As you may have seen from my Instagram (follow me @whatskatiedoing here) I love taking pictures of street art as I’m walking around a town or city – at any time of day! Shoreditch in particular is full of street art and when I was last there for London Cocktail Week I saw some great examples,…
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Brockmans Gin Cruise
An alternative title for this post might be ‘Kings Cross Cocktails’ as this was the tail end of London Cocktail Week and involved gin appreciation with Brockmans Gin on the Vestal Voyages canal boat, KERB 3rd birthday and a cocktail crawl…. Starting with the Brockmans Gin boat party with Gin Club with a Reading Problem:…
Brunch @ COUNTER *now closed*
Last Sunday I had the delight of checking out the brunch offering at COUNTER in Vauxhall with the Zomato ladies, Alexandra and Sheepa and some fellow bloggers. Tucked under the railway line right by the station entrance COUNTER has a great modern 1960’s decoration and was popular for brunch on a Sunday afternoon, quickly filling…
Half Hitch Gin Tour of Camden
The Tuesday night of London Cocktail Week was my chance to learn more about gin in Camden, with the Half Hitch tour and tasting. Half Hitch gin tour of Camden Mark Holdsworth, founder of Half Hitch is a local like me and makes his gin in the vaults under Camden lock. We were visiting his…
Making Gin in the Loo…
No, not an actual toilet… Or the bathtub… Otherwise known as ‘when we made gin in an old public convenience’ – that being Gin Club at Ladies and Gentlemen bar in Kentish Town. Gin Club had already had a gin making experience – on a boat with Willy Borrell and now we had the chance…
Cahoots!
I was lucky enough to make it to Cahoots for a London Cocktail week reunion – getting a table here is tough, reservations are a must! Cahoots is a great experience, walking past the ‘To the Trains’ sign was the first piece of the 1940’s theme. It really looks like you are entering an old…
LCW volunteer reunion!
I’ve remained in contact with a few of the people I met whilst volunteering at London Cocktail Week – always useful to know people in bars, to get in, for free drinks etc… And we decided to meet up for some drinks, which quickly turned into a cocktail crawl in East London! We started out…
The Bitter Truth….
It seems the latest craze for cocktails is to do away with sweet ones and instead to embrace bitter flavours. This was definitely seen at the London Cocktail Week French Themed close party at Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings. All of these classic French aperitifs have a bitter edge – and then there was the absinthe…….
LCW Hub @ Seven Dials
On Thursday I popped into the London Cocktail Week Seven Dials hub on Earlham Street to get the most out of my free wristband. I signed up for the Zacapa Rum multi sensory experience – a 45 minute tasting experience – I had seen loads of happy customers coming out of this saying how good…
#sevendaysofspritz – all the Spritz inspiration you need!
If you are looking for some spritz inspiration now that the hot weather has hit, then #SevenDaysofSpritz is providing plenty over on Instagram! If you if you search the hashtag you’ll see lots of different spritzes, or keep reading to learn more about the basics of this iconic drink as well as some variations: *Full…