By Will Lowe
On Wednesday the 20th of January, bartenders and sommeliers from across the country converged on London’s Saatchi gallery for the undisputed (by me) industry highlight of the year: The Bartenders vs Sommeliers Superstars Competition. The drinks professionals were there to pit their skills head to head, in order to win not only an all expenses paid distillery tour trip to Cognac, but …
By Bibendumtimes
Following from last week’s Tim Atkin Caption Competition, here is this week’s chance to win a bottle of Laurent Perrier Ultra Brut Champagne. All you have to do is watch our very own spirits maestro Will Lowe make our Bibendum Times cocktail then come up with a name for Will’s creation.
The best name for the cocktail (as judged by the B …
By Will Lowe
The Will Lowe
It’s a recurring theme with Los Valientes. Almost without fail, when a bartender is left to play around with this molasses / sugar cane blended rum, they will end up creating a variation on the classic Old Fashioned recipe.
I believe this is due to the fact that the rum is very well balanced already. It simply does …
By Will Lowe
I’ve got a new toy. It’s a 0.5 ltr Mosa Nitrous Oxide Cream Whipper. Sounded very masculine until that last bit…Anyway, I’ve decided to put it to the test. And of course, a new toy calls for a new recipe! Starting out with my all time favourite rum, I made the basic inroads towards a rum old fashioned. A bar spoon of demerara sugar, …
By Will Lowe
Salt rim or no salt rim?
This debate has divided the Lowe household for quite some time. For years, the most obvious answer has been the classic “half-salt rim” solution. Half salted, half not, and everybody’s happy. Except they’re not, are they?
Everybody’s half happy.
A new approach was clearly required. Enter the Cocktail Chemist. Molecular Gastronomy has been quietly working it’s way into the mainstream for some …
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