][1]Avid readers of the 5pm Dining blog (hi Mum!) may recall that we wrote about the Clans and Drams program of whisky related events taking place in the Scotch Malt Whisky Society venues.
There’s a particularly juicy event coming up this Friday. The Society has joined forces with one of Edinburgh’s leading mixologists, Stuart McCluskey of The Bon Vivant and The Devil’s Advocate fame, for a night of hands-on cocktail making.
Rare malts
The Society is creating a special secret bothy hideaway on the top floor of its beautiful Georgian townhouse venue at 28 Queen Street in Edinburgh. Stuart will be serving up four innovative drinks that reinvent classic whisky cocktails using the Society’s finest rare malt whiskies.
His ingenious creations will also contain Caorunn Gin and Inveralmond beer, plus a host of other surprising ingredients. Guests will be invited to get involved in the cocktail-making process for a real hands-on experience.
Historic tales
Guests will be served a special Bothy supper alongside their drinks and during the evening they will also be regaled with historic tales of Scottish imbibing from down the years by Society Ambassador Anna Wilkie.
After the event, the cocktails will then be on sale at the Society’s three venues – The Vaults in Leith, 28 Queen Street and 19 Greville Street in London – throughout Whisky Month in May.
Stuart said: ‘I can’t reveal what the cocktails are as I want to surprise people on the night, but what I can say is expect the unexpected – I will be taking the Society’s rare malt whiskies and using them alongside other unusual ingredients to flip people’s perceptions of traditional whisky cocktails completely on their head! There will be lots of theatre around the way the drinks are created and I will be using all manner of unusual things such as atomizers, citric acid, tinctures and homemade liqueurs.’
The event takes place in the Scotch Malt Whisky Society at 28 Queen St, Edinburgh. Friday 2nd May, 2014, 7pm – 9.30pm. Tickets: £40