margarita
A bright watermelon Margarita with a clean wasabi heat.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, watermelon juice, lime, orange liqueur, agave and wasabi. Shake and serve over ice.
Yuzu Garden Martini
A characterful cocktail built around gin, yuzu liqueur and shiso modifier, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Yuzu liqueur, Shiso modifier. Serve well chilled.