New cocktails 2015

Prosecco by the glass

CHOOSE FROM OUR LIST OF HOUSE INFUSED GINS, MIXED WITH ANGOSTURA, FEVER TREE TONIC AND A FRUIT RIND TO MATCH EACH GIN. MANY HOURS WERE SPENT EXPERIMENTING, TASTING AND RECOVERING TO BRING YOU OUR GREAT INFUSED GINS!

THE ULTIMATE G & T:

C O C K TA IL S & A LCHEMY

Artisan infused, flavoured vodkas amazing either as a shot or as a long sipping drink over ice, with either soda or Fevertree Tonic.

VODKA FUSION

“A LCHEMY: A seemingly magical process of transformation, creation, or combination.�

ÂŁ5.00 (125 ml)

The first published definition of a Cocktail appeared in an editorial response in “The Balance and Columbian Repository� in 1806.

This read: "Cocktail is a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water and bitters."

COCKTA IL:

“If you’re feeling sophisticated we have an amazing selection.

If you’re not, we do pints!�

Sean Maguire.

Bar Manager

C O C K TA ILS & A LC HE MY

OR A NGE PEPPER MARGAR ITA - £6.50 THE THATCH TWIST ON THE CLASSIC MEXICAN TEQUILA BASED COCKTAIL CREATED BY BARTENDER DON CARLOS OROZCO AT HUSSONGS CANTINA. OUR ADDITION OF GRAND MARNIER, HONEY AND ORANGE PEPPER RIM REALLY DELIGHTS ALL OF THE SENSES.

GIMLET - £6.00 DELICIOUSLY SWEET AND SOUR MIX OF GIN, LIME JUICE AND SUGAR. A REAL CLASSIC THAT HAS BEEN CREDITED TO BRITISH ROYAL NAVY SURGEON SIR THOMAS GIMLETTE. IDEAL AS A QUICK FIX DRINK OR AS A PALLETTE CLEANSER. T WO SMOK ING BAR R ELS - £6.50 JIM BEAM KENTUCKY BOURBON, WOODSPICES, SLOW ROASTED ORANGE AND DEMERARA SUGAR. CREATED AT ‘THE DARK HORSE’ PUB IN LOWER MANHATTAN IN THE SUMMER OF 2014. IT HAS PROVED TO BE AS POPULAR HERE AS IT IS IN NEW YORK, THIS COCKTAIL HIGHLIGHTS THE MAIN FLAVOUR TONES OF THIS CLASSIC AMERICAN WHISKEY.

DAR K A ND STOR MY - £6.50 HERE AT THE THATCH, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR RATHER EXTENSIVE RUM COLLECTION, SO AS A CELEBRATION OF THAT, WE CHOSE TWO STAFF FAVOURITES TO MAKE OUR TWIST ON A CLASSIC RUM COCKTAIL. PAMPERO ESPECIAL, KRAKEN DARK SPICED RUM AND LIME JUICE IS SHAKEN THEN LAYERED OVER SWEET AND FIERY GINGER BEER.

CHER RY K ISS - £6.50 A VERY REFRESHING BLEND OF MIDORI MELON LIQUER, DISARONNO, LIME JUICE, HONEY AND CRANBERRY JUICE. ITS BEEN EXTREMELY POPULAR HERE AT THE THATCH FOR QUITE SOME TIME AS WELL AS IN ITS SOURCE BAR, MAGEE’S SPIRIT STORE, CO. FERMANAGH.

MOJITO - 6.50 A SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE MIX OF HAVANA BLANCO RUM, LIME, SUGAR, MINT AND CRUSHED ICE. BELIEVED TO BE SOURCED FROM THE 16TH CENTURY DRINK KNOWN AS ‘EL DRAQUE’, AFTER FRANCIS DRAKE, WHO USED THE DRINK TO CURE DYSENTRY AND SCURVY ABOARD HIS SHIPS DOCKED IN HAVANA. SO BASICALLY ITS GOOD FOR YOU, RIGHT?

STR AWBER RY DA IQUIR I - £6.50 DOUBLE CHOCOLATE MARTINI - £7.00 A CHOCOLATE LOVERS DREAM THAT IS LOVED BY ONE OR TWO OF OUR STAFF. CREME THE CLASSIC (NOT THE FROZEN!) RUM DRINK. FRESH STRAWBERRIES, WHITE RUM, DE CACAO, BAILEYS BELGIAN CHOCOLATE LUXE, CHOCOLATE SYRUP, SMIRNOFF VODKA, TRIPLE SEC, LIME AND SUGAR. SIMPLE! THE ORIGINAL DAIQUIRI WAS THOUGHT TO KAHLUA AND CREAM SHAKEN AND TOPPED WITH CHOCOLATE SHAVINGS. DELECTABLE, BE LOCALISED TO CUBA UNTIL LUCIUS W. JOHNSON, A U.S. NAVY MEDICAL OFFICER (WE’RE STARTING TO SEE A TREND HERE.....) INTRODUCED IT TO THE ARMY & NAVY CLUB IN WASHINGTON D.C.

DIA BLA DA: - £6.50 ANOTHER THATCH ORIGINAL FOCUSING ON TWO OF OUR FAVOURITE SHOTS. WE MIX AGWA DE BOLIVIA COCA LEAF LIQUER, CAZCABEL HONEY TEQUILA, MIDORI MELON LIQUER, LIME, RAINBOW PEPPER AND A HINT OF CHILLI. THE DIABLADA or DANZA DE LOS DIABLOS (DANCE OF THE DEVILS) IS A TRADITIONAL BOLIVIAN DANCE THAT WAS VERY POPULAR IN CROYDE DURING THE EARLY 90’S!