Tuesday, 9 May 2017

The joys of preparation

Putting 17 cocktails on the menu when you normally have none… well, that’s a challenge.
But nothing that can’t be tackled with some serious preparation. But serious doesn’t have to be tedious: yesterday evening the bar staff of Thornbridge and I had a blast trying out all the drinks that will be served on May 13th, World Cocktail Day.

So I ended up tasting 18 cocktails. We took two shots at the Hole in One to fine-tune the Scotch we’ll be using and we decided to also mix up a Perfect Manhattan (not to be confused with a perfect Manhattan, but we’ll certainly do our best next Saturday).
The count would have been 19, but Siem was hugging his White Russian (but that was well deserved, you can see him taking notes in the picture).
Although Daan will be enjoying his birthday and will not be behind the bar, I’ll let him mix my Sazerac anytime. And the Vesper of Guus was enough to land him a role in the next Casino Royale remake (if we could ever get him into a suit and out of his cap).


We’ll be ready on the 13th of May. You’re very welcome to join us on this singular event.
No Bunny Hugs, though.

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