By Molly Lamb, WBM Brand Ambassador. Venue: The Looking Glass Location: Shoreditch Closest Tube: Aldgate East Martini No.1 Gin: Theodore Pictish(50ml) Wine: Manzanilla (10ml) Vermouth: Home made Rose Wine based Vermouth (15ml) Twist:Orange & Lavender Bitters Martini No. 2 Gin: Portobello Road (65 ml) Vermouth: Noilly Prat (20ml) Twist:Lemon (Peel […]
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By Molly Lamb, WBM Brand Ambassador Venue: The Coburg Bar, The Connaught Hotel Location: Mayfair, London Closest Tube: Bond Street or Green Park Martini No.1 Gin: Tanqueray 10 Vermouth: Noilly Prat Twist: Grapefruit Martini No.2 – Gin: Beefeater Burroughs Reserve Vermouth: Sauterne (interesting use of a sweet white wine as […]
By Gry Sharp, WBM Co-Founder We tried Atlas Bar on the recommendation of several people, and it entirely lived up to the hype. Let’s start with the building – it’s officially called Parkview Square, but everybody in Singapore knows it as the Gotham building due to its resemblance to a […]
We were delighted to meet Barry and Rasa from Kokoro Gin for the official 2018 Challenge tasting at the hidden Peony private bar located in the Opium Cocktail Lounge in London’s Chinatown. Kokoro, meaning (roughly) “the beating heart,” finds its inspiration in the forests of Japan courtesy of the co-founder’s […]
By James Thomas, WBM Co-Founder It’s not all that often we get to taste a gin at a Thai restaurant, but that’s exactly where we found ourselves when Andy, proud owner of Lilliput Gin, invited us to do our 2018 challenge tasting with his friends at the Koh Noi Thai […]
By Gary Sharp and James Thomas, WBM Co-Founders We were invited to join Lukasz from Pothecary Gin at the Bulgari Hotel in Knightsbridge. We arrived in the elegant bar to be greeted by Ago behind the bar with a friendly “Oh, you must be the martini guys’. We settled in, […]
By Gary Sharp, WBM Co-Founder I had been looking forward to my trip to the Goring, having heard great things about it. I arrived on a Friday, mid-afternoon, to find that the place was absolutely mobbed. Fortunately, there was still one bar stool available, squeezed in at the end of […]