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Chase and Purl – the Ultimate Royal Cocktail

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‘Worlds Best’ English Vodka brand teams up with “the Heston of London bars”

William Chase, has teamed up with the Purl London bar – to create the ultimate British Royal cocktail to mark the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

The cocktail, named “Royal Jam”, uses quintessentially English ingredients.

The main ingredient, apple gin, is grown and distilled on William Chase’s farm in Herefordshire. The tribute to the Royal couple is especially fitting as William Chase will marry his partner, also named Kate, in May.

Top Mixologist and co-owner of Purl, Tristan Stephenson, has combined the unique Williams Chase apple gin with English strawberry conserve, lemon juice, lavender bitters and a splash of Nyetimber Brut (English sparkling wine) to create a theatrical cocktail experience.  The flavour profile of “Royal Jam” is based on an English Victoria sponge cake, strawberry being the key component.

“It’s a combination of many British traditions; gin, afternoon tea, strawberries, and sparkling wine, all thrown together,” said Tristan, who is also part of the ‘Fluid Movement’ collective of mixologists. William’s Gin fits perfectly into Fluid’s concept of delving into the provenance and heritage of drinks, because Chase make their gin from scratch from apples organically grown on their farm – rather than buying in raw grain spirit and re-distilling it as many larger mass produced distilleries do.

Tristan insists, “This complex cocktail can only be truly satisfactory if it is made with William’s apple gin which has a unique flavour and genuine quality. Chase has a great story behind it.”

Presentation is key! The cocktail is served in a gold-gilded bone china tea cup and saucer. A teapot of Earl Grey tea accompanies the cocktail – not for drinking. Instead, once the “Royal Jam” has been mixed and carefully poured into the teacup, dry ice is dropped into the teapot so that it billows aromatic steam around the drinker, adding to the experience.

William’s single estate gin is the world’s most complicated, as it is made from organic cider apples which are turned into cider, then vodka (which Chase has bottled up as ‘Naked Chase’) is added before further distilling into gin, with hops and elderflower, to create a connoisseurs’ gin.

Several other bars are concocting their own Royal cocktails using Chase gin, liqueurs and vodka – the Distillery’s website has a list of these at www.chasedistillery.co.uk.

Chase will be hosting tastings of their apple gin and Chase potato Vodka throughout April in Harvey Nichols stores nationwide as part of Harvey Nichols Best of British Drinks promotion.

http://www.chasedistillery.co.uk


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