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Let’s face it, some cocktails just ooze cool. There are few things quite as chic as sipping on an ice-cold martini, taking a swig of a stiff negroni or rattling the ice in an old fashioned rocks glass, Mad Men style.
Now, we come bearing good news for the Big Smoke’s firewater fans, because a new cocktail bar boasting the city’s most extensive old fashioned menu has opened in Clapham.
Doghouse Distillery, which has been making gin, vodka and whisky at its Battersea site since 2016, has debuted its first drinking den just a mile down the road on Clapham Common Southside.
Its old fashioned menu includes serves on the sweeter side, or drinks with a smokier flavour profile, plus ‘everything in between’, the bar has said. Think cherry maple, strawberry and chocoabutter and salted caramel twists. There's even a black forest old fashioned on the list. If you’re not quite sure what your signature looks like yet, flights of mini cocktails will help you pick your perfect poison.
All Doghouse Bar cocktails cost between £9 and £12 and the list also features a whisky and apple serve using juice freshly squeezed to order at the bar. As well as a range of spirits made from scratch at the distillery, it’ll be serving pints from local south London breweries including Mondo and Belleville as well as Guinness.
As for food, the Doghouse Bar has gone heavy on the pickles, with jellied pickles, pickle of the week and picklebacks served with the Doghouse Moonshine. Posh toasted sarnies, charcuterie and cheese boards and Ploughman's are also on offer at the bar.
The Doghouse Bar, which opened on May 1, is split into two levels – an upstairs area where tables are nestled between racks of 40 whisky barrels and a low-lit basement speakeasy which will host private events, masterclasses and open mic nights.
Expect live music on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights when the bar will be open until 2am. Its founders have also hinted at plans for ‘honky-tonk nights’ with country music bringing Nashville vibes to south west London on a weekly basis.
The Doghouse Bar, 10 Clapham Common Southside, SW4 0JA. Tues-Thurs 4pm-midnight, Friday/Saturday 12pm-2am and Sunday 12pm-10pm.
Check out Time Out's list of the best whisky bars in London here.
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