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EnglishDoes Difford's Guide Cover More Than Cocktails?
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Yes. Difford's Guide is not only a cocktail recipe site. Its navigation and directory pages cover beer, wine and spirits, bars, makers, people, events, competitions and community discussion. The cocktail section is the largest visible part (the site cites 22,700 recipes), but the same site also hosts searchable directories for drinks and venues, plus industry-facing pages. The practical limit is access: some content sits behind "Log in" and "Join & Subscribe / Premium" links, so you may need an account or subscription for parts of the site.
What the site covers beyond cocktails
| Area | What you can do there | Where it sits in the navigation |
|---|---|---|
| Beer, wine & spirits | Search spirits, liqueurs, beers and wines; browse new products added to the directory | "Beer, Wine & Spirits" → Search Spirits / Liqueurs / Beers / Wines |
| Bars | Find a bar through a dedicated bar finder | "Bars" → Find A Bar |
| Makers | Search producers and brands behind the drinks | "Makers" → Search |
| People | Read profiles of people across the drinks industry, "from those who produce to those who pour" | "People" |
| Events | See what's on in the drinks world, month by month, from cocktail weeks to tastings | "Events" |
| Competitions | Find cocktail competitions and challenges open to bartenders and home enthusiasts | "Competitions" |
| Community | Join discussions, read recent comments and post your own | "Recent Discussion", "Your Community" |
Spirits, beers and wines
The "Beer, Wine & Spirits" section has its own search across spirits, liqueurs, beers and wines, and a "New Products" feed for the newest additions to that directory. If you are researching a bottle rather than a recipe, this is the part of the site to use.
Bars and the trade side
"Find A Bar" is a standalone bar finder. Alongside it, the Makers, People, Events and Competitions sections address the industry side: who makes the drinks, who works in the trade, what is happening and which competitions are open. The site describes its People section as covering everyone "from those who produce to those who pour."
Community and personal collections
Logged-in users get personal tools that go beyond browsing: saved recipes, cabinets, preferred brands, custom ingredients, lists, ratings, favourites, wish lists and a "Tried & Liked / Didn't Like / Must Try" system, plus comments and badges. These are account features, so treat them as available after login rather than to anonymous visitors.
How to check a specific drink or bar
- Open the site and use the top navigation rather than the cocktail finder.
- For a bottle, choose "Beer, Wine & Spirits" and then the matching category (Spirits, Liqueurs, Beers or Wines); enter the product name in that section's search.
- For a venue, choose "Bars" → "Find A Bar".
- For trade context, use "Makers", "People", "Events" or "Competitions".
- Expect a login prompt for account-based features such as saving, rating or commenting.
The expected result is a directory entry or listing page for the item you searched, not a cocktail recipe.
What to keep in mind
- Cocktails still dominate. The homepage leads with the Cocktail Finder, Cocktail of the Day and the "20 Best Cocktails" list, so the non-cocktail sections are easier to miss.
- Membership exists. The header shows "Join & Subscribe" and a "Premium" link, so some content or features may require a paid membership. The available material does not specify which pages are gated or what a membership costs, so check the membership page before relying on premium content.
- JavaScript is required. The site itself notes that JavaScript must be enabled in your browser, so a script-blocking setup may leave navigation and search unusable.
In short: use Difford's Guide for cocktails by default, but its spirits, beer and wine directories, bar finder, maker and people profiles, events and competitions make it a broader drinks reference too, provided you are signed in where the site requires it.