ELIXIR

The Collection

Six signatures.
Fully resolved.

A collection of six classics, bottled in small numbered lots and finished by hand. Each is designed to be displayed, to be opened, and to be remembered.

Nº I — Old Fashioned

Nº I

Old Fashioned

Bourbon, bitters, demerara. Stirred down to amber silk.

The original cocktail, treated with the patience it deserves. Single-barrel bourbon, house demerara, and aromatic bitters — rested for clarity, bottled by hand.

Tasting notes

Burnt orange

Demerara

Toasted oak

Ingredients

The Macallan 12 Year Old Sherry Oak

House Demerara

Angostura Bitters

Orange Bitters

Serving ritual
Pour neat over a single hand-cut block of ice. Twist of orange.
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Nº II — Negroni

Nº II

Negroni

Equal parts, perfectly resolved.

Gin, vermouth, bitter aperitivo — held in equal measure and left to settle until the three become one. A study in bittersweet restraint.

Tasting notes

Bitter orange

Red fruit

Bittersweet herbs

Ingredients

Plymouth Navy Strength Gin

Campari

Carpano Antica Formula

Serving ritual
Decant into a chilled rocks glass over a large cube. Serve at dusk.
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Nº III — Mai Tai

Nº III

Mai Tai

Aged rum, orgeat, lime. Sun-warmed and quietly composed.

A faithful return to the 1944 original. Two aged rums, French orgeat and fresh lime — clarified to a clean amber and bottled cold so the fruit stays honest.

Tasting notes

Almond

Caribbean rum

Bright lime

Ingredients

Appleton 12 Year Old Rum

Rhum Agricole

Pierre Ferrand Curaçao

Fresh Lime

Orgeat

House Demerara

Serving ritual
Serve over crushed ice in a heavy tumbler. Mint sprig, not muddled.
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Nº IV — Espresso Martini

Nº IV

Espresso Martini

Vodka, single-origin espresso, cacao. Dark and softly polished.

Pulled from a single-origin Brazilian espresso while still warm, married with grain vodka and a whisper of coffee liqueur. Cold-rested for a clean, lasting crema.

Tasting notes

Dark chocolate

Roasted coffee

Brown sugar

Ingredients

Belvedere Vodka

Mr Black Coffee Liqueur

Italian Espresso

House Demerara

Serving ritual
Pour straight from the freezer into a frozen coupe. Three coffee beans.
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Nº V — The Last Word

Nº V

The Last Word

Gin, Chartreuse, maraschino, lime. Quiet, herbal, exact.

A Prohibition-era classic, returned to balance. Equal parts gin, green Chartreuse, maraschino and lime — resolved into a single jade-clear expression.

Tasting notes

Alpine herbs

Marasca cherry

Cut lime

Ingredients

London Dry Gin

Green Chartreuse

Luxardo Maraschino

Fresh Lime

Serving ritual
Serve in a chilled coupe. No garnish. No interruption.
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Nº VI — Jet Pilot

Nº VI

Jet Pilot

Three rums, grapefruit, cinnamon, absinthe. Tiki, taken seriously.

The most architectural of tiki drinks, rebuilt with restraint. Three rums layered with grapefruit, cinnamon bark, lime and a thread of absinthe — clarified, never sweet.

Tasting notes

Burnt cinnamon

Pink grapefruit

Smouldering anise

Ingredients

Smith & Cross Rum

El Dorado 12 Year Old Rum

Plantation OFTD Rum

Fresh Grapefruit

Monin Falernum

House Demerara

Fresh Lime

Absinthe

Serving ritual
Pour over pebble ice in a short tumbler. A single grapefruit twist.
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