The Beaufort bar | Inspiring cocktail menu in an illustrated tunnel book
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Known for its theatrical drinks and dramatic décor, The Beaufort Bar at the Savoy in London is launching a new cocktail menu today in the form of a beautifully illustrated tunnel book. Twisting strands from the Savoy’s illustrious history into a fascinating cocktail narrative, the menu takes guests on a tour of the hotel through its legendary tales and extraordinary guests. From secret wartime bars, rooftop tap-dancing and extravagant gondola parties to luminaries such as Alfred Hitchcock, Katherine Hepburn and Tom Jones, the menu will be a celebration of some of The Savoy’s most captivating stories.
The Beaufort bar at the Savoy in London
Created by Head Bartender Kyle Wilkinson along with Bar Manager Anna Sebastian and the whole Beaufort Bar team, the new menu is set to surpass even the ingenuity of the bar’s previous award-winning pop-up book in terms of innovative design, thematic style, flavour combinations and signature serves. The tunnel book is made up of twenty cocktails, each one tells a story about a different part of the hotel through illustrations, flavours and smells. We had to check what a tunnel book is exactly and if you don’t know it either, check this page full of imagery.
The inspiring cocktail menu tunnel book
The tunnel book menu opens with Under The Stars, a cocktail inspired by Fred Astaire, who famously danced upon the roof of The Savoy in the 1920s and goes on to document a number of well-documented and lesser known tales: a bellboy’s infamous first day, a cocktail shaker buried inside the American Bar, the wartime ‘Tich’s Bar’ frequented by journalists, and the relaunch of the hotel in 2010. Matching distinctive tastes with unique ingredients and bespoke essences, the menu will use the likes of leather, spices, paper, walnut and chocolate perfume to recreate a sense of actually being there to witness each story unfold. The limited edition tunnel book menu has been illustrated by Shottopop. Designed in the opposite way to regular tunnel books, the cutouts get larger as guests traverse the menu, with every page-turn revealing a new design. Guests can buy the limited edition menu.
Cocktail examples
They will serve a cocktail called ‘The Savoy Delivers’ with a great narrative: “On one occasion, when a Maharajah left behind an important package, The Savoy sent a young page boy all the way to India to return it by hand.” Ingredients: Bacardi Carta Ocho, Martini Bianco, lime, honey, Indian spices.
Or how about a ‘Read All About It!’ cocktail, with this story: “Tich’s bar was hidden in the depths of the hotel during WWII and regularly saw dozens of wartime journalists consuming plenty of whisky until the early hours of the morning.” Ingredients: Johnnie Walker Blue and Black, coffee, banana, paper.
Website: The Savoy
