Last week after a busy work day, I popped along to the Secret Spritz Garden hosted by beverage company Fentimans in order to try some cocktails. Fentimans sells old-fashioned cola, rose lemonade, and other sparkling drinks with traditional flavours, and I've been a fan of the rose lemonade for awhile. They have recently started to get into the tonic and flavoured gin/alcoholic beverage market with some of their traditional flavours and created new flavours. The Secret Spritz Garden was set up to market these new flavours and their use in cocktails.
The Secret Spritz Garden was located in Clerkenwell for nearly the whole month of August, set up in between beautiful herbs and wildflowers in St. John's Church square. In addition to the cocktail experience, visitors could take different workshops in working with the flavours and ingredients, take a painting class, and listen to live music.
I had Rose Spritz, created with their rose lemonade drink and topped up with Prosecco. I also tried the English Country Cup, which was their take on a summer drink with Pimm's and their elderflower and rose tonic. Both cocktails were refreshing.
Fentimans Secret Spritz Garden pop-up is now sadly over. It was only open from 8th to 29th of August. However, their receipes for the cocktails can be found online, or you can buy their beverages or pre-mixed gin and tonic drinks.
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