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I knew as soon as I applauded my eyes on the honesty bar that I would like Farm up to date In Kent – because nothing says “do home” like giving your guests a free drinking race (and trusting them, in addition, to put it on their tab). Hidden in one of the jewelry salons, the bar was filled with Vermouth Dolin, local white cliffs, beer, wine, olives and a shaker. There were lemons (leaves still lit), refrigerated campaid sodas and truffle chips, and old people are preparing for digestives. I mixed a Martini, I fell in love in my room and I settled on a scrabble game, in soundtrack by Tinkling Jazz.
“We wanted Updown to feel very relaxed, as if you were in a friend, so having a bar of honesty seemed to be a natural thing to do,” said its owner Ruth Leigh. “Some nights, you will go there and there is an impromptu festive atmosphere, with people who make friends and drag.”
Honesty bars are also an essential part of A houseCity Hall of 25 Stockholm rooms. He has three – one for each lounge – made of brass and wood by studioilse and filled with local spirits and vintage decisrations filled with ready -to -use cocktails. There is also a choice of wines, beer in an Ett Hem label and champagne resting in a bucket of ice.
The guests record their drinks in a small notebook. “We believe in honesty and it works well,” said Märta Nachemson, Director of HEM public relations. “Ett Hem means” at home “, so it was very important for us to create this atmosphere.”
The charm of an honesty bar is that it allows you to play the guest and accommodation; To mix a cocktail for yourself or pay a series of drams for friends after a day that spent the savage. The bar of honesty at Lunia house In the extreme north of Scotland, it is designed exactly for this – its living room windows neglect the Kyle of the language and the Bharrich castle. Arranged informally on an extra table, he has the Disks on Single Malt and the island of Harris Gin. There is also a second bar of honesty outside, among the Bothies. Likewise, Park Hotel Kenmare In the county of Kerry, which has one of the largest collections of Whiskey in Ireland, there is a whiskey cabinet in the bar which is always open to customers to explore.
Maybe you prefer your sunset near the swimming pool-in which case there is Can be sastre in Ibiza. The bar of this agriturismo whitewashed with lime has local hierumms (anise -based liqueurs) and Mezcals. “It is a beautiful romantic atmosphere under the palm trees,” explains the owner Bibi Van der Hout. “It created a very warm feeling of vacation.”
Gourmets favorite Coombshead farm In Cornwall, uses his bar to present seasonal cocktails and homemade Vermouths. “There is always the risk that the guests drink more than they said or that they do not put it at all on the tab,” explains Hannah Joyce of the farm. “But we think it's worth taking this chance of getting this friendly feeling.”
There is something particularly special in the feeling of mutual confidence than an appropriate, paying and honest bar, generates. But there is also a childish pleasure to derive from a bar which is all understood. HAS The Triton in SomersetCustomers staying in the farm courtym can help themselves with everything in the municipal bar, green juices in the red love gin in the estate. And at EMORYFIRST Suite Hotel de London where prices start at £ 1,140 per night, you get an “EMORY assistant” who will deliver free drinks after 24 hours a day. Spirits – in 100 ml characteristics – include Japanese hibiki whiskey; Wines include Pauillac de Lynch 2018 weapons. The ultimate minibar.
