00:00We're here today at The Noble, which is our new cocktail bar and kind of public house on Bothwell
00:07Street. Driven by classic cocktails, that's the kind of ethos behind the menu, is being able to
00:12have a space in Glasgow where as soon as you think of a margarita, you think of this venue. As soon as
00:16you think of a martini in particular, you think of this venue. We visited The Noble, one of Glasgow's
00:21newest city centre bars, to help them pick out what flavour would be the subject of their Glasgow
00:27Six judges tried out five potential flavours, all themed around Glasgow cuisine and culture.
00:32Scoring them out of five, only the winner would make it onto the menu.
00:35We've got a martini section, where we have six martinis. We've got a dry, we've got a dirty,
00:40but we then got a hot honey, where we've fermented our own hot honey. We also have the passion fruit,
00:46which utilises a passion fruit essence, a coffee martini, not an espresso martini,
00:52and a tomato martini. The passion fruit, tomato and coffee all utilise an essence that we make
00:59in the Rotovap downstairs in our lab. We are using the Rotovap to effectively distil a concentrate,
01:06and then we add that to the martinis with Lille Blanc as the preferred vermouth. We're using
01:11Absolute Vodka as the base vodka, or Beefeater Gin, and then we're adding a little tiny touch
01:17of sugar, and what that does, that sugar then just binds the essence flavours to the alcohol,
01:23and it gives you this really smooth martini that then still has the flavours within it.
01:31So the tomato one is nice and fresh, the passion fruit's really juicy, and the coffee one
01:36tastes like a shot of double espresso. Today, what we've done is we've compiled a shortlist
01:43for the Glasgow martini. What I've looked at here is the different flavours that are evocative
01:51of Glasgow. So we've got a jam piece, we've then got a bacon roll, or bacon roll slash
01:57bacon crisps, like frazzles basically. We've got a deep fried pizza, and we've got a spicy kebab,
02:05and finally we've got the Barra's donuts. So we're trying to play about with science to create
02:12these nice big full flavours while still keeping it as a dry martini, but at the same time we want
02:17to evoke like memories of Glasgow. All five flavours are inspired by Glasgow's culinary
02:22culture and history. Our diet is known for its quirky takes on dishes, its edge on simplicity,
02:28and clutch on greasy foods. And while it turned into an interesting competition, one cocktail
02:33blew it away, receiving five marks across the board. And so the winning cocktail, which will
02:38now be named the Glasgow martini, is the Barra's donut. The judges agreed this flavour was the most
02:44true to what it was trying to emulate, as well as being delicious in taste. You can now try a
02:49Glasgow martini at the Noble on Bothwell Street.
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