Huge congratulations to @langham_london @toffske for winning yesterday’s @no3gin Unlock Taste competition @berrybrosrudd whose winning cocktails included the use of carbonated ‘good ordinary claret’. The day kicked off in Pickering place with a surprise duel between contestants (such as the history of this little square dictates) tasking competitors to find their “Pistols swords and cocktail shakers” using a surprise box of ingredients. The six finalists then had to create the classic martini and gin and tonic ‘with a twist’ with some impressive left of field entries including this very clever frozen key-a symbol of promise, from the Langham’s Krystian Kropaczewksi - drawing on his scientific background and working with gin and tonic’s molecular similarities. Many of the cocktails included coffee as an ingredient in a nod to BBR’s 300 year old history, an ingredient of which is quinine - harmoniously also found in tonic. Bravo to all competitors - some serious cocktails created here under intense, nerve-wracking conditions #unlocktaste #londondrygin #no3gin #berrybrosrudd #fmv #history #heritage #cocktails #craft #creativity (at Berry Bros. & Rudd) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxxJ_EincR9/?igshid=tnat9f7swodc