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Ingredients Slayer Male lions don’t lead the pack. In an embrace of the alternative, The power lies in the females these key ingredients are — and as with many points at the heart of Lyan—ess. in history — peace tends to Some we’ve worked on with pervade during this matriarchy. likeminded people within The lionesses are the hunters and outwith the booze world and the social guides; a mirror and others are the result of to Team Lyan. We have always the research, exploration and had a curiosity to find new experimentation of the team. ingredients, and an ability to make these unusual, alien So our menu is sectioned and outright weird forms around ingredients instead more delicious. of cocktails; follow the suggestions or have one of us guide you to another cocktail made with one of these wondrous ingredients. 22 Infinite ONYX Banana 6 Golden Lyaness Levain 26 Tea-mooth 10 Purple Peach Pineapple 30 Emoji 14 Vegan Honey 18 Ingredients Taster 6 7 Both heady and £2—10ml green — pulling Infinite — tropical notes out of Ban Boozeless our Infinite Banana. —ana We all know the ubiquitous foam banana smell, but isoamyl acetate (the ester that gives that characteristic “banana” taste) is a cheat’s fix to all things generic banana Mario that dominates all the boozy expressions of this wonder fruit. Frustrated by the flat profile of commercial banana products, —Kart we sought to explore the range of flavours they could express. Banana goodness Spritz beyond the candied notes. £13 8 9 A bright, fluffy Soy sour — a floral start with a richer, Wax Old toasted finish. Fash— ioned £14 Banana A rich, boozy take Fitz— on the classic Boozeless: — lifting savoury gerald Banana spice. £14 Taster 10 11 Classic style £2—10ml aperitif with the Lyaness — complexity of Boozeless the vermouth Iced-Tea £2 shining through. Te a — — Boozy mooth Different cultures have relied on the plants that surround them to fulfil mirrored stories of human love, loss and discovery. Vermouth within Europe was used as a medicine, an aphrodisiac and a way to toast great food and fine living. Over in the East, tea and all forms of processing Camellia sinensis catered to the same needs. Working with dear friends The Rare Tea Company, we have designed a signature blend of fine, ethically-sourced teas and herbs which have been transformed into vermouth using little more than the tea itself TOT and its component parts. Every avenue has been explored to extract diverse flavours that makes tea so unique and mysterious — eeking Ne— out all the notes the leaves have to offer in a nod of respect to the passionate farmers who groni are crafting these wonderful products. £14 12 13 An aromatic Break Margarita with golden stone- —fast fruit notes lifted from the tea. Bellini Boozeless: £13.5 A clean and complex Torea take on the classic, lifting herbal spice —dor from the tea. £13.5 Taster 14 15 Clean highball £2—10ml — lifting nutty Peach — aromatic notes Emo Boozy from the Peach. —ji Balancing sweetness, acidity, texture and aromatics is key when exploring new Stone— combinations of flavour, and one of the classic stalwarts of the cocktail cabinet to Aged help add complexity was Crème de Pêche. Instead of simply macerating the fruit though, we wanted to take a more ‘nose-to- Highball tail’ approach to this perennial favourite. £14 16 17 A herbal style Red daiquiri cousin that uses the Winter Peach for a plumper finish. Algon —quin £13.5 Peachy Stirred and clean, Canch— with the brightness of the Peach anchara coming forward. £14 Taster 18 19 A brighter take £2—10ml on the classic Vegan — highball cocktail Boozeless — the spice from Vegan the Honey lifting Hon a hint of smoke. —ey We all love bees — for good reason too. They are some of the most effective (and loveable) global pollinators, and they keep our world breathing. We have decided to pay tribute to them by recreating honey in lieu of pinching it off the bees — breaking down the steps taken to produce honey and playing homage to this wonderful Ma— wonderfood. Our take on ‘Honey’ (in its full, natural form) — using some proprietary mie processes as well a helping hand from the lovely folks over at Bermondsey Bees — captures the complex sweetness, Taylor waxiness and richer spice. £13 20 21 Retaining complexity Tat for a lighter style serve — underpinned —tie by citrussy punch. Boozeless: Milk Punch £13.5 Second A cleaner, animal- free nod to the Pre Classic Milk Punch — lifting creaminess —lude from the Honey. £13.5 Taster 22 23 Complex and £2—10ml Creamy — the ON — cacao punch from Boozy the blackened koji —YX brought forwards. Lyan—ess × Empirical Spirits We love working with kindred spirits; the beauty of collaboration creates exciting new ground. Empirical Spirits out of Copenhagen have tried to buck the confines of flavour exploration within the traditional spirit worlds by calling on their backgrounds at the forefront of food R&D. Our collab product channels this shared ethos of excitement Grass— around flavour without disrespecting the traditions it challenges. A suitably leftfield hopper ‘kind of spirit’. £14 24 25 A crisp, mineral Sor wine sipper — pulling out all of the bright —rel grassy notes of Sling the Onyx. £13 Rock Pool Fruity yet fresh spritz Sazer — sorrel lifting the brighter notes of the —ac Kombucha. £14 Taster 26 27 Cooling and £2—10ml comforting — Gol— — with a wonderfully den Boozeless rich balance. Levain Yeasts are a family of incredible microbes that have been part of our co-evolution for millennia through their production of potable alcohol. But they are also responsible for creating some of humankind’s most loved foods, and their Golden role in flavour production (not simply preservation) is starting to be more widely South recognised. But we wanted to celebrate the golden, aromatic beauty of the yeasts themselves, rather than what they help Sea Pearl create. Captured in live, autolytic and Boozeless: roasted form for a complex interplay akin to —diver brioche, Vintage Champagne and maple. £14 28 29 Rich and fluffy, Cereal whilst remaining clean — all Mar day vibes. —tini £13 Conti— A nuttier Martini, with a hint of nental savouriness coming through Sour from the Levain. £13.5 Taster 30 31 Bright and fresh £2—10ml with plenty Purple — of zip — the Boozeless lusciousness of Vegan Pineapple to lift Pine— the bubbles. apple “Purple is a fruit” The pineapple, since its heady position at the height of Victorian perviness, through to its grandeur as the ‘Queen of Fruits’ and as a symbol of hospitality, has become somewhat pedestrian. So we wanted to restore its glamour, and its complexity that sent fruit hunters into a hedonistic frenzy Piña to overcome its enzymatic, flesh-eating qualities to get at that luscious aroma. Deconstructed, stretched, manipulated and Leaf High massaged — enough to make the pineapple alluring, exotic and magnificent in a way it —ball Boozeless: had forgotten. £14 32 33 Fresh, bright and Beetle uplifting; pulling out the ‘purple’ Boule— Jasmine notes into a nutty finish. vardier Boozeless: £13.5 Coastal Stirred and bittersweet, but Avia still fresh — just Boozeless: the right balance —tion of clean and dry. £13.5 A comparative 34 35 = Boozeless available guide to taste (light vs rich) & Drinks Map suggested drinking times (daytime to late evening). Stone Aged Coastal Second Highball Aviation Prelude p15 p33 p21 Breakfast Mamie Cereal Bellini Taylor Martini p12 p19 p28 Piña Beetle Leaf Red Winter Boule - Highball Toreador Algonquin vardier p31 p13 p16 p32 Sorrel Peachy Sling Canchanchara p24 p17 Banana Mario Kart TOT Fitzgerald Spritz Negroni p9 p7 p11 Golden Continental South Sea Rock Pool Sour Pearldiver Sazerac p29 p27 p25 Tattie Milk Soy Wax Old Grasshopper Punch Fashioned p23 p20 p8 Allergy Information Prices 36 — — For food allergies and All prices are in £ intolerances, please speak and inclusive of VAT at to a member of our team the current prevailing about your requirements rate. Please note that before ordering. a discretionary service charge of 12.5% will be A full list of all allergens added to your bill. contained in each drink is available upon request. We craft our cocktails in house, and use a variety of ingredients to create the complexity of our serves which may mean certain ingredients are not listed. Please ask if you would like a copy of our menu to take with you. @Lyanessbar @MrLyan #Lyaness www.lyaness.com.