April: Adam Elmegirab at the Grosvenor Hotel

Posted by on Apr 26, 2012 in Past events | 0 comments As any cocktail enthusiast knows, bitters are a staple ingredient in many of the tastiest recipes.  Such is their importance, we even made our own a while back.  Being big fans of this category, we jumped at the chance therefore when Adam Elmegirab, producer of a range of fine bitters offered to come and speak at an event for us. Hailing from Scotland, this was a rare opportunity to hear Adam...
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April: Monkey Shoulder Chocolate Trail Challenge

Posted by on Apr 20, 2012 in Articles | 1 comment In January, some of our members came along with us to a preview of some of the events that Monkey Shoulder had planned for the year in conjunction with Anonymous Artists. During the evening we tasted a number of variants of a cocktail: The Malt Jockey (recipe below). The variations lay with the type of chocolate bitters used. And, after a vote, the favourite of the tested recipes was barrelled,...
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