ISSUE 25
AUTUMN / WINTER 2017
THE COLOUR ISSUE
SHADES OF DISTINCTION IN BOTTLES, PEOPLE AND DRINKS
reasons to brighten + 25up the season
ISSN 2052 0603
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FN AO R G E T MBY- PAMBY
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THIS SEASON WE'RE GOING
BOLD Well, it is our 25th issue… So bye-bye muted shades, we’ve got no time for the apologetic hues usually associated with winter, instead we're celebrating the joy of colour and the impact it has in drinks. gaz regan sings the praises of blue cocktails (p. 18) and we talk to Mary Lewis, creative director of leading brand and packaging design agency Lewis Moberly, about the cues people look for when they shop (p. 26). Jane Ryan delves into the fascinating issue of colour and the way it plays with our perception of taste (p. 32), and Ben Norum looks at the use of colour in bars (p. 48), while we explore the sensitive issue of the lack of people of colour behind them (p. 46). There are drinks of course, including Rob Lawson's photography of our favourite bottles that pack a punch (p. 40) and Clotilde Lataille’s beautifully illustrations of cocktails that stand out from the crowd (p. 38). So what are you waiting for? Follow our lead and take a drink on the bright side.
Happy imbibing! Ms S & Mr G
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IN-gredients
7. IN-the know
26. IN-the spotlight Hail Mary
Talking about the importance of colour in branding and packaging with Mary Lewis
32. IN-the spotlight The taste of purple
Jane Ryan shines a light on how colour affects our perception of taste
25 reasons to be a (brighter) cocktail lover this season
34. IN-dulge
Seeing red and keeping it green in glorious technicolour – just two of the things we're looking forward to in the next few months
12. IN-the hotseat The colour forecaster
So you think you make choices when it comes to colour? Daniel Laduc from Colour Hive knows otherwise‌
18. IN-spire Feeling the blues
Code red
20. IN-spire
38. IN-the mix
gaz regan on the rise and rise of blue drinks
Nifty bits of bar kit in the hottest shade of the season
Picture perfect
A study in classic and contemporary coloured cocktails, illustrated by Clotilde Lataille
40. IN-style Arty facts
Bottles to inject some vibrancy in your drinks cabine
46. IN-focus Boys just wanna have fun
Four (male) drinks experts share their love of bright drinks
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Colour behind bars
Time to address the elephant in the room: why are there so few people of colour in the drinks industry?
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48. IN-focus
Editors: Sandrae Lawrence Gary Sharpen
On the palette
What does the colour of your favourite bar say about you? Ben Norum finds out
54. IN-dustry greats
Sub-editor: Sally Briggs Creative Director: James Cheverton at Burnt Studio burntstudio.com Illustrations: James Cheverton Clotilde Lataille clotildelataille.com Photography: Rob Lawson roblawson.com Contributors: Harry Fell Ben Norum gaz regan Jane Ryan Lauryn Tomlinson
It's a rum thing
In praise of the most diverse spirit category
56. IN-formed
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Three London restaurants where the drinks are more than a match for the food
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62. IN-ternational Middle (East) management
Where, when and how to drink in Dubai
The Cocktail Lovers are proud winners of Best Cocktail & Spirits Publication, Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards 2016 and The London Evening Standard Progress 1000 – London’s Most Influential People 2015
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Contributors
Jane Ryan
gaz regan
Jane Ryan is a freelancer from Sydney, currently writing and working in London. She cut her drinks writing teeth at CLASS Magazine and Difford's Guide, then joined DrinkUp London for its launch. As well as writing about drinks, she's also worked in some of London's best bars, including Callooh Callay and Satan's Whiskers. She can currently be found at Mr Lyan's Cub (p. 56). In this issue she dives into the fascinating world of colour and how it affects our perceptions of taste (p. 32). Jane's favourite bright coloured cocktail: The yellow Hawaiian Stone Sour.
A veritable giant in the drinks industry, gaz regan (yes, the lower case is intentional) has written everything from regular columns for The San Francsico Chronicle to bartending essentials such as The Joy of Mixology, the Bartender's GIN Companion and three editions of gaz regan's Annual Manual for Bartenders. He also conducts Cocktails in the Country, a series of two-day bartender workshops which he holds in Cornwall on Hudson in New York. In this issue he celebrates the rise of blue cocktails (p.18). gaz's favourite bright coloured cocktail: Blue Devil, adapted by Dale DeGroff.
