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Ben’s Canteen & GQ

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When our favourite food blogger, Adam Layton (Noshable), introduced us to the Bacon Bourbon Old Fashioned we loved it. An Old Fashioned is already one of our favourites, then introduce smokey bacon and you know that you’re seriously cooking with gas. We swiftly put it on our menu but never did we expect it to end up in the pages of GQ Magazine. Thanks Adam and thanks GQ!

If you haven’t yet tried the Bacon Bourbon Old Fashioned then we suggest you change that right by heading down to the Canteen. You might also want to try our new Boilermaker (a shot Knob Creek with a pint of Meantime Pale Ale as a chaser).

Ben's Canteen, Bacon Bourbon Old Fashioned

New Cocktails at Ben’s Canteen

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For a long time now we’ve wanted to grow the humble cocktail list at Ben’s Canteen. Having just won Best Local Restaurant (in the Time & Leisure Food and Drinks Awards) we decided that this was the time.

Cocktails at Ben's CanteenWe’ve put together a mix of classics and given them a little twist – the Bacon Bourbon Old Fashioned (we got the recipe from our friend, Adam Layton, who runs a food blog called Noshable) is a great example of this. We infuse the bourbon with bacon and then add honey and orange – oh and bacon salt. It’s a ripper and rumour has it that it will be featured in GQ later in the year.

At the moment we’re quite inspired by Spain, so we’ve put our take on a Rebujito on the menu – it’s Sherry (Fino), Elderflower, Mint & Soda – and it’s a little reminder of summer. The London Ruin (Hoxton Gin, Cointreau & Homemade Lemonade) is proving very popular and the staff are big fans of the Vanilla & Chilli Caprioska (Vodka, Vanilla, Sugar, Lime & Chilli).

So, next time you’re up on the hill, do drop into the Canteen and let us know what you think of the new list. Oh, and by the way, we can still make the classic cocktails for you on request and do remember that on Tuesdays we do 2-4-1 cocktails.