Specialty drink recipes at Rioja ahead of Glasgow Cocktail Fortnight

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We visit Rioja to find out what they have on offer ahead of Glasgow Cocktail Fortnight.

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00:02Hi, I'm Aidan from Rioca in Glasgow, down at Hope Street.

00:05We're here with the Glasgow Cocktail Fortnight, and I'm going to show you a couple of drinks on offer.

00:09So, first of all, this is our Sour & Bloom.

00:13It's a St Germain based cocktail, which is pretty citrusy, good elderflower notes.

00:20Pretty nice, as I've got to be honest.

00:23So, first, we've got 35ml of St Germain elderflower liqueur.

00:3025ml lemon-shirloat.

00:4025ml lemon juice.

00:47And 15ml sugar.

00:52Which just helps stabilize the cocktail a bit.

00:56Then, we're using Betters Bitters for the foaming solution, which makes the cocktail vegan, because there's no egg white.

01:06So, first of all, give that a dry shake.

01:12Build up the air in the bubbles.

01:14Add ice for a second shake.

01:30Creates a dilution, makes it nice and chilled.

01:32Take my rocks glass.

01:50Put some ice in it.

02:00Double strain.

02:02And then, that gets garnished with dried lemon wheel and an edible flower.

02:12And that's your sour and bloom.

02:13Me and my team have basically come up with a section of cocktails for the people to come in and try.

02:20Hopefully, everybody comes in has a good time.

02:22We work as a Spanish tapas restaurant.

02:23We're down next to Central.

02:24Pretty new.

02:25Opened about five months ago.

02:26So, we've got a lot of Spanish classics.

02:27So, we've got a lot of Spanish classics.

02:28Carly Muchos, Tinto Verano, stuff like that.

02:29A lot of red wine based stuff.

02:30But then, we also do a lot of classic cocktails.

02:31Events being on.

02:32Encouraging people to come out.

02:33See venues they've maybe not been to before.

02:34They've not been to for a long time.

02:35They've been to for a long time.

02:36And that's your sour and bloom.

02:37Me and my team have basically come up with a section of cocktails for the people to come

02:38in and try.

02:39Hopefully, everybody comes in has a good time.

02:40We work as a Spanish tapas restaurant.

02:41We're down next to Central.

02:42Pretty new.

02:43Opened about five months ago.

02:44So, we've got a lot of Spanish classics.

02:46Carly Muchos, Tinto Verano, stuff like that.

02:47A lot of red wine based stuff.

02:48But then, we also do a lot of classic cocktails.

02:51Events being on.

02:52Encouraging people to come out.

02:54See venues they've maybe not been to before.

02:56They've not been to for a long time.

02:57As events like this grow, it's only just going to help everybody.

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