Ben Norum
Clotilde Latialle
Ben Norum is Going Out Editor at the Evening Standard, so he knows where to find a good drink in London. When he's not writing about food and drink, he's mainly consuming it, either on his home turf in south London, elsewhere in the capital or on a barfilled trip abroad.
Born and raised in France, Clotilde graduated in Fine Art in Switzerland before moving to London and discovering her love of the drinks industry. She's worked as a bartender at Callooh Callay and Sardine in London and has recently joined Pernod-Ricard as the French Classic Brands UK Ambassador. Clotilde combines both of her passions in Picture Perfect, a series of beautiful watercolours specially created for this issue (p. 38) Clotilde's favourite coloured cocktail: The Negronis at Bar Termini – bright, delicate and can be enjoyed at any time.
Ben's favourite coloured cocktail: Brown. It might not be brightest or most alluring colour but it tends to represent deep, earthy flavours – and there's a chance there's a whisky in it.
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REASONS TO BE A (BRIGHTER) COCKTAIL LOVER THIS SEASON
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Brushing up on Basquiat
Things to know about Jean-Michel Basquiat: 1. He made a big impression in seven brief years as a hip-hop, post punk street art G. 2. He’s probably one of the most prolific black artists of all time. 3. His first drawings sold for $50; in May he became the highest grossing American artist at auction with one of his paintings selling for a cool $110.5m. 4. He died aged 27 in 1988. 5. There’s a bar in Amsterdam inspired by his works – try a Madonna – quite fitting considering she was reported to be one of his lovers, at (barbasquiat.nl) 6. His first major UK exhibition, 'Basquiat: Boom For Real' is on at the Barbican – don’t miss it. Showing until 28th January. barbican.org.uk
HOLLYWOOD AFRICANS, 1983. COURTESY WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART © THE ESTATE OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, LICENSED BY ARTESTAR, NEW YORK
Singing the blues, keeping it green and brightening up the whiskey category – just three of the ways we’re looking forward to injecting some colour in our lives in the next few months…
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Zhooshing up our barware Bring on the bling! Iridescent bar collection, firebox.com
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Picking up some finger tips Like painting our fingers and toes with White Russian, Strawberry Colada, Blue Hawaiian, Bloody Mary and Pink Champagne Colour Cocktails from cuccio.com
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…tea your thing? Perk up your brew in a subtle pink pot from the new Bump Collection by Tom Dixon. selfridges.com
Getting tiki with it Ding-dong, good times a-calling! Set of 4 Piña Neon Glasses available from libbey.eu
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… it’s a given that you’ll
Seven Keeping it green …in glorious technicolour. Cheer up your coffee break with one of these snazzy reusable receptacles. keepcup.com
need a straw as well. Keep it sustainable with GreenPaxx Reusable Cool Straws, from reuseit.com
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…or go for the novelty option with these Colour Changing Straws from johnlewis.com
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DECKING THE HALLS
Er, hello! Just how cute are these? Gin Lights, from tattydevine.com
IN-the know …and while we’re in decoration mode: can we talk about these ginfilled baubles? Without them, your Christmas tree won’t be properly dressed. Love! shop.pickeringsgin.com
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BEING HAIR-RAISERS
12 Singing the blues Sacre bleu, blue drinks are every which where atm. Try Skyfall Cava, Gïk wine or Alizé Bleu liqueur, all available from gerrys-uk.com.
