The Cocktail Lovers20 Kesä 2024

Coffee, rum & a visit to the Isle of Man

We have a glorious mish-mash of tastes and experiences in this episode and we've loved every one of them. Starting with our two featured products, the omnipresent Mr Black Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur and the small batch Baba au Rum Special Edition Guyana Single Cask Rum.

Our book choice sees us going back in time, to 1948 in fact. This is when David A. Embury first published The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, and it's been one of the most revered books on cocktails and bar culture ever since.

The Gaucho group of restaurants haven't been going for quite that long but long enough to have built a reputation for being one of the top spots for quality Argentinian steaks and wines across its 22 UK sites. But cocktails? Not so much. Until now that is. We popped in to try the brand new drinks list and were pretty darned impressed. As you'll hear from our review.

And then another place which was never on our radar – the Isle of Man, where we catch up with Drew Fleming to talk about his bar Kiki Lounge and his plans to put IoM on the global cocktail map.

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What we're mixing:

The Martini (Medium)

40ml London Dry gin

20ml dry vermouth

20ml sweet vermouth

Method:

Stir ingredients over ice and pour into a chilled Martini glass.

Adapted from The Savoy Cocktail Book

Baba au Rum Special Edition Guyana Single Cask Rum

Gaucho Restaurants

Kiki Lounge

Mr Black Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur

The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks by David A. Embury

Drew Fleming and Jamie from Kiki Lounge will be at Seed Library, Shoreditch on 17th July. Book your seats at seedlibraryshoreditch.com

The Cocktail Lovers theme music is by Travis 'T-Bone' WatsonEdited by Christian Fox

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