Bristol Cocktail Week 2016 events announced

Bristol Cocktail Week in October features such delights as a cocktail bus tour of the city, your chance to blend your own unique bottle of whisky, and a vodka cocktail and cheese pairing evening.

From October 17-23, there will also be a mixology map of the city, with bars in five designated zones serving their own specially crafted cocktails around themes including BS1 A Space Odyssey and The Mild West.

The week has been put together by Danny Walker of Psychopomp, Dee Davies of Red Light and the creator of Jinzu, and Ben Alcock of Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

“We are rolling out Bristol Cocktail Week and all the adventures it brings further across the city than ever before this year,” Danny said.

“We’ve got some seriously magnificent events stretching from North Street to Whiteladies and from Gloucester Road to Hotwells. 

“As ever, the week is about showcasing exactly what the bartenders in Bristol can do whilst giving cocktail fans exceptional value for money at our events.”

Here are the full Bristol Cocktail Week 2016 events listings. For tickets are more information, visit www.bristolcocktailweek.bar.

October 18

Good Things to Drink at Home
Her Majesty’s Secret Service
£25pp+booking fee
The team behind The White Lyan and Dandelyan share their unique way of mixing drinks. Learn how to use every day kitchen items to make exceptional cocktails.

The Art of Blending
The Milk Thistle, Quay
£40pp+booking fee
Join Phil Huckle, the global brand ambassador for Chivas Regal, for an evening of whisky. Enjoy tipples neat and in cocktails, and blend your very own bottle of scotch whisky to take home.

October 19

Bottled in Bond
Flipside Cocktail Club
£10pp+booking fee
American whiskey expert Russell Jackson will be serving up samples of three whiskies and the team at Flipside will be mixing up a cocktail with each one.

The Aperitivo Sessions
Psychopomp
£20pp+booking fee
Mark Scott from Psychopomp and Andy Simkins from Campari will be serving up a educational guide to three of the best pre dinner drinks, the Americano, the gin and it, and the negroni. 

Rum-ble in the Jungle
Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf
£15pp+booking fee
Find three hidden three rum cocktails around the mini golf course. Ticket price includes the cocktails and a round of mini golf.

October 20

A History of the American Gin Cocktail as Told Through the Medium of Jazz
Hyde & Co
£22.50pp+booking fee
Hyde & Co turns into a jazz club for the night and will be serving up some of the best classic gin cocktails with award winning American craft gins, alongside some toe-tapping live jazz. 

Gin Dinner
The Pump House
£65pp+booking fee
A five-course dinner with cocktail pairing.

Her Majesty’s Secret Cinema
The Old Fire Station
£20pp+booking fee
A screening of the original Ghostbusters with four cocktails served and fancy dress wholeheartedly encouraged.

October 21

A Drinker’s guide to the city of Bristol
Begins at The Milk Thistle
£25pp+booking fee
Board a double decker bus for a historical tour of Bristol told through cocktails. With drink in hand learn about sherry importing, rum smuggling and gin distilling and how they shaped our city. 

The Black Cow Saloon
The Bootlegger
Free
Black Cow Vodka share a night of vodka cocktails and cheese pairing set inside a pop-up saloon bar, with live blues.

October 22

The Cocktail Mix Tape
The Old Bookshop
£15pp+booking fee  
This year’s closing party with Sailor Jerry and Monkey Shoulder will feature two pop-up cocktail bars, a live funk band, food, and DJs playing rock and later hip-hop.

Main photo of Red Light bar staff courtesy of Dee Davies

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