CLASSIC COCKTAILS BENNYS FAVOURITES Southside, £6 Mojito this classic sour is suggested to have either first been made at New Its said the Mojito was created Havana, Cuba. Benny would always argue that fact. The truth is no-one York’s twenty-one club during the late 1920s or created to mask the really knows. All we know is, its perfecBon. harshness of the gin that al Capone was smuggling in to the Southside Strawberry mojito £6.50 of Chicago. This versaBle cocktail has changed and evolved over the last Rum muddled with strawberries, mint and lime, topped with club soda. century and although many variaBons exist our classic version will leave Original mojito £6,00 your cheeks Bngling. Gin, Mint, Lemon & Syrup. Rum muddled with fresh mint and lime, topped with club soda. Monkey gland, £7 Passionfruit mojito £6.50 This drink originated from Harrys new York bar in Paris during the 1920s, Rum, passionfruit, mint and lime, topped with club soda. this drink gets its tongue and cheek name from a surgical procedure Ring-a-dings sling £7.00 developed by Serge Voronoff. This surprisingly easy to drink cocktail As Benny travelled round the country delivering to the elicit speakeasies, he met a young bartender in a creates a variaBon of sweet flavors, finished with small Cuban bar on the south side of Chicago. The guys called him ring-a-ding. Ring made the guys just a hint of anise. drinks like they had never seen before. With fruit and flowers and all sorts.... this one was created Gin, Orange juice, grenadine & Absinthe rinse. especially for Benny and was an instant hit. Fruity with a warming spiced twist. Corpse Reviver no2 £8 Havana club spiced, peach schnapps, orange and cranberry. Shaken and strained into a sling glass and This “Cheers to the hair of the dog that bit you” cocktail gets its name garnished with an edible flower. from an 1860 cure for late night escapades. This version first appeared Pina Colada £7.00 in Harry Craddocks’ “the savoy cocktail book” published in 1930, Another classic rum based cocktail created for the sweeter tooth. Rum, coconut, pineapple crushed ice. Refreshingly light and tart this cocktail will surely revive any corpse its sweet, its creamy and its a classic. The gang just fell in love with it. struggling to start the night.Gin, Grand Marnier, Kina L’Aero D’or, lemon Margarita juice & dash of absinthe Our classic margarita is a perfect blend of tequila, Cointreau and lime. Or why not mix it up with a Scofflaw, £8 flavour. One of the earliest stories is of the margarita being invented in 1938 by Carlos "Danny" Herrera In 1923 a naBonwide compeBBon in America seen over 25,000 entrants at his restaurant Rancho La Gloria, halfway between Tijuana and Rosarito, Baja California, created for try to come up with a word to describe “the lawless drinker”, Henry customer and former Ziegfeld dancer Marjorie King, who was allergic to many spirits, but not to tequila. Irving Dale and Kate L. Butler came up with the word Scofflaw and split However, there is evidence of a tequila and lime based drink coming from the very same bar that the the £200 prize money. Soon aZer “jock” from Harry’s bar in Paris guys met ring-a-ding. created this drink to compliment the name. This is a strong tart drink Classic -£6 Strawberry - £7 Raspberry - £7 with just a hint of sweetness.Rye whiskey, lemon juice, grenadine, dry Bennys berry Cooler £7 vermouth & dash of orange biGers 1926, the summer months were record breaking hot. Benny took the chance to look at ports for BENNYS BOTTLE CHASERS Twelve Mile Limit, £9 moving some new products across the AtlanBc. When prohibiBon was passed it was decided that alcohol wasn’t just Benny and the gang took a trip to Florida, checking the ports for possible opportuniBes. That's how Coronarita £8 illegal on American soil it was also illegal in American waters, this law they ended up in south beach. South beach in the 20s, where the speakeasy were in ice cream parlours Original margarita topped with a bo_le of corona was limited to 3miles around the American coastline, bootleggers such and fruit shops, this leZ the window open for a new kind of drink... Raspberry Spritz Chaser £8 as William McCoy used this loophole to technically