The Bloomsbury Club Bar presents ‘The St Patrick’s Day Seisiún’ with a Dingle whiskey exclusive, live Irish music and bespoke cocktails The Bloomsbury Club Bar will be celebrating in style and taking inspiration from its Irish heritage with a special St Patrick’s Day party on Friday 17th March, featuring an exclusive whisky collaboration with Dingle Distillery, Irish dancers and an authentic Irish menu including Baked West Coast Oysters and Murphy’s Blissful Butterscotch Ice Cream. This celebration will see The Bloomsbury Club Bar collaborate with the Irish Dingle Distillery where they will showcase an array of Irish inspired cocktails created with Dingle Gin, Dingle Vodka and the newly launched Dingle Whiskey. The Dingle Whiskey will be exclusively available at The Bloomsbury Club Bar in the UK and will be the first to emerge from Ireland's first purpose built distillery to open in over 150 years. The Bloomsbury Club Bar will be providing the perfect evening of Irish entertainment with live Irish music from 8pm to 11pm and a rumored Irish River Dance flash mob performance ensured to provide guests with an immersive Irish experience. Also available will be a special drinks menu of Dingle delights, created by the Bloomsbury Club Bar team. Beverage highlights include; Mrs Benner’s G&T (£10) Dingle Gin, Angostura Amaro, Orange & Peppercorn Tonic Syrup, Lime, Orange Bitters & Egg White, the name of the drink taking inspiration from a popular hotel ‘Mrs Benner’s’ in the heart of Dingle and Dingle Time (£12) Dingle Vodka, Cashel Blue Tincture, Balthazar and Olive. Additionally the BCB is delighted to be providing guests with a selection of craft beers from The Porterhouse Brewery in Dublin also owned by the founders of the Dingle Distillery. In light of this Irish celebration, Executive Chef Paul O’Brien, from Cork Ireland has created an authentic menu of Irish inspired dishes to enjoy alongside the St Patrick’s Day drinks menu, on Friday 17th and Saturday 18th March. Highlights include; Burger Anseo (£8), Spring Lamb, Dingle Truffle Cheese served in Brioche Bun, Baked West Coast Oysters (£9) Irish Whiskey Rarebit; served in a traditional Irish style with soda bread to soak up the whiskey laced cheese and Murphy’s Ice Cream (£5) Blissful butterscotch Ice cream served with baked apple which will be provided by Murphy’s, a local Ice cream shop in Dingle. Dingle Distillery plans to officially launch Dingle Whiskey to the UK market from spring 2018. Until then, outside of Ireland, Dingle Whiskey will be exclusively available to experience at The Bloomsbury Club Bar, launching from St. Patrick’s Day, 17 March 2017. St Patrick’s Day Drinks Menu Dingle Distillery Single Malt Whiskey (£14) Exclusive to The Bloomsbury Club Bar Mrs Benner’s G&T (£10) Dingle Gin, Angostura Amaro, Orange & Peppercorn Tonic Syrup, Lime, Orange Bitters, Egg White Dingle Time (£12) Dingle Vodka, Cashel Blue Tincture, Balthazar, Olive Dingle Gin (£10) Dingle Gin, Orange & Juniper, Fever-Tree Tonic Dingle Vodka (£10) Dingle Vodka, Lime & Fever-Tree Tonic Porterhouse Oyster Beer (£6) Porterhouse Red Beer (£6) Porterhouse Pisner Beer (£6) St Patrick’s Day Menu West Coast Oysters (£2.50 each or 3 for £6.00) Served with a choice of; Shallot Vinaigrette, Tabasco or Lemon Reel Chipper (£6.00) Battered Line-Caught Seabass, Chips served with Tartare Sauce Burger Anseo (£8.00) Spring Lamb, Dingle Truffle Cheese served in a Brioche Bun Baked West Coast Oysters (£9.00) Irish Whiskey Rarebit Murphy’s Ice Cream (£5.00) Blissful Butterscotch Ice Cream served with Baked Apple The Bloomsbury Club Bar Address: 16-22 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NN Telephone Number: +44 20 7347 1222 Website: www.thebloomsburyclub.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/bloomsburyclub Twitter: @BloomsburyClub Instagram: The Bloomsbury Club Design: Alexander Waterworth Interiors Bar Manager: Brian Calleja Cuisine: Bar Bites Hours of Operation: 4pm – Late (Monday – Sunday) For more press information please contact: Abbie Michalski /Evelin Torocsik Neil Reading PR - 020 7839 2277 [email protected]/[email protected] BCB Notes To The Editor: The Bloomsbury Club Bar is a moody, seductive and atmospheric space, creating the perfect backdrop for an evening. Described by Tatler as serving “cleverly conceived new cocktails”, the bar is split into two areas: the main bar and the outer terrace bar. The walls in the main bar area are adorned with artwork and books synonymous with the Bloomsbury Set, with a subtle English colonial influence. Named by The Spirits Business as “one of the hottest bar openings of 2016” it has a traditional member’s club feel, allowing guests to relax and enjoy their evening in style. The secluded outside bar resembles a relaxed bohemian space with heated booths lining the exposed brickwork and a canvas of fairy lights covering the ceiling Dingle Distillery Notes To The Editor: The Dingle Distillery is the brainchild of cousins, Oliver Hughes & Liam LaHart, the men behind Ireland’s first craft brewery, The Porterhouse Brewing Company. Having successfully pioneered the Irish craft beer revolution, the cousins turned to artisan spirits, and together with Peter Mosley, founded Dingle Distillery - Ireland's first purpose built distillery to open in over 150 years. The Dingle Distillery takes the best Irish malted barley to make pure pot still single malt whiskey. It is then put it in casks to let the mild, moist, unique Dingle air do the rest. No whiskey in Scotland or Ireland experiences a maturation process like this. But Whiskey takes a total of three years and one day to mature before it can legally be called whiskey. And so, during the maturation process, they began the artisanal distillation of its Dingle Original Gin and Dingle Pot Still Vodka. .