HARD SELTZER SUMMER
#HardSeltzerSummer is here, an empirical ‘White Claw’ shaped tidal wave is rolling across the Atlantic; we’ve got a toe in the water, so here’s a little pocket guide to your new go to RTD.
Re-Born on the 4th of July
July 4th - the pubs are open! A Nation Rejoices! Throw up the bunting! Re-coronate the queen!
Not quite.
Norm De Plume 'Analogue Discogue' Isolation Mix
Norm was supposed to play the bar this month but due to obvious reasons we had to reschedule a later date.
As a consolation he's been kind enough to record and send over a vinyl only set full of summer heaters and some air tight mixing.
High Fibre Content
Episode 2 of our minted, (seminal), bar-talk podcast: If These Walls Could Talk!
In this edition Alex dialled up Paul Hayes of VIVIR tequila for a chat about launching and importing his fantastic range of tequilas. The conversation covers the full arc from inception to trading in the current COVID-quashed climate, Paul’s personal odyssey with agave, and how his and his team’s integrity, patience and passion can proof a business against seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Tune in, turn on and sip on VIVIR ;)
Lost / Alone
Back in 2015 I was caught between trying to move out of teaching and back into hospitality. Frustrated in London, I took a work placement in Los Angeles for 5 months at the start of the year with a half-a-mind to extend it further. Behind This Wall had run its course as a club residency in London with the closure of Plastic People, but we’d always dallied a little in making up drinks and running peripatetic bars & sound-systems in unloved spaces.
Mixtape Jukebox
To help you through homebound entertainment procedures, and to accompany our new bottled Mixed Drink range (plug* DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR *gulp), we’ve added a Mixtape Jukebox to our HIFI page. Bringing something of the BTW experience to you in lockdown and beyond.
If Anything We Are Priests
Episode 1 of our brand new podcast, ‘If These Walls Could Talk’! At some point last year, whenever that was, Alex sat down with Byron Knight: he of the bar Off Broadway, co-founder at Beavertown, current brain behind the Deviant & Dandy brewery and fellow poké pioneer.
We'll meet again...
Our basement bar is closed until further notice, in keeping with the government mandate on delaying the spread of coronavirus.
Stay at home, stay safe and support our wonderful NHS wherever you can.
It's about people now, not business
COVID-19: Please read, copy and share! Our hospitality industry needs you.
Kit-Chat: A fireside conversation with Richard Greenan (Kit Recs)
One of our most beloved residencies at the bar happens every first Thursday of the month when Richard Greenan of Kit Records takes control of the hifi for the evening. To those familiar with the label and longstanding NTS show, you will know the cosmic polymath pulling the strings. We sat down with the man himself for a candid chat about his projects, beginnings and inspirations.
Suzaku Maru ✕ ES Magazine
Our most popular serve so far this season has undoubtably been the Suzaku Maru, our storied seasonal CBD sour. A total collaborative effort from the whole management team, last week Alex spoke to the ES Magazine about the process behind creating it and the importance of story-telling! Here’s the full unedited transcript.
Exiting Hibernation ☃︎
Happy New Year everyone!
We’ll be opening up again on Thursday 9th January. Richard from Kit Records will be down playing some records and as it’s the first time we’ve opened (apart from the odd party) since December 20th, our Winter Menu will be making it’s first appearance.
Wall Plants ~ a photography exhibit by Richie Round-Turner
Tonight sees the launch of our Winter exhibit by Richie Round-Turner. Rich takes the pictures of the bar up on the site and has put together this project around our menu theme for Winter: “Into the Woods”. While the drinks will follow on from next week as the season (officially) changes, we are launching the exhibit tonight and may have a few advance peeks from the menu to try.
☃︎ December Schedule ⇾ ⇾ ⇾ NYE ⋋²⁰²⁰
It’s that time of year when you’re either out or you’re in bed. Here’s our opening schedule with for the Christmas season into 2020 in a handy cut out and keep format…
Anatomy of a mixed drink ∖ ⊍⊌⊎
Useful notes on something that applies to putting together any cocktail or drink to dazzle (could equally apply to making wine or beer-making for instance, although that isn’t done in a ‘live’ environment as of a bartender mixing a drink on the spot at the bar). Think of any such drink to draw delight from as needing three parts: the base, the body and the perfume…
