Looking Glass Cocktail Club celebrates the launch of its new Fables & Tales Autumn and Winter menu from October 17 and is offering 50% off cocktails between October 17 and 19.
The team have mixed up a storm in the laboratory to create a molecular drinks menu, designed by industry heavyweights Olesia Postnova and Lee Baker.
The new menu celebrates well-known tales, myths and fables from around the world; each providing inspiration for a cocktail. Comprising 13 inventive cocktails, each is designed using key regional ingredients, with a tale reflected in each signature serve.
The Tin Man travels through (The Wizard of) Oz, in a balloon of smoke while Momotarō’s golden peach gives a tour of Japan.
Puss in Boots featurewa a re-distilled Amaro, or perhaps quaff from a golden egg at the top of a beanstalk.
The full list is as follows:
- Tin Man Tipple (Inspired by The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, US)
- Blanco tequila, Lion’s Mane, Hay liquor, smoke
- Peach Boy (Momotarō, Japan)
- Hakushu Japanese whisky, umeshu sake, peach distillate
- Mr Wolf (Little Red Riding Hood, Russia)
- Absolut vodka, Konik’s Tail, dill, beetroot & honey foam
- Trickery in Stripes (The Sun and the Moon from Peru/Inca Empire)
- Pisco, orange blossom water, lemon
- Voodoo Spirit (The White Witch of Rose Hall, Jamaica)
- Blend of Plantation rums, Havana 3, coffee and Jamaican chocolate
- Disco Beans (Jack and the Beanstalk, UK)
- Plymouth Gin, Sherry, lemon
- Crafty Kitty (Puss in Boots, Italy)
- Redistilled Amaro, wild oregano cordial, soda
- Woolly Peril (Mongán’s Frenzy, Ireland)
- Jameson Irish whiskey, Ban Poitin, rye bread syrup, Guinness foam, oaked ginger wine
- Goes Around, Comes Around (The Legend of the White Snake, China)
- Beefeater gin, gunpowder and jasmine cordial
- Prophecy Fulfilled (Why the Sky is Far Away, Nigeria)
- Havana 3, eucalyptus, candied oregano
- Slither & Rock (The Rainbow Serpent, Aboriginal Australia)
- Shiraz gin, lemon, wattleseed wine reduction
- The Princess (The Ramayana, India)
- Black cardamom ghee infused Beefeater gin, chai masala vermouth, cinnamon almond milk
- Amber Tears (Jūratė and Kastytis, Lithuania)
- Martell VS brandy, pine mead, lemon, soda
Looking Glass Cocktail Club, 49 Hackney Road, London, E2 7NX