Award-winning mixologist Andy Pearson creates a unique cocktail collection
With four of London's most historic and unique hotels within our collection, we felt it was only fair they deserved a signature cocktails of their own. Guoman Hotels has therefore worked with award-winning mixologist Andy Pearson to delvelop a signature cocktail for each hotel. A past winner of the prestigious National Bartending Champion for the UK Bartenders Guild and having represented the UK in two world finals at the World Championships, we felt Andy was well qualified to design our exclusive cocktails. The cocktails will be available in their respective hotels from November 1st.
100% of the profits from the sale of the cocktails will go towards our charity partners, The Household Cavalry Charitable Fund and Help for Heroes, which work to raise funds for injured servicemen returning from conflicts overseas.
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The Park Lane cocktail, exclusive to The Cumberland £10
A very feminine cocktail with confidence and elegance, the name references The Cumberland’s location at the top of Park Lane. Like the hotel’s post-modern lobby, the Park Lane is design-focussed with strong colours. Bombay Sapphire is a key ingredient and the drinks comes served in a champagne flute with a colourful element to it, in line with the different colour washes that are projected throughout the hotel at various times of the day.
Garnish: None
Glass: Flute
Method: Muddle melon in glass half of a boston shaker, add gin and limoncello and shake with ice, double strain into flute and top with champagne
Ingredients:
12 x 1cm cubes Fresh galia melon
30ml Bombay Sapphire Gin
20ml Limoncello
Top with Champagne
The Tower cocktail, exclusive to The Tower £11.84
Tower Bridge originally cost £1,184,000 to build (1886-1894) and subsequently we’ve priced our Tower cocktail at just £11.84 in honour of one of London’s landmark bridge. The cocktail is served to the guest in a plain jewellery box referencing the hotel’s location next to the Tower of London - home of the Crown Jewels. Beefeater is the base spirit, synonymous with the area. Like its namesake hotel, the cocktail is designed to stimulate all the senses, served in a jewellery box, garnished with grated nutmeg to bring a delicious aroma and accompanied by a textured canapé. This truly individual cocktail is unlike any other in the manner of its delivery and ability to hit all the senses.
Garnish: Grated nutmeg on top, served with a textured canapé
Glass: Highball served in a jewellery box
Method: Shaken
Ingredients:
25ml Beefeater
15ml Gabriel Boudier peche de vigne liqueur
10ml Yellow Chartreuse
75ml Fresh orange juice
50ml Pink grapefruit juice
15ml Fresh lime juice
The Cavalry cocktail, exclusive to The Royal Horseguards £12
a.k.a. “Shame on him who drinks evil”
The Royal Horseguards cocktail has been created in honour of The Life Guards and The Blues & Royals regiments, the eldest and most senior in the British Army, which together form The Household Cavalry. “Shame on him who drinks evil” references the original moto of the Life Guards, “Shame on him who thinks evil”.
Made with a unique blend of Ruby port, Courvoisier VSOP Exclusif Cognac, Grand Marnier and Red burgundy, the cocktail is served in a rocks glass, stirred with a silver stirrer and served on an Oxford Blue leather coaster.
An incredibly masculine drink and inspired by British military history, The Cavalry cocktail is aimed at the more discerning drinker. The Oxford Blue coaster and silver stirrer are a nod towards the British establishment and reflect the Royal Horseguards location at the heart of London’s military and political community. Essentially, this is a very British cocktail.
Garnish: Orange zest
Glass: Rocks glass
Method: Stirred and served on an ‘oxford blue’ leather coaster embossed with regimental motto with a silver stirrer
Ingredients:
25ml Red burgundy
25ml Ruby port
25ml Courvoisier VSOP Exclusif Cognac
5ml Grand Marnier
The Punto Central cocktail, exclusive to Charing Cross £9
This romantic cocktail comes in two varieties: one male, one female… but both drinks share three common tastes - apple, ginger and raspberry. Whilst the male version is mixed with Whyte & Mackay, The Thirteen and served in a very masculine martini glass, the female version is vodka-based with Chambord raspberry liqueur and served with a floating frozen raspberry.
The name reflects the Charing Cross hotel’s position at the most central point of London. The Spanish translation is in honour of The Eleanor Cross outside the hotel; one of 12 built to mark the points where the funeral procession of Eleanor of Castile stopped on route from Harby (near Lincoln) to Westminster Abbey in 1290. The twin drinks reflects the hotels wide range of clientele, offering both mid-week and weekend guests something exceptional… and best shared as a couple (although both cocktails are also available to order individually).
His
Garnish: None
Glass: Martini
Method: Stirred
Ingredients:
25ml Whyte & Mackay, The Thirteen
15ml The King’s ginger liqueur
10ml Apple schnapps
10ml Raspberry infused sweet vermouth
Hers
Garnish: A floating frozen raspberry
Glass: Martini
Method: Muddle fresh ginger in glass half of a boston shaker, add other ingredients and shake with ice, double strain into chilled martini glass
Ingredients:
30ml Vodka
20ml Chambord raspberry liqueur
2 x 2.5mm slices Fresh ginger
35ml Pressed apple juice