![]() ![]() It was as recently as the late 1990s that he created this now classic drink, while he was working at the Library Bar at the The Lanesborough hotel, near Hyde Park Corner. As well as having a strong presence across the Atlantic, he now oversees the offerings at London’s Playboy Club on Old Park Lane. Salvatore Calabrese is a massive name when it comes to cocktails. Try The Toucan in Soho, Auld Shillelagh in Stoke Newington or The Crown & Cushion in Lambeth. ![]() ![]() If you want to go hardcore, make it in a pint glass.ĭrink it: An Irish pub. ![]() Make it: Simply half-fill a flute with Champagne or sparkling wine and slowly pour Guinness on top, it will float slightly showing off the colour differentiation. It’s especially pertinent given the celebratory nature of Champagne, and the way this cocktail, also served in a flute, mimics that but with the addition of the colour black. Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert had died only weeks earlier of Typhoid Fever, triggering a period of mourning throughout Britain Victoria herself wore black for the rest of her life, and this black cocktail was the bar’s own way of showing their respect. James’s Street, one of London’s oldest gentlemen’s clubs, and one that is still around today. It is thought to have been created in early 1861 at Brooks’s Club in St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, but its origins are far more sombre. The likelihood is you’ll know this mix of Guinness and Champagne from St. ![]()
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