They come in a bottle, a can or even a box. But should you be stocking up?
Xhulio Sina used to manage the bars at Sketch, the Royal Opera House and the South Bank Centre. He now makes his own passion fruit daiquiri and other classic cocktails from his Catford-based “Bottle Shop and Bar”.
They are far from alone – takeaway alcohol sales have risen by a third during Covid and the home delivery subscription industry has sky-rocketed. In the UK, Porn Stars now come bottled and batched courtesy of Nick Wall’s Tails; Sloe Sex on the Beach is available from Essex’s Tapp’d Cocktails; Zombies can be ordered from Karl Wozny’s Cocktail in a Bottle in Kent; while Jen Wright’s West Yorkshire company The Cocktail Pickers Club delivers classics including a bramble hedgerow gin straight to your door.