transport alcohol We bring you Bennys berry cooler; Double raspberry gin and chambord topped with a smirnoff ice legally to America. The law was changed to twelve miles and thus this A fruity blend of White run, Mango, strawberry's, orange juice, lime juice, sweet and sour all shaken Venom Chaser £8 highly potent slightly tart cocktail was born soon aZer, a_ributed to and strained over crushed ice and topped with a splash lemon and lime soda... fruity, refreshing and Vodka, Southern Comfort, Orange Juice topped with blue WKD journalist Thomas ‘tommy’ Millard (1868-1942). takes you back to a south beach summer. Skittles Chaser £8 Rye whiskey, brandy, white rum, lemon juice & grenadine Era Zig Swig £6.50 Vodka, Peach Schnapps, blue caracao topped with VK Orange Mary Pickford, £7.50 In the 1920s it was said that benny was "involved" with Era Ziegfeld. Era was one of the original pin up Mary Pickford was an actor, producer, and co-founder of ‘United ArBsts’ girls of the 20th century. This play on a tradiBonal porn star marBni will take you right back in Bme. along with Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbank. Around 1920 the trio Vanilla vodka, passion fruit, orange and pineapple juice shirt squeeze of lemon and a splash of bi_ers where on holiday in Cuba and either Eddie Wolke or Fred Kaufman at takes this drink to new dimensions. Served with a shot of Prosecco to keep it classy. the Hotel NaBonal de Cuba in Havana created this drink for Mary. Well Campfire espresso martini £6.50 SHOOTERS balanced drink, not to sweet not to dry with a mild cherry aZer note. Inspired from the gangs [me on the run, hiding, and escaping to the great out doors. our take on a White rum, Maraschino liqueur, Pineapple juice & grenadine classic espresso marBni will take you back to the nights round the open fire. Girl Scout Cookie - Creme De Menthe & Chocolate liqueur Between the sheets, £9 Espresso, vanilla vodka, dark brown fox coffee liqueur, white chocolate liqueur and a splash of smoked Buttery Nipple - Butterscotch Schnapps & Irish Cream Another creaBon from Harry’s New York bar in Paris, this 1920s absolute barrel bi_ers will bring this drink alive. The smell of coffee with the sweet white chocolate and the Buttery Cough - Jagermeister & Butterscotch schnapps delight of a cocktail is sure to warm your blood and get your heart slight smokey hints will take you on a journey. Chocolate Cake - Vanilla Vodka & Hazelnut Liqueur racing, potently strong at subtly delicate this is one of Benny’s favorite Love Gin Fizz £8.00 (served with a sugar coated lemon to suck on after shooting) drinks and a must try for all. Brandy, white rum, Cointreau & lemon Aer running cross country, benny and the boys ended up in California where they found a small M&M - Amaretto & Coffee Liqueur juice speakeasy serving a stunning range of drinks they had never seen. Everything had bubbles and Tootsie Roll - Vodka & Coffee Liqueur Sazerac £8 sparkled. The bartender was shy, had a passion for drinks like the guys had never seen, she was called Shamrocked - Midori, Irish Whisky, Irish Cream Invented around 1850’s at the Sazerac hotel in new Orleans, this cocktail love. This is loves gin fizz. Eden mill love gin, raspberry purée topped with Prosecco. Bazooka Joe - Blue Caracoa, Irish Cream, Banana Liqueur has been mistakenly tagged as the first cocktail, obviously that is not Gin Gin mule £7.50 Cherry Cheesecake - Vanilla Vodka, Cranberry Juice, Grenadine true however this cocktail is definitely the star of the show when it During Bennys’ second [me in London, he took his drink knowledge from the states and decided to try comes to classic whiskey cocktails. It has been argued that an old his hand at making cocktails. However, due to prohibiBon, liquor exports from the states were non fashioned and Sazerac at one Bme was the same cocktail but by existent. Benny took a classic mojito, swapped out rum for gin added some ginger beer and came up removing the absinth rinse and bi_ers people would have a whiskey with the Gin Gin Mule. ALL SHOOTERS £2.50 cocktail the old-fashioned way.Rye, sugar, biGers & absinth rinse Double dry gin over crushed ice, a clap of mint and topped with ginger ale. .