Whiskey

Whiskey Wednesday – August – The Irishman Whiskey

If you’re in the Bethnal side of Bethnal Green Road on an August Wednesday, you should pop your head in here! We’ve got whiskey!   The Whiskey Wednesday collab for August meant the lads in the bar we’re getting stuck into crafting drinks using The Irishman Founders Reserve. Gavin McGowan-Madoo, who looks after the Walsh […]

Whiskey … or whisky?

It’s pretty well known that Irish ‘whiskey’ is spelt with an ‘e’ but scotch is simply ‘whisky.’ What’s not so well known is why…   The term ‘whiskey’ derives from he gaelic ‘uisce beatha’ – pronounced “uh-iss-keh beh-ah” – meaning water of life. This was abbreviated to ‘uiskie’ some time in the 17th century, which later […]

Whiskey Wednesday – July – Jameson Irish Whiskey

Even if the weather hasn’t been that great this summer, the Whiskey Wednesday cocktails certainly have!   For the month of July, The Sun Tavern’s bespoke Whiskey Wednesday cocktail offering was in ties with Jameson Irish Whiskey. Murphy did a great job orchestrating the drinks, which definitely received a noticeable amount of interest. Jameson wanted […]

Whiskey Wednesday – June – The Dubliner Irish Whiskey

For the month of June, The Sun Tavern’s rotating Whiskey Wednesday collaboration was with The Dubliner Irish Whiskey.   As a new Irish Whiskey, The Dubliner were very keen to be apart of what we do and really try to showcase how their spirits work in cocktails. Introducing Irish Whiskey to new people through cocktails […]

Irish Whiskey & Coffee

We are big into our Irish Whiskey over here at The Sun Tavern in Bethnal Green. We have one of the widest selections in London, and have been working with Irish Whiskey distilleries a like to bring you great whiskey cocktails on our house cocktail menu, and on Wednesdays for our Whiskey Wednesday £5 cocktail […]

Ballantine’s – Whiskey Wednesday – December

Scotch Whisky always seems more fitting in December, see how the Scots brave the bitter winds and icy evenings. In Bethnal Green we do it slightly differently in the shape of Scotch cocktails. For December’s Whiskey Wednesday bespoke cocktail menu we teamed up with Ballantine’s Blended Scotch Whisky to bring you these Scotch serves. Christmas […]