Swift Bars

@FreddyQuinne Congrats on your journey, it's a very difficult thing to do, and you're showing your strength by sticking to it. Please don't blame the bars for the prices, though; we buy it in at that price. The markup happens long before we see it. All the best x

@dieworkwear 2nd pic is Tomas Estes, one of the main reasons tequila is as good as it is now. What a wonderful man he was ♥️

something very charming about an older man in a bucket hat

@MikeyBramble Blended malt from Ben Nevis. Looks like a '70s bottling. Nice find!

Whisky friends! Anyone got any info on this? It's very pleasant!

@drams_s @AyeWhisky 21 is better than the 25 anyway

@hollieh0llie you're paying for the venue, the atmosphere, the location, the drink development, the service. Not your bag? Fine. But what Love From is doing is unique and commendable, creating a space that didn't exist before.

@hollieh0llie Nah. That's the price. Overheads in central Manchester are high, costs for non-alc spirits are high, and without high GP products like rail vodka/gin/draught to float from then £7.50 is more than fair to stay alive. Yes you can buy the products individually for cheaper, but 1/2

i think this is a cool idea but i just looked on the menu and they’re charging £7.50 for alcohol free cocktails that is absolutely scandalous

@wrftr Thanks for this! Working on fixing it now.

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@RhodaF5952 @DavidWondrich @mixellany @diffordsguide @attaboy_mcilroy Found it! Can't say it looks very good, though, I think we can safely retire this version and use the Lee Brothers' name 🪶

Can anyone shed insight into the history of the Charleston cocktail? It seems to have popped up out of nowhere. @DavidWondrich @mixellany @diffordsguide @attaboy_mcilroy

@DavidWondrich @mixellany @diffordsguide @attaboy_mcilroy That's really helpful, thanks!

@barswift @mixellany @diffordsguide @attaboy_mcilroy I believe that's the Lee Brothers' name for a twist on the Manhattan based on our conversation about the uses of Madeira in a cocktail. I don't remember when we discussed that, but I've been making a similar drink since about 2005, without a name that good.

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@barswift @mixellany @diffordsguide @attaboy_mcilroy Which Charleston cocktail?

@HospoRisingUK Great picture!

Superb drinks and hospitality always a given at @barswift 🌟💫

@dsoneil @DavidWondrich This makes sense that it would be a commercial "red fruit" grenadine rather than anything else. Have you found any older recipes in which the maraschino/cochineal syrup would have been used?

@dsoneil @DavidWondrich we're revisiting our classics specs, intrigued if you think the grenadine used in the original Bacardi cocktail was a US-style pomegranate syrup, or the potential "original" spiced version?

@MikeyBramble One review says it's Glen Elgin, another Tormore. Does it taste like either?

Not opened one in a while. This is a 16yo Secret Speyside from one of my favourite bottlers #thompsonbros up in Dornoch...I actually have no idea what distillery it's from either and snooping online didn't help. Slainte! 🥃

Soho’s Swift is No.76! Opened in 2016 and run by Mia Johansson and Bobby Hiddleston (of former World’s Best Bar Milk & Honey fame), Swift has become a favourite nesting spot for discerning drinkers in #London. #Worlds50BestBars @barswift

The UK has once again had a strong showing in The World's 50 Best Bars 51-100 list, with London's Lyaness leading the quintette of English bars. classbarmag.com/news/fullstory…

@SueAtkins Also the leftover curds can be turned into the best ever Pastel de Natas 🇵🇹

@SueAtkins If you have a juicer, great, but if not, you can blend the rhubarb with a bit of water. Add the sugar, calvados, vanilla and custard to a big pot. Add the lemon & rhubarb last; the acidity should split it. Then simply filter through coffee filters, and bottle!

Had the most delicious Rhubarb & Custard mojito at @barswift with my daughter last week - trying to make it at home to poor effect 😞 Any advice ? #cocktails 🍹