{"id":1991,"date":"2014-09-25T20:54:26","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T19:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/?p=1991"},"modified":"2014-09-25T20:54:26","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T19:54:26","slug":"london-cocktail-week-2014-el-dorado-hosts-lost-city-of-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/bars\/london-cocktail-week-2014-el-dorado-hosts-lost-city-of-gold","title":{"rendered":"London Cocktail Week 2014 &#8211; El Dorado Hosts &#8220;Lost City of Gold&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"www.londoncocktailweek.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1995 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lcw-logo.gif\" alt=\"London Cocktail Week Logo\" width=\"214\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2002\" src=\"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/el-dorado-logo.jpg\" alt=\"El Dorado Rum Logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"London Cocktail Week\" href=\"http:\/\/www.londoncocktailweek.com\" target=\"_blank\">London Cocktail Week<\/a> (6th-12th October) heralds the start of a glittering week of activity for the award-winning <a title=\"El Dorado Rum\" href=\"http:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/distilleries\/Rum\/ElDorado\" target=\"_blank\">El Dorado Rum<\/a>, which will culminate in a series of master classes and tutored tastings at RumFest at Earls Court on Sunday 12th October.<\/p>\n<p>El Dorado will also be working with <a title=\"Trailer Happiness\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trailerhappiness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trailer Happiness<\/a>, one of London\u2019s most Tiki-Tastic bars, where a rum and food pairing event will take place, and Harvey Nichols, who will be offering a twist on the 16th Century version of a Mojito, the El Draque, named after Sir Francis Drake.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning on Monday 6th October, El Dorado will be hosting its first ever Pop-up in the basement of 71 Monmouth Street just off Seven Dials, where guests will be invited to discover the legendary Lost City of Gold.<\/p>\n<p>Voted the world\u2019s best rum a record eight times, guests will take a journey through the rainforests of Guyana, the home of El Dorado rum, where they\u2019ll see and hear the sights and sounds of the lush, tropical surroundings which are indicative of the South American country. They\u2019ll take in the expanse of Kaieteur Falls, the highest single drop waterfall in the world, as they delve deeper into the greenery to find the luscious, liquid gold of El Dorado rums.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/el-dorado-rum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-735 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/el-dorado-rum.jpg\" alt=\"El Dorado Rum\" width=\"600\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cocktails made with El Dorado\u2019s superb range of rums will be available along with the opportunity to sample tasting flights of the El Dorado range.\u00a0 A planned series of sessions will be hosted by Stefanie Holt, the award winning international brand ambassador for El Dorado Rums, at the Pop-up over the week.\u00a0 Tickets are available from the London Cocktail Week website &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/click.icptrack.com\/icp\/relay.php?r=22611245&amp;msgid=322619&amp;act=OI0R&amp;c=1132836&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Flondoncocktailweek.ticketsource.co.uk%2F\">http:\/\/londoncocktailweek.ticketsource.co.uk\/<\/a> .\u00a0 The sessions are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tuesday 7th October \u2013 7pm until 8.30pm.<\/strong>\u00a0 <a title=\"El Dorado Rum and Chocolate Pairing\" href=\"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/event\/london-cocktail-week-2014-el-dorado-rum-and-chocolate-pairing\" target=\"_blank\">El Dorado Rum and Chocolate Pairing<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday 8th October from 7 until 8.30pm.\u00a0<\/strong> <a title=\"El Dorado Rum and Savoury Pairing\" href=\"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/event\/london-cocktail-week-2014-el-dorado-rum-savoury-pairing\" target=\"_blank\">El Dorado Rum and Savoury Pairing<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday 9th October from 7pm until 8.30pm<\/strong>.\u00a0 <a title=\"El Dorado 25 Year Old Rum Tasting\" href=\"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/event\/london-cocktail-week-2014-el-dorado-25-year-old-rum-tasting\" target=\"_blank\">El Dorado 25 Year Old Rum Tasting<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday 10th October from 7pm until 8.30pm<\/strong>.\u00a0 <a title=\"El Dorado Single Barrel Rum Tasting\" href=\"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/event\/london-cocktail-week-2014-el-dorado-single-barrel-rum-tasting\" target=\"_blank\">El Dorado Single Barrel Rum Tasting<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Saturday 11th October from 2pm until 3.30pm.<\/strong>\u00a0 The last of the sessions at the Pop-up.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a chance to put your taste buds to the test and put the information you\u2019ve learnt over the week, into practice.\u00a0 The last session is \u2018Guess the Rum\u2019 \u2013 a blind tasting competition.\u00a0 Think you know the El Dorado range?\u00a0 Pop in to the Pop-up and blind test three rums from the El Dorado range.\u00a0 You\u2019ll be up against the clock but it\u2019s worth it \u2013 a bottle of El Dorado 15 Year Old will be awarded to the person who guesses correctly in the quickest time.<\/p>\n<p>Harvey Nichols Fifth Floor Bar will be offering a cocktail made\u00a0with El Dorado 5 Year Old to those with a London Cocktail Week Wristband for only \u00a34 over the course of the week. For those without a wristband, the cocktail is \u00a35.50.