[New Drink] Foragers Fruit Aperitif

Posted on Friday, September 28th, 2007 | No Comments

Just messing about the other day I realised how much I love the classic cocktail ‘Negroni’ (sweet vermouth, gin & Campari) so I thought i’d have a go at coming up with something similar…
In this drink I quite simply replaced each ingredient with something similar in style: The sweet vermouth is replaced with Somerset Pomona [...]

Monkey Bars 2007 Trophy

Posted on Friday, September 14th, 2007 | No Comments

I also managed to finally get my hands on the long awaited Monkey Bars Jamboree 2007 trophy which I won back in April. Thanks to the Monkey Bars guys for bringing it along, it’ll take pride of place on the bar at work!

Plymouth Gin Bartender Challenge 2007

Posted on Thursday, September 13th, 2007 | No Comments

Yesterday was the first ever Plymouth Gin competition and I was a competitor, unfortunately I didn’t win!The competition was held at the world famous Blackfriars distillery in Plymouth which is the oldest working distillery in England. Blackfriars was formerly home to the Blackfriar Monks when it was built around the early 1400s and the building [...]

Espresso Fun @ Origin

Posted on Sunday, September 9th, 2007 | 2 Comments

Myself and Hugo joined Phil down at Origin today for an espresso tasting session in preparation for the South West leg of the UKBC (UK Barista Championship) which takes place in November.Stuart from Masteroast sent down six mystery samples for us to play around with, each a different blend and roast. I’d love to tell [...]

Rhubarb cocktail page image

Posted on Thursday, September 6th, 2007 | 3 Comments

Just a quick update, here is the promised picture taken of the page with my cocktail on in ‘Jamie At Home’. I hope i’m allowed to to put it up on the net like this, I guess i’ll wait for the knock from the lawyers if i’m not!

Jamie at home & Steve Wright in the afternoon

Posted on Tuesday, September 4th, 2007 | No Comments

An exciting 24 hours…
I arrived at work last night to discover boxes full of the new ‘Jamie at Home’ book. I quickly browsed to the rhubarb section and there it was, my rhubarb cocktail! I’ll try and get a scan of the page (or you could just buy the book) but for now a [...]