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National Pisco Sour Day

February 4th, 2012 BY shawn • No CommentsSpirits

  This Saturday is National Pisco Sour Day and we are celebrating it, well because we love Pisco Sours. In Peru, “Pisco Sour day” is celebrated on the first Saturday of February. Years ending with zero (0) are of special significance. When the Peruvian National Anthem is played, all Pisco Sour’s must be finished as a mark of [...]

Maker’s Mark Old Fashion Off

February 3rd, 2012 BY shawn • No CommentsSpirits

  Nate & I are entering the Maker’s Mark CPBA Cocktail Competition next week, by tonight we will know if we are heading to Vancouver to represent Clive’s and Victoria. We thought we may as well show you what we have put together for the night and showcase them for you on Friday. Here are the [...]

Whisky Week Wrap Up

January 24th, 2012 BY shawn • No CommentsSpirits

Whisky Week has come to an end for another year. In its first year, it was more than a great success with all the seminars packing out and our feature nights going over monumentally. It started on Wednesday and covered the up to and over the internationally famous Victoria Whisky Fest. Wednesday started out with [...]

2nd Annual NYE Campari Red Party

January 4th, 2012 BY shawn • No CommentsSpirits

New Year’s Eve is like a bartender’s Christmas to me, it’s when everybody is over the stress of Christmas shopping, having to deal with family over the holidays and just before they freak out at that January credit card bill. It’s a place in time and space that is almost like a vacuum in general [...]

New Cocktail Menu starts today!

November 17th, 2011 BY shawn • No CommentsSpirits

The hardest thing about changing the cocktail menu every season especially with Nate being on the crew now is what do you get rid of, where do you trim the fat. When people ask what are our biggest sellers, it’s hard to give them a definitive answer because everything sells well depending on the night. [...]

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NEWEST BARKEEP'S CREATION

Mayahuel Flame

2oz El Jimador Tequila

2/3 oz Ginger Honey Shrubb

1/2 oz Serrano Chilli & Sencha Amaro

25mL Fresh Grapefruit Juice

Shake and dirty strain over an ice globe. Garnish with a grapefruit peel. 

WEEKLY FEATURES

FINE WINE WEDNESDAY

Every week we delve into bin ends, hard to find vintages and rare styles to bring you something different by the glass. Brought to you by Trialto Wines.

LOCAL 22 & CASK AWAY

Thursday is for beer lovers. Local 22 showcases the best new local large formats coming out of our breweries whilst once a month, we pair with local brewmasters to create a speciality cask for our guests.

MONTHLY HOMAGE COCKTAIL FRIDAY

Our long running Homage Cocktail Friday pays tribute to the bars around the world we admire and respect. We recreate their lists for our guests, it’s like bar hopping around the world.

EXPERIMENTAL SATURDAY

Experimental Saturday is where the bartenders let their hair down, creating off the wall creations with a specific theme in mind.



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