Drinks

We have gone to great lengths at Roast to source not only British ingredients for the kitchen, but also for the bar.

All the spirits and ingredients on our drinks list have British ties, with extensive research having been carried out to select the very best examples of Britain influencing the drinking world.

Take rum. Gosling's famous Bermudan rum distillery was founded by English wines and spirit merchant James Gosling, who only ended up there after being diverted by a storm in 1806 whilst on his way to Virginia. Mount Gay, the smooth golden rum from Barbados, is named after the distillery's founder Dr William Gay who was English.

We have also tried our best to harness both the flavour and history of our spirits in our cocktails. The Jammy James, for example, celebrates not only James Gosling's luck at landing on Bermudan soil, but also seasonal British produce such as rhubarb.

It's not all about heritage however; our alcohol producers are some of the most forward thinking in the world. British sparkling wines such as Ridgeview are now challenging the finest that France's Champagne region has to offer. We also promote products like Blackwood's Vintage Gin, which is flavoured entirely using botanicals grown on the Shetland Isles, and harnessing the natural local flavours of meadowsweet, sea pink flowers and wild water mint, and varying each year depending on growing conditions.

We also stock a fine range of one of Britain's true success stories, whisky.

We have been producing whiskey in the British Isles since at least the 15th century, and at Roast we celebrate the diversity of our native spirit by stocking soft, elegant whiskies from Speyside, robust peaty malts from the island of Islay, and Penderyn, the sole Welsh offering to the world of whisky.

But it's not just about distillation; let's not forget the long brewing heritage we have in Britain. It wasn't long ago that people in the four corners of the globe were being refreshed by British Ales, Stouts and Porters, and at Roast we have a range of beers that reflects that heritage.