No. 022 · Cocktail · IBA
Sidecar
Cognac, triple sec and lemon shaken and served up: a dry, citrusy brandy sour.
The encyclopedia of drinks
Mix it, pour it, brew it, whisk it.
Classic cocktails to official IBA specifications, the perfect pint, a proper cup of Yorkshire Tea, matcha, coffee, milkshakes and more: measured, method-by-method, with sources.
- Entries
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- How-to guides
- 14
- Pieces of kit
- 56
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The cabinet
11 shelves, from the bar to the soda fountain. Alcoholic drinks are kept on their own shelf; the milkshakes and soft drinks are for everyone.
The Bar
Cocktails, beer and cider. Alcoholic drinks for adults aged 18 and over.
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Cocktails
64 entries
Classic cocktails with official IBA specifications, plus a few British favourites.
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Beer
7 entries
How to pull a pint, pour a bottle and serve each style at its best.
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Cider & perry
3 entries
Apples and pears, still and sparkling, served the British way.
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The Alcohol-free Bar
Mocktails with all the craft and none of the alcohol.
The Tea Room & Coffee House
Tea, matcha, coffee and hot chocolate, brewed properly.
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Tea
7 entries
From a proper Yorkshire brew to green tea, chai and iced tea.
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Matcha
4 entries
Usucha and koicha, whisked properly, plus lattes hot and iced.
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Coffee
10 entries
Espresso, cafetière, pour-over, AeroPress, moka pot and cold brew.
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Hot chocolate
4 entries
Quick cocoa, rich melted chocolate, white and spiced.
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The Soda Fountain
Milkshakes, smoothies and soft drinks for all the family.
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Milkshakes
10 entries
Thick, cold and blended: ten shakes to make at home.
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Smoothies
7 entries
Fruit, yoghurt and greens blended for breakfast or any time.
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Soft drinks
4 entries
Homemade lemonade, elderflower cordial and ginger ale.
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How to…
- I. How to pull the perfect pint Beer Cask ale through a handpump, keg beer from the tap and stout's two-part pour: clean glasses, the right temperature and a proper head.
- II. How to make a proper cup of tea Tea Fresh water, the right temperature, enough time and milk at the right moment: tea-making advice from Yorkshire Tea and the UK Tea & Infusions Association.
- III. Matcha: usucha, koicha and how to whisk Matcha What matcha is, the difference between thin usucha and thick koicha, the tools you need, and Ippodo's quantities and temperatures.
- IV. Coffee basics: grind, ratio, temperature and time Coffee The four things that control how coffee tastes, with brew ratios and times for espresso, cafetière, pour-over, AeroPress and cold brew.
- V. Cocktail techniques: shake, stir, build and more Cocktail craft When to shake and when to stir, plus building, muddling, double straining, layering, blending, rinsing and working with egg white.
- VI. How to pour bottled and canned beer Beer Tilt, pour, straighten: how to pour a bottle or can for a good head, what to do with yeast sediment, and the German wheat beer pour.
From the cocktail shelf
No. 073 · Cocktail · IBA
Zombie
Three rums, lime, falernum, Donn's Mix, grenadine, bitters and Pernod flash-blended. Very strong: one is plenty.
Photo: Matthias Friedlein, CC BY-SA 4.0
No. 030 · Cocktail · IBA
Martinez
London dry gin and sweet vermouth in equal measure, with maraschino and orange bitters.
Photo: Ralf Roletschek, CC BY-SA 3.0
No. 026 · Cocktail · IBA
Clover Club
Gin, raspberry syrup, lemon and a little egg white shaken to a pink, foamy sour.
Photo: Ralf Roletschek, CC BY-SA 3.0
No. 016 · Cocktail · IBA
Daiquiri
White rum, fresh lime and fine sugar shaken hard: a three-ingredient sour that rewards precise measuring.
No. 068 · Cocktail · IBA
Grasshopper
White crème de cacao, green crème de menthe and cream shaken: a minty, chocolatey after-dinner drink.
Photo: TexasDex, CC BY-SA 3.0