We’ve had London hotels getting literary, arty, and now it looks like they’re getting a conscience. Guoman Hotels, which owns four in the centre of town – the Royal Horseguards, The Cumberland, Charing Cross and the Tower – have commissioned one of the UK’s top mixologists, Andy Pearson (co-founder of the ever-trendy Hoxton Pony), to create a new list of cocktails for their hotels. And 100% of the profits will go to charity.
The charities in question are The Household Cavalry’s Charitable Fund and Help for Heroes, both of which help injured British servicemen. And the drinks? There’s one for each hotel. The Cavalry Cocktail at The Royal Horseguards has port, cognac, Grand Marnier and burgundy (a recipe for a hangover if ever we heard one), and the Tower Cocktail (at the Tower Hotel, obvs) mixes Beefeater gin (Beefeaters live at the Tower of London next door, see?) with nutmeg and comes served in a jewellery box, like the Crown Jewels.
The gin-based Park Lane cocktail is up for grabs at The Cumberland, while the Charing Cross Hotel’s offering, the Punto Central cocktail, comes in a male and female variety. You both get apple, ginger and raspberry, but the one for the men is mixed with scotch, and the women’s with vodka.
They launch November 1 and prices go from £9 (the Punto Central) to £12 (the Cavalry Cocktail), which isn’t bad, as charitable donations go. There’s your excuse for a drink – see you down the Cumberland.
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