13 Too much? Then get your blues in a glass. These will do nicely, thanks. Dartington Crystal Dimple 50th Ink Blue Collection, from johnlewis.com
FOURTEEN
Cocktails for your hair? Why the hell not! Give tired, dry tresses some spirit with a Coconut Cocktail Bionic Tonic from colorwowhair.com
…or make like a magician and watch as Butterfly Pea Flower Tée turns pink when you add lemon juice to it. Kids will think you’re a veritable Merlin. samoras.com
Brightening up the whiskey category
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Rules? Who needs ‘em? Not the masters and apprentices working in unison at Method and Madness, turning tradition on its head with their unconventional Single Grain, Malt and Pot Still Irish whiskies. We love the look and the taste. Available from thewhiskyexchange.com
Six teen Getting R Freak On
They’re big and they’re not very clever on the sugar front, but you can’t beat a Freak for making an impact. Rainbow Freak, firebox.com
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Making it personal Six coloured glasses in a handy trug with space for two lines of text to get your message across – this beaut has perfect present written all over it. helenashouse.co.uk The Cocktail Lovers - 9
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NINETEEN
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Ditching the black
SEEING RED
Ta-ta for now LBD, this season’s cocktail dresses are popping with colour. Not ready for full-on pattern yet? Slip into this, Roksanda Henning Colour Block Midi Dress, harrods.com
and yellow, orange and green… Gen up on the world’s favourite red drink in Brian Bartel’s The Bloody Mary (see p. 58), over 150 pages filled to bursting with recipes, tips and tricks for serving the best Mary EVER. quartoknows.com
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MEASURING UP
…and for the guys… Men’s Shag Alligator
Owning the room
Martini Crew Socks, kbellsocks.com
For bang-on-the-money serves every time. Nest Measures josephjoseph.com
Forget every chair we’ve mentioned in the past, THIS here is the king of all cocktail seats. Designed for parking your booty in
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style. ambientedirect.com
Drinking in season
Juice, purée, infuse: apples. bilberries, elderberries, grapes, figs, pears, quince, beetroots and truffles (Oct-Dec); clementines, cranberries and satsumas (Nov-Dec).
twenty three Shaking up shower time
Bring on the zing with Yes To’s fresh, fruity shower cocktail washes. amazon.com
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Shining a light Just wow. Campari Light, ambientedirect.com
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THE COLOUR FORECASTER
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them. This is quite a long way from emulating the textile houses, though they continue to be the first adopters! How do you go about reading the signs of trends in colour and how far in advance do you have to predict them? We host biannual colour forecast meetings for autumn/ winter and spring/summer seasons, predicting trends two years ahead of the season. Tell us about some of the industries you work across and how you work with them.
DANIEL LA DUC Daniel La Duc, Business Development Manager at Colour Hive, one of the leading colour forecasting agencies, on how his work influencess our decisionmaking process. What is a colour forecaster and what impact do they have on our lives? As colour and trend forecasters we essentially provide our clients with insight into the future of colour, materials and design. This strengthens their brands and directs product development and output. This process has a huge impact on all our lives as it drives the colour choices of pretty much everything we see from a brand perspective and what we purchase as consumers. People may think it’s a modern thing but colour forecasting is nothing new… It’s suggested that it could date back as far as the late 1800s when the French textile industry began issuing colour cards – essentially driving what was considered hot via the Parisian scene. The emerging US bought heavily into this – always aspiring to copy what was happening in Europe. Margaret Hayden Rorke, often referred to as America’s first colour forecaster, used the information coming from France to create colour forecasts for the US. She was head of the TCCA (Textile Color Card Association) for around 40 years, which had around 1,500 members across various industries. The TCCA is still around today although it’s become The Color Association of the United States (CAUS). How, if at all, does colour forecasting differ today? It’s changed greatly. Globalisation, market competition and the long lead times of product developers has meant that we have to forecast much further ahead. Global social, political, cultural and tech trends are analysed for the key drivers and the colours that emerge from
At Colour Hive we work with a range of industry sectors: consumer electronics, paint manufacturers, solid surfacing producers, fabric and yarn manufacturers, and home furnishings – to name a few. Our involvement will ultimately depend on project scope. Right now the consumer electronics industry is growing exponentially so in order to target and secure their customer base we’re looking at colour but also the texture and finish of materials. Editing and updating the colour offerings of paint companies is key to the success of paint sales. We may evaluate an ageing colour card and its offering, pulling out overly market-saturated colours and replacing them with colours that are more respective of current trends and consumer tastes. Describe how your insights help their businesses. Our aim is to provide companies with precise information on colour management, consumer trends and material developments, to guarantee a position well ahead of the competition. We deliver inspirational and innovative concepts that can be integrated into product development processes, marketing and branding strategies.
colour has always been important, but there's definitely an increasing emphasis on its value Our method of research enables us to formulate the right trends at the right time, allowing companies to keep on track, streamline and create focused product ranges. With this business approach, Colour Hive has helped its customers to cut costs in the development process, add brand value and meet consumer needs and desires, giving them a competitive edge on other brands.
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