In hindsight, I regret the angle in which I went with the title. We at Secret London don’t consider alcohol naughty. If we did, I’d be behaving extremely badly more often than not (hey, there’s nothing wrong with a lot a bit of midweek wine-ing, ok?). Aaanyway, we’re ditching the wine for something a little sweeter. It seems London has a habit of taking the innocent things you once scoffed as a child and adding a generous glug of booze. Not that we’re complaining. At all.
1. Liquor Shakes Pop Up
Move over la Freakshake. Liquor Shakes are offering us grown ups something with a bit of a kick and upping the boozy milkshake game. After the success of their previous pop-up in Shoreditch, Liquor Shakes have decided to celebrate the end of summer with another stint at Dark Sugars cocoa house on Brick Lane! They’ll be there from Thursday 22nd September until Sunday 25th, whizzing up a delicious selection of creamy, boozy shakes. Flavours include the Randy Brandy made with Courvoisier VSOP, vanilla, caramel and chocolate, as well as the Boozy Banana made with Captain Morgan rum, banana, caramel and chocolate. You can get two milkshakes for £12 on Fever – find out more here!
124 Brick Ln, E1 6SB
2. Boozy Bubbleology
If you’re a fan of the strange, yet extraordinarily satisfying ‘bubble tea’, then this new development will blow your bubbly mind. Bubbleology have teamed with the company behind Malibu, Kahlua and Absolut to bring you some seriously spiked drinks. They’re introducing 8 new ‘hard shake’ flavours to the menu, which will all be under £5, including a Malibu twist on a Pina Colada and a Banoffee milk tea spiked with Kahlua. If you haven’t tried bursting a sweet bubble in your mouth yet, what better reason than cheap booze to try it now?
Multiple Locations
3. Caketails
You have until the end of September to head to the ever-popular Madison Rooftop Bar to try one of their Caketail creations. Concocted by master mixologists, each cocktail is matched with a cupcake that has been infused with the same ingredients, resulting in a mouth-watering combination of our two favourite things. And we know that cocktails and cake are a pairing that Mary Berry, queen of the boozy baking world, would definitely be on board for. The pairings at Madison include their unique take on the classics, such as the Espresso Martini, the Dark and Stormy and the Cosmopolitan.
One New Change, St Paul’s, EC4M 9AD
4. Bompass and Parr Alcoholic Jelly
5. Rum Caviar at Basement Sate
8 Broadwick Street, London W1F 8HN