'I didn't want to leave' - First look inside the newly opened KASK 2 - video Dailymotion

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After almost six years, the team behind KASK is expanding with a new bar at the former site of La Guinguette.  KASK 2 is set to open on October 2 at 243 Cheltenham Road, just past the Arches, on the corner of Zetland Road.  We talked with co-owner Charlie Taylor to find out more about KASK 2

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00:00The cask in Bemidster is six years old next month and it's about time we opened the second cask.

00:07This one is on Cheltenham Road. It's a bit bigger, a bit bolder, a bit brighter than the original.

00:13When we opened the cask in Bemidster we wanted it to be that little place you discover when you're on a holiday in Europe.

00:20So quite low-key, kind of dating vibes.

00:23With this one we wanted it to be similar to bars, natural wine bars in Paris and South America

00:29which allowed DJs playing behind the bar a lot more confident, a bit more brash than places you go to for a midnight town.

00:37Can you tell us a bit about what Bristolians can expect in this new venue?

00:42Yeah, there's a lot to say.

00:44We've got five wines on tap, we've also got five beers on draft and cider as well.

00:50We've got some cocktails including two that have been made for us by Pete from Spira Bristol.

00:56An amazing local gin that's been around for about a year and that we love and he's crafted two cocktails for us.

01:01And we've also got a huge bottle of this.

01:04Mainly composed of wines that we've either been to the vineyards or that we've met the winemakers.

01:09So it's one that we've fallen in love with because of the winemakers we've met.

01:13As usual we're trying to go different breaks, different regions.

01:19So we've got loads of Greece, we've got loads of South America, Uruguay which I personally love, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine.

01:27So as well as usual, Italy, France, Spain, we've got wines from far and wide.

01:34And ones that we've discovered and fallen in love with and that we want to share our love with them with our new community.

01:40When you're choosing a wine list there's so much choice.

01:43We've got to narrow it down into ones that we personally feel really excited about and that we really want to share.

01:48The winemakers we've met in the last six years, the ones that we love, the ones which massively care about the land.

01:54And they care about the glass in your hands.

01:57And they've got a real passion for it.

01:59We've fallen in love with the wine through their passion.

02:02It's really important for us that people feel value at every stage.

02:06So we have four price points.

02:08Bank of Buck, Treats, Expert Sexy and Drop Dead Gorgeous.

02:12And we think that at every level we've got really, really exciting wines.

02:15So whether you want to spend six quid on a glass of wine or 25 quid on a glass of wine.

02:21We've got something for everybody.

02:22So you might be out for a Wednesday evening where you just want a bottle with friends

02:26and it's not going to take you back too much but you get to come to a great venue and have a really long way for a bottle of wine.

02:32Or you might be out for treats for that week or for that month.

02:36And you've got something really special on the wall.

02:39Including some real kind of natural wine icons.

02:42But also some ones that we've discovered that we've forgotten.

02:45They're going to get you really excited.

02:48Yeah, so it's kind of inspired by the bars of Paris and South America.

02:52You can see behind me a piano.

02:54So I went to South America and a lot of wine bars there had a piano.

02:57And you return into kind of spontaneous party nights.

03:00So you also have DJs.

03:02We're going to have a DJ in here regularly.

03:04Standing behind the bar of the other two.

03:07Something that's really different is in November we'll be launching a bookshop.

03:12By an upstairs area which we'll have a bookshop.

03:15So you can come in on a quiet Sunday or a quiet Tuesday afternoon.

03:18Grab a glass of wine, read a book.

03:20And if you get into the book and you want to take it home, you can then buy it to us.

03:24And that's something that we haven't seen before in Bristol or even the UK.

03:28So we're kind of trying to go throughout the day I guess.

03:31So you can start off in the afternoon.

03:33Early afternoon it's going to chill vibes.

03:35A glass of wine, read a book.

03:37And then as you get into the evening it's going to get autographed anymore.

03:39Like a party basically.

03:41It's August 2nd October.

03:42We are open.

03:43So can't wait to welcome people in.

03:45Show their doors.

03:46Everyone on the first weekend gets a free welcome drink.

03:49So even if you're just going to look at them for one.

03:51Come in and see what we're about.

03:53Let's go.

03:54Let's go.

03:55Let's go.

03:56Let's go.

03:57Let's go.

'I didn't want to leave' - First look inside the newly opened KASK 2

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