Cocktails

AddicksAddict said:

sam3110 said:

I work for London Cocktail Club in Shoreditch, we're kinda set up to be a dive bar, but still bang out decent cocktails

Thanks. If I was to say Hello, who should I ask for?

AddicksAddict said:

sam3110 said:

Sam, the bar manager ;-)

cafcdave123 said:

AddicksAddict said:

sam3110 said:

I work for London Cocktail Club in Shoreditch, we're kinda set up to be a dive bar, but still bang out decent cocktails

Thanks. If I was to say Hello, who should I ask for?

I'd go with "Sam"

I think you'll find most people on here use a nom-de-plume of some kind or other so it's not as obvious as you make out.

PragueAddick said:

Yep. Thought so. I've still got "The Savoy Cocktail Book". Reprinted 1982 but updated only in 1965, original version 1930.

Mojito, not mentioned!!

Used to use that book a lot in the 80s, but kinda went off cocktails, other than mojitos and impressing Czechs with Pimms. Think I might get back into it, thanks to this thread.

if you are visiting, Prague does have one cocktail bar which is really highly rated on the international scene, Tretters goldfingers.

Stuart the Red said:

Used to spend too much time and money on happy hour in the Long Island Iced Tea Shop on the corner of Great Newport St. and Upper St Martin's Lane!

Literally drank every cocktail on the menu, except for those with cream in them.

Favourites:

Long Island Iced Tea
Zombie
Very spicy Bloody Mary
Cuba Libre
Moscow Mule
Rusty Nail
Old Gashioned

Riviera said:

sam3110 said:

PragueAddick said:

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ValleyGary said:

Does a daiquiri count as a cocktail? If so, then thats mine. Got me absolutely smashed a few times in Mexico last year.

Definitely a cocktail, one of the oldest and greatest rum cocktails

EastStand said:

Mojito is the worst cocktail. Most places just smash a bit of mint and sugar up in a glass, 50ml (if you're lucky) of Bacardi and top it with soda. You're paying £8+ for a double of shit rum.

I usually have a stirred dirty vodka martini (extra dirty, easy on the vermouth), a rye whisky old fashioned or a manhattan. I like my alcohol mixed with more alcohol. That's a cocktail.

No soda in our Mojito.

We have a nice Manhattan Sour on our menu, as well as a couple of decent "short, strong and brown" cocktails too.

Rye Whiskey is one of my favourite things to drink, a Canadian Rye with just a barspoon of maple syrup and some bitters, absolute heaven

What's your recipe for a proper Mojito, Sam?

2 parts white rum, 1 part sugar syrup, half a dozen lime wedges muddled in the bottom of the glass, a handful of mint leaves, crushed ice, churn it up and garnish with a mint sprig. All the dilution you need should come from the churning of the cocktail

I used to frequent a Cuban bar near Rules in Covent Garden and their Mojito's were made with with darker rum, not Lambs dark but more a light brown. Does it have to be white run in a Mojito? I much prefer the darker ones.