\u00a0 The Golden Draque, created by Harvey Nichols\u2019 bar manager, Ivan Romano, takes inspiration from the El Draque, named after Sir Francis Drake and thought to be the 16th Century version of the Mojito. The Golden reference is a nod to El Dorado \u2013 meaning gold in English- which is used in the cocktail\u00a0 Here\u2019s how to make it:<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1867\" src=\"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/el-dorado-rum.jpg\" alt=\"El Dorado Rum\" width=\"345\" height=\"500\" \/>GOLDEN DRAQUE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>50 ml El Dorado 5 Year Old<br \/>\n25 ml Roasted pineapple and coffee bean puree*<br \/>\n25 ml freshly squeezed lime juice<br \/>\n8 mint leaves<br \/>\n15ml gomme syrup<br \/>\n20 ml soda water<\/p>\n<p>*To make the roasted pineapple and coffee bean puree, cut one pineapple into cubes, add 50 gram of coffee beans and cook into an oven on low heat for 12 hours. Remove and discard the coffee bean sand blend the pineapple cubes for three minutes until you get a creamy puree.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Garnish: <\/strong>Mint dusted in gold and coffee beans<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method:<\/strong> Gently muddle the mint with the sugar and lime juice.\u00a0 Add the puree and El Dorado and crushed ice. Stir together and top up with soda water.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The rum fun doesn\u2019t stop there.\u00a0 <a title=\"Trailer Happiness\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trailerhappiness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trailer Happiness<\/a> in Notting Hill will be offering a selection of three cocktails made with <a title=\"El Dorado Rum\" href=\"http:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/distilleries\/Rum\/ElDorado\" target=\"_blank\">El Dorado Rum<\/a>, which will be available for \u00a34 to those with a London Cocktail Week Wristband. They are also hosting at Rum Club Food Pairing with El Dorado rum\u00a0 which will be hosted by Stefanie Holt on Monday 6th October from 7.30-8.30pm.\u00a0 Tickets cost \u00a35 and can be purchased from the London Cocktail Week website <a href=\"http:\/\/click.icptrack.com\/icp\/relay.php?r=22611245&amp;msgid=322619&amp;act=OI0R&amp;c=1132836&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Flondoncocktailweek.ticketsource.co.uk%2F\">http:\/\/londoncocktailweek.ticketsource.co.uk\/<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p><strong>About London Cocktail Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back for the fifth year, <a title=\"London Cocktail Week\" href=\"http:\/\/www.londoncocktailweek.com\" target=\"_blank\">London Cocktail Week<\/a> \u2013 the biggest drinks festival in the UK \u2013 is just around the corner. From Monday 6 to Sunday 12 October 2014 get ready to shake, sip and party your way to a fantastic celebration of our capital\u2019s unrivalled cocktail culture.<\/p>\n<p>To be part of <a title=\"London Cocktail Week\" href=\"http:\/\/www.londoncocktailweek.com\" target=\"_blank\">London Cocktail Week 2014<\/a>, festival-goers must buy a wristband, which cost just \u00a310 if booked in advance or \u00a315 once the week begins. Wristbands give\u00a0 access to the huge amount of free sampling and cocktail demonstrations, as well as the renowned self-guided Cocktail Tours; with 250 of the best bars across the capital\u00a0 throwing open their doors to offer bespoke and unlimited cocktails for just \u00a34 all week. Each bar will be mapped out in your FREE London Bar Guide, so there will be no problem navigating around.<\/p>\n<p>The LCW experience starts from wristband collection at one of the London Cocktail Week Hubs from 12noon until 9pm; hives of activity guaranteed to get you into the cocktail spirit. Each Hub has their own unique twist and is placed in the epicentres of the main bar areas\u2013 be sure to set aside four evenings to visit them all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London Cocktail Week (6th-12th October) heralds the start of a glittering week of activity for the award-winning El Dorado rum, which will culminate in a series of master classes and tutored tastings at RumFest at Earls Court on Sunday 12th October.<\/p>\n<p>El Dorado will also be working with Trailer Happiness, one of London\u2019s most Tiki-Tastic bars, where a rum and food pairing event will take place, and Harvey Nichols, who will be offering a twist on the 16th Century version of a Mojito, the El Draque, named after Sir Francis Drake.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning on Monday 6th October, El Dorado will be hosting its first ever Pop-up in the basement of 71 Monmouth Street just off Seven Dials, where guests will be invited to discover the legendary Lost City of Gold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,67,9],"tags":[543,562,292,293,294,388,295,296,297,197,544,545,546,500,542,481,530,541,335],"class_list":["post-1991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bars","category-cocktails","category-rum","tag-chocolate-pairing","tag-cocktails","tag-el-dorado-12-year-old-rum","tag-el-dorado-15-year-old-rum","tag-el-dorado-21-year-old-rum","tag-el-dorado-25-year-old-rum","tag-el-dorado-3-year-old-rum","tag-el-dorado-5-year-old-rum","tag-el-dorado-8-year-old-rum","tag-el-dorado-rum","tag-el-dorado-single-barrel-ehp-demerara-rum","tag-el-dorado-single-barrel-icbu-demerara-rum","tag-el-dorado-single-barrel-pm-demerara-rum","tag-el-dorado-single-barrel-rum","tag-food-pairing","tag-london-cocktail-week","tag-london-cocktail-week-2014","tag-lost-city-of-gold","tag-rum_tasting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1991"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2016,"href":"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991\/revisions\/2016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}