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Cocktail Cherry Funeral

Jay — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:29:33 +0000

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

Jay — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:56:05 +0000

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

Jay — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:16:32 +0000

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

Jay — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:22:28 +0000

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

Jay — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:10:58 +0000

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.

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Le Lion Part 1 – Gin-Basil Smash

Jay — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:59:22 +0000

Le Lion is a small cocktail bar in Hamburg, which opened in late 2007 and has since gone to worldwide acclaim winning "Best New Cocktail Bar" at the 2008 Tales of the Cocktail Spirits Awards. Join owner Jörg Meyer for a Gin-Basil Smash, a simple but elegant drink that became the summer sensation of 2008 around the bars of Germany, and beyond.

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