DRY APERITIFS WITH A BITTER EDGE
‘Often a man takes a cocktail to freshen his appetite for breakfast. This object is attained because alcohol and bitters stimulate the stomach.’ This tip appeared in the Latter Day Saints’ Millenial Star in 1897. Breakfast is usually a bit early for us, but we’ll rarely refuse a pre-prandial sharpener before other hearty meals.
Messenger's Tonic - 10.25
Beefeater, Lillet Blanc, Sherry, Tonic Cordial
In the 1850s the strapline for Messenger’s London Cordial Gin was, ‘The Purest and most Delicious Tonic Beverage ever known to the entire World’. We would never presume to make such a bold claim about this refined straight-up interpretation of a Gin & Tonic. Someone somewhere may well have created a marginally more delicious beverage – we just haven’t found it yet.
In the 1850s the strapline for Messenger’s London Cordial Gin was, ‘The Purest and most Delicious Tonic Beverage ever known to the entire World’. We would never presume to make such a bold claim about this refined straight-up interpretation of a Gin & Tonic. Someone somewhere may well have created a marginally more delicious beverage – we just haven’t found it yet.
Champagne Charlie - 12.75
Gin, Lemon, Seasonal Fruit Syrup & Champagne
Hawksmoor Collins - 10.00
Beefeater 24, Campari, Bitters, Lemon, Soda
Back in the 1820s over at Limmer’s Old House (a stone’s throw from Hawksmoor Air Street), a waiter by the name of John Collins mixed a mean gin punch, which, confusingly, became known as a Tom Collins. We add a dash of Campari to give it a bitter edge.
Back in the 1820s over at Limmer’s Old House (a stone’s throw from Hawksmoor Air Street), a waiter by the name of John Collins mixed a mean gin punch, which, confusingly, became known as a Tom Collins. We add a dash of Campari to give it a bitter edge.
Dear Old Pal - 11.25
Redbreast 12yr, Noilly Pratt, Lapsang Campari
A smokey Irish homage to the Old Pal which was first mixed by Sparrow Robertson in turn-of-the-century Paris. In our subtle re-name we’ve borrowed the first line of an Irish labourers’ song from the 1890s:
A smokey Irish homage to the Old Pal which was first mixed by Sparrow Robertson in turn-of-the-century Paris. In our subtle re-name we’ve borrowed the first line of an Irish labourers’ song from the 1890s:
