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‘’The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create

as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.’’

W. Somerset Maugham

Journey through the centuries and discover some of the forgotten classics that helped shape the

cocktail world of today.

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Prices include VAT. A discretionary 13 ½ % service charge will be added to your bill.

Single Malt 50ml

Glenfiddich 12yr 40% 10.00Glenmorangie 10yr 40% 10.00Port Charlotte Scottish Barley 50% 12.50Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2007 50% 12.50Oban 14yr 43% 13.00Dalmore 15yr 40% 14.00Macallan 12yr 43% 15.00Lagavulin 16yr 43% 16.00Glenmorangie Companta 46% 16.00Talisker 18yr 45.8% 20.00Ardbeg Perpeetum 200th 47.4% 20.00 anniversaryLaphroaig 18yr 48% 24.00Macallan 18yr Sherry Oak 43% 35.00Inchgower 1993 Sherry Cask 61.9% 45.00Dalmore King Alexander III 40% 50.00Octomore 6.3 Islay Barley 64% 50.00

Beer 33Cl

Coedo Ruri 5.0% 6.50Coedo Kyara 5.5% 6.50Coedo Shiro 5.5% 6.50Coedo Shikoku 5.0% 6.50

Water GlASS BOTTlE

Evian 2.00 5.00San Pellegrino 2.00 5.00

American Whiskey 50ml

Four Roses Small Batch 45% 9.00

Bulleit Bourbon 45% 9.50

Woodford Reserve 45.2% 9.50

Jack Daniel’s Silver Select Bourbon 50% 16.00

Michter’s Sour Mash 43% 20.00

Hudson Baby Bourbon 46% 22.00

Hudson Manhattan Rye 46% 24.00

George T Stagg Bourbon 71.5% 35.00

Japanese Whisky 50ml

Nikka from the barrel 51.4% 13.00Hakushu 12yr 43.5% 14.00Nikka Taketsuru 17yr (Ltd Edition) 43% 22.00Nikka Yoichi 12yr 45% 24.00Hibiki 17yr (Ltd Edition) 43% 25.00Yamazaki 18yr (Ltd Edition) 43% 40.00

Blended Scotch 50ml

J&B Rare 40% 9.00Compass Spice Tree 46% 12.00 Compass Box Asyla 40% 12.00 Johnnie Walker Gold Reserve 40% 12.00 Haig Club 40% 13.00

Chivas Regal 18yr 40% 16.00Johnnie Walker Blue 40% 45.00

Julep Family

Your choice of spirit, mint & sugar

From £12.00

The origins are clouded and may never be definitively known. The first appearance of a “mint julep” in print came in a book by John Davis published in London in 1803.

Sour Family Your choice of spirit, lemon juice, sugar, egg white

From £12.00

Appearing in the early 1800s the sour, and in particular its “whisky” incarnation, became one of the cardinal points of American drinking from roughly the 1860s to 1960s.

Daisies, Fizzes & theCollins FamilyDaisy: Your choice of spirit, tac grenadine sYrup, lemon juice, seasonal fruits

Fizz: Your choice of spirit, simple sYrup, lemon juice, egg white, soda water

Collins: Your choice of spirit, simple sYrup, lemon juice, soda water

From £12.00

In the early 1800s the mix of sour with fizzy water was born. Was it a Collins? A Daisy? A Fizz? Eventually, each of these names would be applied to its own class of drinks, all broadly similar but nonetheless possessing the small, idiomatic differences that are abartender’s delight.

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Some cocktails may contain egg white and traces of nuts. Prices include VAT. A discretionary 13 ½ % service charge will be added to your bill.

spirits

Armagnac 50ml

Domaine De Cassagnole 5yr 40% 10.00Clos Martin 1987 Folle Blanche 40% 13.50Baron De Sigognac 20yr 40% 16.00

Cognac 50ml

Remy Martin VSOP 40% 9.50Paul Beau Hors D`Age 43% 16.00 Martell Cordon Bleu 40% 20.00 Ragnaud Sabourin N 35 43% 26.50 Fontvieille Drouet & Fils Paradis De 43% 30.00La Famille Remy Martin XO 40% 35.00Bache Gabrielson Hors D`Age 40% 35.00 Hennessy XO 40% 40.00

Tequila 50ml

Don Julio Blanco 40% 12.00Don Julio Reposado 38% 14.00Mezcal San Cosme 40% 15.00Patron XO Café 35% 15.00Derruembes Mezcal 46% 15.00Don Julio Anejo 38% 16.00Patron Silver 40% 18.00Don Julio 1942 40% 32.00Gran Patron Platinium 40% 50.00Casa Dragones 40% 65.00

Digestif 50ml

Aperol 11% 8.50Amer Picon Biere 21% 8.50Fernet Branca 40% 8.50Cynar 40% 8.50Campari 25% 8.50Chartreuse Green 55% 8.50Kummel Wolfschmidt 39% 8.50Amaro Ramazzotti 42% 8.50China Martini 40% 8.50Vecchio Amaro del Capo 35% 8.50Amaro Averna 32% 8.50Amaro Montenegro 23% 8.50Pimm’s No1 25% 9.50Sipsmith Summer Cup 2011 29% 9.50Jägermeister 35% 11.00

Rum 50ml

Germana Cachaca 2yr 40% 9.50Gosling’s Black Seal 40% 9.50Matusalem Gran Reserva 40% 10.00Ron de Jeremy spiced 47% 10.00Mount Gay XO 43% 11.00Appleton 12yr 43% 12.00Ron Zacapa 23yr 40% 12.00Yaguara Cachaca 41.5% 12.50Clement Canne Blue 50% 13.00Rhum J.M. White 50% 14.00Rhum J.M. XO 45% 15.00Mount Gay Black Barrel 43% 15.00Angostura 1824 40% 15.00Diplomatico Reserva Exclusive 40% 15.00Pampero Aniversario 40% 16.00Gosling’s Family Reserve Old Rum 40% 18.00 Ron Zacapa Centenario XO 40% 30.00


Bijousipsmith vjop gin, cocchi torino, green chartreuse, orange bitters

— £12.00

Bijou, meaning “jewel” in French, is said to have been invented by Harry Johnson. This cocktail is called Bijou because it combines the colours of three jewels: gin for diamond, vermouth for ruby and chartreuse for emerald. An original-style Bijou is made stirred with ice as Harry Johnson’s 1900 “New and Improved Bartender Manual” states. Then “mix well with a spoon and serve.”


Knickerbocker a la monsieur

Zacapa 23Yrs, cointreau, tac raspberrY sYrup, lemon juice

— £15.00

First listed in 1888 by Harry Johnson in the “New and Improved Bartenders’ Manual”. “Father Knickerbocker” was the allegorical patron saint of New York City and generations of native New Yorkers claimed kinship to him.

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Hanky Panky tanqueraY 10 gin, cocchi di torino vermouth, fernet branca

— £15.00

The recipe first featured in the 1930 “Savoy Cocktail Book”, but the actual formula dates back to 1893. Ada Coleman, who created the cocktail, was the face of the Savoy bar during this era. At the same time toiling out back in the dispense bar, was a young, un-assuming Harry Craddock.

Royal Bermuda Yacht Club banks rum, cointreau, lime juice, tac falernum sYrup

— £13.00

The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club was established in 1844, largely by officers in the British Army 20th Regiment, stationed in Bermuda. The drink is very simple and an early example of a tiki drink.

spirits & Champagne

Gin 50ml

Tanqueray 43.1% 9.50Bols Genever 42% 9.50Bombay Original 40% 10.00The Botanist Islay Dry Gin 46% 10.00Caorunn Small Batch 41.8% 10.00Hendrick’s 41.4% 10.00Plymouth 41.2% 10.00Ferdinand's Gin 44% 11.00Sacred Gin 40% 11.00Sipsmith Sloe 29% 11.00Sipsmith London Dry Gin 41% 12.00Daffy’s 43.4 % 12.00D1 40 % 12.00Ferdinand’s Quince 30 % 12.00Monkey 47 47% 13.00Beefeater 24 47% 14.00Sipsmith VJOP 57.7% 15.00Tanqueray 10 47.3% 15.00Tanqueray Malacca 47.3% 15.00Tanqueray Old Tom 47.3% 15.00Oxley Gin 47% 15.00Ferdinand’s Gold Cap 49% 30.00

Grappa 50ml

Grappa Batasiolo 40% 12.50Grappa di Barolo Riserva 2001 44% 28.00Grappa di Amarone 62% 35.00 Quintarelli/Gobetti

Vodka 50ml

Ketel One 40% 9.50 Ketel One Citron 40% 9.50 Babicka Vodka 40% 9.50Zubrowka 40% 10.00Chase Potato Vodka 40% 11.00 Sipsmith Barley Vodka 40% 11.00Belvedere 40% 12.00Belvedere Unfiltered 40% 12.00 Snow Queen (organic) 40% 12.00Staritsky Levitsky 40% 12.00Stolichnaya Elit 40% 15.00 Ciroc 40% 15.00Beluga Gold Line 40% 30.00

Vermouth 50ml

Byrrh Grand Quinuina 18% 8.00Carpano Antica Formula 16.5% 8.00Dolin Vermouth de Chambery 16% 8.00Cocchi Americano 16.5% 8.50Cocchi Vermouth Amaro 16.0% 8.50 Cocchi Torino 16.5% 8.50Cocchi Barolo Chinato 16% 10.00


Champagne by the glass “1863” Brut NV - François Moutard - Côte des Bar, France £15.00

Ruinart Blanc de Blancs - Reims, France £19.00“1863” Brut Rose' Prestige NV - François Moutard - Côte des Bar, France £17.00

Krug Grande Cuvée Brut NV - Reims, France £39.00


Champagne Cocktail remY martin vsop, brown sugar, angostura bitters, champagne

— £15.00

The first evolved cocktail on record, but the record is silent as to who came up with the idea of replacing the spirits in a cocktail with Champagne. Its first appearance was in San Francisco in 1850 and it is pleasant to imagine Jerry Thomas laying out a round of these for a party of black-fingered sons of toil, as they poured the gold dust out on the bar.

Brandy Crusta remY martin vsop, cointreau, lemon juice, sugar, angostura bitters

— £12.00

Crustas were a fancy twist on the basic cocktail created by Joseph Santini, who opened the Jewel of the South saloon in 1852 on Gravier Street in New Orleans. Many authorities on the history of drinks believe it is the progenitor of the mighty Sidecar.

the ForD sipsmith vjop, cocchi americano, dom benedictine, orange bitters

— £11.00

Dating from 1895 and introduced in George Kappeler’s “Modern American Drink” that year, the Ford Cocktail definitely predated Henry Ford’s rise and that of the horseless carriage that bore his name. It is possible the drink was named for Malcolm Webster Ford, famed champion athlete, journalist, and great-grandson of Noah Webster.

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Brooklyn bulleit bourbon whiskY, drY vermouth, amer picon, maraschino liqueur

— £12.00

The Brooklyn is one of five cocktails named for the boroughs of New York City, along with the Bronx, the Manhattan, the Queens and the Staten Island Ferry. It resembles a Manhattan, to which it is often unfavourably compared. It largely fell into obscurity after the end of Prohibition, but experienced resurgence in the 1990s.

Blended ScotchHanky Bannister 40yr 43.3% 85.00

Johnnie Walker King George VI 43% 100.00

Johnnie Walker Odyssey 40% 150.00

The John Walker 40% 550.00

• Single Malt

Glenfiddich 21yr 40% 50.00Glenmorangie 25yr 43% 50.00Coal Ila 25yr 43% 45.00Ardbeg Kildalton 46% 45.00Glenmorangie Signet 46% 50.00Bruichladdich Black Art 1990 49.2% 50.00Jameson 2007 Rarest Vintage 46% 75.00Ardbeg 1974 First Cask 46% 105.00Port Ellen 1982 26yr 50% 125.00Macallan 25yr Sherry Oak 43% 145.00Glenfiddich 125th Anniversary 55.2% 195.00The Dalmore 1973 54% 200.00Glenmorangie Pride 1978 47.4% 750.00

cocktails & infusions Infusions & Barrel Aged Cocktails

The Bar Team can create new and innovative drinks for you on the spot, using extraordinary and unexpected ingredients including our Arts Club

infusions, barrel-aged spirits and of course our homemade syrups. Challenge us to create something amazing for you!

Armagnac & Cognac1919 Armagnac Goudolin 40% 70.00Hennessy Paradis Rare 40% 120.00Bas Armagnac Smalens 1888 40% 170.00Monnets Extra Reserve Cognac 42% 250.00Hennessy Paradis Imperial 40% 285.00Hennessy Richard 40% 300.00Louis XIII en Jeroboam 40% 325.00Louis XIII Black Pearl 40% 1,300.00Louis XIII Rare Cask 42.6% 1,950.00

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RumBlack Tot 54.3% 150.00Havana Club Maximo 40% 400.00

•Tequila

Don Julio Real 40% 70.00Patron Gran Burdeos 40% 250.00

luxury spirits

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East indianCoCktail

remY martin vsop, maraschino liqueur, cointreau, tac raspberrY sYrup, angostura bitters

— £12.00

Appeared in Harry Johnson’s “New and Improved Bartender’s Manual” of 1882. “East India” was named not for the eastern part of India but for all of it and more. The English holdings were known as Hither India and Further India; “East Indian” was the cocktail of the British Raj, rulers of Queen Victoria’s East Indies Crowd Colonies.


SherryCobbler sherrY, sugar, seasonal fruits

— £11.00

The basic trunk from which all other Cobblers branched. The Sherry Cobbler was the afternoon drink of Charles Dickens and we like to imagine him drinking them at The Arts Club in 1863.

“This wonderful invention, Sir …it is called a Cobbler. Sherry Cobbler, when you name it long; Cobbler when you name it short.”From Martin Chuzzlewit - Charles Dickens 1844

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If your favourite tipple is not listed, have a chat with our Bartenders, they will be more than happy to

accommodate…

Signature Cocktail Listthe arts club bar team brings You a creative mix of homemade infusions

The ArTs CluB 75 £12.00Banks rum, lime juice, sugar syrup, Champagne

A refreshing twist from the French 75 created for the re-opening

MOANA £12.50Kigo Shochu, TAC vanilla, King’s ginger liqueur, lychee and lime juice

Our new lychee flavoured cocktail, named after the Polynesian Princess

The BAsIl sOur £11.00Belvedere vodka, lemon juice, sugar syrup, basil, egg white

A future classic created at The Arts Club

reD reD sNAPPer £15.00Ferdinand’s Gin, TAC Mary Mix, Cocchi Torino vermouth,

Pedro Ximenez, red wine float A remarkable twist on the classic Red Snapper, father of the Bloody Mary

APPle sIN £12.50Shirakabegura Junmai sake, apple, lime juice, TAC cinnamon, egg whites

A great comeback of a favourite with a lighter hint

The eTerNAl sOur £12.50Hendrick’s gin, TAC coriander vermouth, lemon juice,

TAC cucumber-elderflower, egg white A pleasant twist on a classic cocktail family, enhancing the

exceptional Hendrick’s flavours

PrIsTINe MArTINI £12.50Stoli Elit vodka, TAC black olive vermouthA savoury take on the most popular cocktail

The slOe rOyAl £11.00Krupnik honey vodka, Sipsmith sloe gin, blueberries, lemon and lime juice

A fruity charming combination of sloe gin and honey vodka

NeW COFFee COCKTAIl £12.50Mount Gay Black Barrel rum, Illyliquore, King’s Ginger liqueur,

espresso, grated chocolateImproved recipe for all the coffee lovers

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thE MartinEz sipsmith vjop, cocchi di torino-vermouth, maraschino liqueur, angostura bitters

— £12.00

It is widely accepted that the Martinez had direct influence on the creation of the Martini. In 1887, the professor Jerry Thomas put it into print. And it was Thomas who is credited with creating the sweet drink while working in California for a patron travelling to Martinez.


Sazerac

Your choice of cognac or rYe whiskeY, absinthe, peYchaud bitters, sugar

— £12.00

The history of The Sazerac is so intricate. In1850 the Sazerac Company of New Orleans acknowledged the creation of this drink and said it was served at the Sazerac Coffee House in the French Quarter. The potion combines whiskey, absinthe and Peychaud’s bitters and it was Peychaud himself who is credited with serving it as early 1838.

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red wine, oranges, wholenut, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, star anice, nutmeg, vanilla

£11.00

Mulled wine dates back to Roman antiquity, but it wasn’t until the 14th century that the mix of wine, fruit and spices gained its name, from an Old English

word meaning “muddled.” While the word “muddle” is most commonly used today to denote a generally confused state, in its original meaning, that confused state was brought about with alcohol. It is thought that the process of mulling wine

was first employed as a way to save wine that was about to spoil.

In medieval times these wines were called Ypocras or Hipocris, named after the physician Hippocrates. They were thought to be very healthy, and indeed, with wine

at the time being far more sanitary than water, these heated drinks probably did keep people healthy through the cold winters.

Moving forward to the 1500s, cookbooks listed methods of mulling “Clarrey”, or Bordeaux. Recipes involved honey, cinnamon, cardamom, galingale and of course

French wine. Mulled wine was a favourite in Victorian England, and Negus - a type of mulled wine - was even served to children at their birthday parties.

Today, mulled wine is a staple at many holiday parties.

Charles Dickens gets the credit for elevating mulled wine into a traditional holiday drink. While mulled wine appeared in several of the beloved novelist’s

books, it was its appearance in his popular short story, A Christmas Carol, that sealed its place in Christmas culinary history.

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Padron peppers £6.75

Caesar salad £9.50 with chicken £16.50

Cobb salad £16.00

Quinoa & herbs £8.75

Burrata with tomatoes £18.50

Spanish charcuterie £12.00

Grilled tiger prawns citrus butter & almonds £28.50

Cheese selection £12.50

Salmon burger £17.50

Mexican veal burger £17.50

Lamb burger £17.50

The Arts Club burger £17.50

Snails with garlic butter £12.50

Baby chicken £24.00

Four cheese & mushroom pizza £14.00

Margherita pizza with Spanish ham & rocket £14.00

Green beans £6.50

Courgette fritters £7.00

Chips £5.50

Late Night Menu


CELEBRATING THE REALEASE OF THE NEW

JAMES B OND MOVIE SPECTRE:

BelveDere 007 TM MArTINI £15.00CRISP, ELEGANT AND PERFECTLY BALANCED,

THE BELVEDERE 007 TM COCKTAIL IS SILKY SMOOTH WITH EVERY SIP

Belvedere Vodka, Dry VermouthShaken, not stirred, garnished with a lemon twist

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BelveDere D OuBle 0 £15.00REFRESHING AND AROMATIC, THE BELVEDERE DOUBLE O IS THE PERFECT APERITIF,

COMPLEMENTED BY A CLASSIC ITALIAN GARNISH OF OLIVE AND ORANGE

Belvedere Vodka, French dry Vermouth, Italian sweet VermouthTopped with sparkling lemonade, garnished with an olive & orange slice

Grand Marnier Cuvée Du Centenaire THE PERFECT BLEND OF FINEST XO C O GNAC

& EXOTIC OR ANGE ESSENCE SERVED WITH

A GR AND O OLONG TEA ICE BALL

£15.00

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Jasmine silver tip £5.00Green whole leaf China £5.00Second flush Muscatel £5.00

Darjeeling Earl Grey £4.00RAF tea £4.00

Wild rooibos £5.00Camomile £4.00

English peppermint £4.00Fresh mint tea £4.50

Single espresso £3.50Double espresso £4.00

Macchiato £4.00Cappuccino £4.50

Latte £4.50Americano £3.50Filter coffee £3.50

Hot chocolate £5.00The Victorian coffee £5.00

Ice chocolate £5.00Ice cappuccino £5.00


Cream Tea 15.00 Scones, clotted cream & strawberry jam

Tea & coffee of your choice

Full Afternoon Tea 27.00 with a glass of Champagne 35.00

Selection of sandwiches

Cucumber, chive & cream cheese on white bread

Tomato bread with tomatoes, mozzarella & basil

Mini brioche with egg mayonnaise & baby cress

Home-smoked salmon & sour cream on lemon viennois

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Scones with clotted cream & homemade preserves

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Selection of homemade pâtisserie

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Tea and coffee of your choice

Darjeeling, Earl Grey, RAF Breakfast, Peppermint, Green tea, Camomile, Jasmine, Lapsang Souchong & Hot chocolate

Afternoon Tea3pm - 6pm

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Viennoiserie selection of mini pastries 8.00

Pain au chocolat gianduja, croustillant vanille, apple turn-over & croissant

Kouign amann 3.70

Pain au chocolat gianduja 3.70

Croustillant vanille 3.70

Kugelhopf 3.70

Croissant 3.70

Cleansers “lITTle WOMeN” 5.00

HydrationStrawberries, cucumber, apple juice

“BlACK BeAuTy” 5.00Vitamin

Blackberries, home-made nettle and pansy syrup, lemon & apple juice

“The TAles OF PeTer rABBIT” 5.00Detox

Apple, carrot & beetroot juice

“AlICe IN WONDerlAND” 5.00Vitality

Rose water, rose syrup, rose petals, soda water, lychee juice

“JuNgle BOOK” 5.00Energy

Banana, Greek yogurt, brown sugar, black soya bean powder, orange juice

Coffees

Teas

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