Thursday 1 February 2024
Ancient Egyptian Cocktails at the Bloomsbury Club
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Let the mystical pyramid choose your cocktail To Bloomsbury, for the launch of a new cocktail menu at the Bloomsbury Club , in the bowels of...
Tuesday 17 October 2023
Vintage Pimm's No.5 and No.6—unopened bottles
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My two 1960s bottles. Note that I'd already opened them by the time of the photograph I’ve known for a long while that the fruit-infused...
Monday 12 June 2023
Gimme that gomme! Making your own gomme syrup
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The gum Arabic powder as it comes (against white paper for colour comparison) If you’re in the habit of perusing vintage cocktail books (of ...
Sunday 28 May 2023
Is this the Martini-lover's bible?
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Hot on the heels of his book Negroni (OK, a bit over two years later) m’colleague David Smith has published his new work, Martini , again w...
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Tuesday 23 May 2023
Luxardo Espresso Liqueur
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Luxardo kindly sent me a sample of their new Espresso liqueur. They describe it as “a traditional Italian liqueur obtained from a thirty-day...
Friday 17 March 2023
Goodwood and Porthleven gins
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A couple of new gins have come on to my radar in recent months. Of course, this is nothing but a teardrop in the ocean of gins that are cons...
Sunday 29 January 2023
The Mexican Blackbird
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During lockdown the New Sheridan Club started entertaining the troops with a weekly virtual pub quiz, delivered via Zoom. This has continue...
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