Top 5 Bars for London Cocktail Week
No style loving cocktail hunter should miss this extravaganza. London Cocktail Week (LCW) takes over the city from 3rd – 9th October 2016. Book your festival pass and then enjoy signature cocktails – mostly at just £5 – at 250 top bars and smartest hotels. Don’t miss the World Class House at Piccadilly Circus and The London Cocktail Week Village at Old Spitalfields Market; and heady highlights such as the breathtaking views as you enjoy one of the most exquisite LCW cocktails at GŌNG at The Shard, the highest bar in Western Europe.
Chosen for your drinking pleasure by Su-Lin Ong @sloLondon. By day, Su-Lin is an alcohol consultant and drinks & taste judge; by night, a go-anywhere bar fly who’s always up for a moody bar and daring drinks.
Black Rock
9 Christopher Street, Liverpool Street
www.blackrock.bar
Styling itself as simply ‘a whisky bar’ is too modest. This is the sister bar to the nearby Whistling Shop. Drink off a forest wood hunk of a table – it’s a completely bespoke experience to settle into. Bar manager Thom Solberg creates stunning cocktails from his whiskies here. He is just back from the 20th anniversary of the huge Bourbon Festival in Bardstown – his prize trip for winning the Rebel Yell most rebellious cocktail competition with his torched corn creation.
The Black Rock LCW cocktail: Java of Skye – Smokey Talisker 10yo Scotch whisky, atomised Skye essence and coffee cream soda.