About Time: You Visited Ketel One’s Sustainable Pop-Up BarBy Alicia Grimshaw
You can now drink and do good for mother earth at Ketel One’s new sustainable pop-up bar. The vodka brand have teamed up with Drake & Morgan, leading eco-friendly specialists KeepCup and renowned wild food expert James Wood to open the planet-helping month-long residency at bar and restaurant, The Refinery Regent’s Place. Here’s what you need to know:
Ketel One’s Sustainable Pop-Up Bar: The Lowdown
The Ketel One: Cocktails with Care Collective features great tasting cocktails made from ingredients destined for landfill as well as masterclasses on how to used leftover items to make stand out cocktails at home. Ketel One Vodka has collaborated with KeepCup, and is offering a free (get there quickly, until stocks last) Espresso Martini when purchasing a KeepCup at a reduced cost of £10 from The Refinery Regents Place for a limited time only.
Ketel One’s Sustainable Pop-Up Bar: Drinks Menu
Expert mixologist and Ketel One brand ambassador Kate Jackson has worked closely with the bar team and chefs at The Refinery Regent’s Place to identify leftover ingredients from the kitchen to curate a menu featuring cocktails made with care. The drinks feature the use of ‘wonky’ fruit and vegetables, citrus waste and syrups crafted using spent coffee and Champagne that’s lost its fizz destined to be poured down the sink. All the recipes have been skilfully crafted to elevate the taste of each drink.
Ketel One’s Sustainable Pop-Up Bar: Masterclasses
The Ketel One: Cocktails with Care Collective are hosting a number of masterclasses across November, giving practical advice to recreate sustainable cocktails that you’ll be able to rustle up at home. Bookings can be made directly with staff onsite or via The Refinery Regents Place website here.
Ultimate Bloody Marys
When: Saturday 10th November, 11pm-12pm
The Event: World of Zing founder, Pritesh Mody, and Ketel One Brand Ambassador, Kate Jackson, will host a Bloody Mary masterclass, highlighting how to use ingredients that would normally go to waste to create the ultimate Bloody Mary.
Urban Foraging and Mixology
When: Tuesday 20th November 2018 7- 8pm
The Event: The UK’s leading foraging expert and wild food specialist James Wood and Ketel One Brand Ambassador, Kate Jackson, will teach you how to identify and use ingredients from an urban green space within cocktail making, to elevate the taste of your cocktails for your next social drinks occasion.
5 Brock St, King’s Cross, London NW1 3FG
Photo Credit: Justin DeSouza