The capital's biggest cocktail event is just around the corner, bringing with it 10 whole days of £8 blends across 300 bars. So, we've decided to sift through the many classy, cool and award-winning joints taking part to find the most unusual signature serves available from the 3rd to the 13th of October. With everything from rhubarb and custard quaffs to dark chocolate treats, feast your eyes on our pick of the quirkiest drinks on offer at London Cocktail Week 2024.
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Apples & Pears - Rhubarb & Custard Spiced Martini
Combining the season's best produce with a healthy injection of booze, cosy bar Apples & Pears is treating our tastebuds by whipping up a Rhubarb & Custard Spiced Martini. A delicious, autumnal mix, it features spiced rum, rhubarb puree, Advocaat, vanilla, grenadine and lime juice. It's sure to satisfy the sweet tooth - if you can find the cool den hidden behind a shutter in Shoreditch that is.
We reckon this would beat a crumble any day.
Nightjar Carnaby - Eden
Located in the heart of the West End, Nightjar Carnaby is a legendary jazz hangout that's famed for its imaginative drinks and live entertainment in a sultry 1920s-themed space. For London Cocktail Week, it'll be whipping up a budget-friendly Eden, blending Woodford Reserve bourbon with Showerings Cider, carob cordial, Indian tonic water, lemon juice and galangal juice. Yum.
Speakeasy slurps? Sorted.
Laki Kane - Mananui
Tiki hotspot Laki Kane isn't just renowned for its tropical interiors, from the vibrant wallpaper to the luscious foliage hanging from the ceiling - it also slings out some top-notch tipples. Throughout the event, you can bag the Mananui, made of Teremana blanco tequila, Italian spirit, cacao flesh syrup, lime juice, yuzu juice and, beetroot juice, topped with grapefruit soda then garnished with a cacao butter swirl and caramelised beetroot - it's definitely one for Instagram.
This has to be one of the best alcoholic drinks at London Cocktail Week.
Silverleaf - Pistachio Matcha | Yuzu Neroli
Seductive late-night bar Silverleaf is found within Pan Pacific London, offering a luxurious setting with the sexy drinks menu to match. Swing by the snazzy space to get your lips around the curiously concocted Pistachio Matcha. Served short, this unique sip champions Aberfeldy 12 whisky, pistachio, white chocolate, and matcha. Phwoar. Oh, and there's also a refreshing Yuzu Neroli too, with Tanqueray 10 gin and tarragon.
Classy and elegant, from the tipples to the interiors.
Opium - Lemon Drop Sour
A chic, secret bar hidden beneath Chinatown, Opium is simply perfect for slinky date nights and those who like the quirkier things in life. When you're not digging into delightful dim sum, glug down a Lemon Drop Sour: a marriage of vodka, orange liqueur, simple syrup, lemon juice and foamer bitters.
This has to be one of the best bars for London Cocktail Week 2024.
The Stables Bar at The Milestone Hotel - Carrot Cake-Tail
During London Cocktail Week, be transported to sunnier climes at The Stables Bar at The Milestone Hotel. Expect this charming venue to shake up a storm with the rich and boozy Carrot Cake-Tail. What to expect? Carrot cake-infused vodka, walnut-infused triple sec, Mozart dark chocolate, lactic acid, cream soda, icing foam.
Chocoholics rejoice, The Stables Bar has got you covered.
Swift Shoreditch - Sgroppino Royale
This gorgeous, European-style bar tucked away near Old Street offers a small number of seats and emulates the early 1900s vibes of its sister spot in Soho. For London Cocktail Week, Swift Shoreditch is whipping up a drink that tastes as good as its surrounds look with the Sgroppino Royale. Made with St-Germain elderflower liqueur, lemon sorbet, and topped with Moët & Chandon Brut Imperial Champagne, it's fancy and refreshing.
You'll have to be swift to get a seat at this intimate bar.
A Bar With Shapes For A Name - Monochrome Martini
Inspired by the Bauhaus art movement, and known for its late licence (4am to be exact) and intricately made cocktails in a lab-like environment, A Bar With Shapes For A Name is a Hoxton gem that's delivering with its Monochrome Martini. Think Grey Goose vodka, Noilly Prat vermouth and salt solution combined to create your new favourite sip which you can tailor by picking either a strawberry, vanilla or mint-infused version.
Put this multi-award-winning bar on your cocktail list.
Covent Garden Social Club - Rasin D'Etre
This gorgeous members club can be found tucked away from the bustle of Leicester Square in the basement of the Arts Theatre oozing New York Prohibition era vibes. For London Cocktail Week, Covent Garden Social Club is whipping up the Rasin D'Etre. Made using Takamaka Extra Noir rum, Pedro Ximenez sherry, chocolate bitters, and demerara sugar, it comes with a little packet of Choccy Scoffy which will satisfy your sweet tooth.
This tipple is giving us a real Rasin D'Etre.
Aqua Kyoto - The Founder Negroni
Beautiful Japanese restaurant and bar Aqua Kyoto is offering not one but three bespoke concoctions between the 3rd and 13th of October. Made with coconut fat-washed Nikka gin, quinine aperitif-infused strawberry and bitter aperitif, The Founder Negroni is more than a little bit tempting. A 1984 Gimlet, featuring Nikka vodka, sake, basil and lime is also on the menu, as well as a honey and grapefruit bitters-based Leatherwood Old Fashioned.
Nab a negroni at Aqua Kyoto this London Cocktail Week.
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