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Cocktail Cherry Funeral
Join Le Lion and Hendrick’s gin as they take to Alster Lake in Hamburg to mourn, or rather celebrate, the death of the artificial glacé cocktail cherry and commit the long-hated cocktail garnish to the deep blue. Then after a bagpipe-led parade through Hamburg get a sneak peak at the new space above Café Paris that will soon be transformed in to The Cocktail Club.
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Le Bon Lion
Pull up a bar stool at Le Bon Lion – a tiny private bar above Café Paris in Hamburg, opposite Le Lion – and join owner Jörg Meyer for a Martinez cocktail. Learn about the history of Le Bon Lion, and how the Traveling Mixologists began one evening at Le Bon Lion when Jörg invited Gonçalo De Sousa Monteiro to guest bartend.
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Le Lion Part 4 – Professor Langnickel
In our last episode at Le Lion – Bar de Paris join Mario Kappes for a drink he created for a guest that visited the bar one memorable Sunday evening. Combining kirsch, cherry liqueur and sherry, the Professor Langnickel is a deliciously sophisticated take on berry flavoured cocktails.
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Le Lion Part 3 – The Ranglum
Continuing our visit to Le Lion – Bar de Paris in Hamburg join Torben Bornhöft for a Ranglum, a drink by former Le Lion bartender Gonçalo De Sousa Monteiro. A delicious cocktail that combines both dark and overproof rums, the Ranglum also makes great use of the falernum Torben produces with Philipp Jäckel under the Forgotten Flavours banner.
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Le Lion Part 2 – Le Coquetiez du Lion
Continuing our series of drinks from Le Lion – Bar de Paris, join Søren Sørensen for Le Lion’s house drink, Le Coquetiez du Lion. A sophisticated yet approachable take on the Vesper, Le Coquetiez du Lion pays tribute in both its ingredients and name to American drink culture, classic cocktails, and the French name of the bar it calls home.
