Four iconic cocktails to sip from your Barwell glassware

It was the great David Sedaris who said: ‘No amount of physical contact could match the healing powers of a well-made cocktail.’ Indeed, a great cocktail doesn’t start and end with ingredients, but it should also incorporate the atmosphere of the bar it’s served in, along with the chatter, the bartender’s elegant moves – and, of course, the glass.
 
Barwell cut-crystal glassware is one of our ultimate House signatures used to serve cocktails  around the world – be it satisfyingly heavy crystal rocks glasses, Champagne coupes or elegant wine glasses. With the holiday season around the corner, the Barwell range is back in stock to make sure you have the ideal serving set-up to entertain your guests. 

We trust you’ve already learnt how to make a Picante, so here are four more House classics to master. 

1. Calle Ocho 

Ingredients 
.85 oz/ 25ml Bacardí Ocho 
.85 oz / 25ml Bacardí Coconut 
.85 oz/ 25ml lime juice 
.5oz/ 15ml Dark Creme de Cacao 
3 dashes of Angostura bitters 
.5oz/ 15ml Champagne 
Mint leaf, for garnish

Method 
Add all of the ingredients to your cocktail shaker tin (except the Champagne). Then add in cubed ice, shake quickly (make sure you don’t over-dilute) and double strain into a coupe glass. Top with Champagne and garnish with a mint leaf. 

2. Old Fashioned 

Ingredients
2oz/ 50ml Woodford Reserve 
1 bar spoon/ 5ml Old Fashioned syrup 
Orange peel, rough cut 

Method 
Measure the Old Fashioned syrup into a rocks glass, then add Woodford Reserve. Add cubed ice to fill the glass and stir until the correct dilution is reached by tasting. Ensure you are topping with ice as you go, then finish by capping the drink with ice. Add orange zest by releasing the aromas on top and around the drink, then place the orange peel in the side of the glass. 

3. Bramble 

Ingredients 
1.75oz/ 40ml Bombay Sapphire gin
.25oz/ 10ml Creme de Mure 
.75oz/ 20ml lemon juice 
.5oz/ 15ml simple syrup 
3 raspberries on a pick 

Method 
Build all of the ingredients in a rocks glass (except the Creme de Mure), then top with crushed ice. Lightly churn or swizzle all the ingredients until thoroughly mixed and cap with more crushed ice. Leave room at the top of your glass and drizzle the Creme de Mure. Be careful not to over-pour as this will make the drink too sweet. Garnish with three raspberries on a pick. 

4. Paloma 
 
Ingredients
2oz/ 50ml Patrón Silver 
.5oz/ 15ml fresh lime juice 
Grapefruit soda
Grapefruit wedge 
Pinch of sea salt

Method
Add Patrón Silver and lime juice to a highball glass, then add cubed ice and top up with grapefruit soda. Finish with a wedge of grapefruit topped with a touch of sea salt. 

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