12 | LOVE DRINKS COCKTAILS
FLÙR 562 Dumbarton Rd, Partick, Glasgow G11 6RH | Instagram/Facebook: @flurgla
MEET THE MIXOLOGIST LIAM GROGAN Having worked behind the stick in some of Glasgow’s best cocktail venues as well as time spent working in the bar scene in Australia, Liam set up Flùr to unearth and give light to some spectacular drink producers and to showcase creative serves that allow the liquid to shine. Favourite cocktail: Fino Sherry. Tonic Water. Ice. Lemon Wedge. Bish, Bash, Bosh Favourite spirit: Scotch will always be my day one, but I have an affinity for Rum made in a wooden still that hasn’t been scrubbed in far too long a time. Top Tips For Cocktail Perfection: 1 Taste as you make. Every time. Work in this way as it’s easier to correct errors. 2 Fit your recipe around you. Recipes are a guideline, proof that someone, somewhere has made this cocktail before and balanced it to their taste, but that doesn’t mean it’s right for your party. Start with small amounts of modifiers and add more until you personally think your drink slaps. 3 Use the cheapest ingredients first! Add your sugar & citrus first, not the £50 Scotch! Work in this way as it’s easier to correct errors.
COCKTAIL #1
JUNIPER?! I HARDLY KNOW HER! Ingredients 25ml Hernö Old Tom Gin 15ml Aquafaba 5 Fresh Raspberries 20ml Lemon Juice 20ml Simple Syrup 80ml Pedrino Ruby Port & Tonic A slice of Lemon Peel Garnish Lemon peel & raspberry on skewer Ice Large, cubed ice Method Add the simple syrup, lemon juice, a slice of lemon peel, the fresh raspberries, aquafaba, Hernö Old Tom and ice to a shaker and give it a good old shake. Open the shaker and add the Pedrino Ruby Port & Tonic. Fill a tall glass to the brim with ice and strain the cocktail into the glass through a fine mesh strainer.
Glass Highball
