TT Liquor - London

T.T CINEMA LISTINGS

Our cinema is taking a break from the usual programming over the summer while our staff absorb some much needed vitamin D, but in the meantime we’ll be hosting some special screenings as part of The London New Renaissance Film Festival:

21st August – NRFF: Dream State Screening: The first of two UK premieres to be screened in our cinema, Dream State or ‘Natsværmer’ is the self-financed debut feature from promising young Danish director, Asger K. Bartels.

22nd August – NRFF: Olympia Screening: Our second UK premiere, Olympia, comes from Chicago-based up-and-coming filmmaker, Gregory Dixon, and features a struggling artist as she navigates her way through life and love in the windy city. Dixon’s film opened to critical acclaim at the LA Film Festival last year and we’re excited to offer the opportunity to be one of the first to see it over here. 

Our regular scheduled screenings will be returning in September with a new selection of TT favourites and cult classics to see us through the dark autumn and winter months, keep your eyes peeled for listings.

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COCKTAIL MAKING CLASS TESTIMONIALS

July brought a new batch of budding mixologists to our home in Shoreditch and with summer finally starting to show some signs of life, what better way to cool down than with our carefully crafted cocktails.

We love hosting cocktail enthusiasts of all levels at our home on the Kingsland road – be it for one of our bespoke, hands-on masterclasses or one of our other drinks-related events and experiences. It’s you guys that help drive us to work so hard.

So read on and check out some of our favourite photos and testimonials from the last 31 days..

“Really friendly staff, great cocktails and such a fun cocktail class. Lovely cosy basement bar.” – Jonathan Burgess, Google review

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CELLAR BAR TASTING SESSIONS

What better way to learn about some of your favourite liquids and brands than by head distillers, brewers, and brand owners themselves imparting their pearls of wisdom face to face in an intimate environment? To that end, we’re pleased to announce that, in 2019, we will be introducing a brand-new experience down in our Cellar Bar, tucked behind our Liquor Store on Kingsland Road – Tasting Sessions.

Guests will be treated to a showcase of some of the highest-quality new spirits and beers, with a carefully curated range of the most interesting independent and London-based distillers. These sessions will be led by those best placed to impart their considerable wisdom – the head distillers and master blenders themselves – and will feature some of the most exciting emerging brands in the capital and beyond.

A Tasting Session, at a cost of £10 per head, will involve a cocktail created by our expert bar team, followed by a guided tasting of the base spirit itself down in our subterranean vaults. First up in our roster is… (read more)

LIQUOR STORE RESERVED RANGE

Our Reserved Range has been designed to give people the opportunity to purchase an ever-changing selection of rare and discontinued bottles from around the world on a monthly basis.

We will be releasing these bottles using a raffle system, entry to which can be done via the form below, or face-to-face via sign up cards in the shop. Winners will be announced on the last Friday of each month.

UPCOMING DROPS:

April 26th: Hibiki 12yr – £150.00

May 31st: Pappy Van Winkle 20yr – £250.00

June 28th: Hakushu 12yr – £130.00

July 26th: Pappy Van Winkle 23yr – £290.00

August 30th: W.L Weller 12yr Discontinued Bottle – £120.00

September 27th: Hibiki 17yr – £410.00

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INTERVIEW: THE MACARONI REVOLUTIONARIES

Two and a half years after setting themselves up in a small bakery in Dalston, Maia Rossi, Alessia Mastroleo, and head-chef Dave Grigo, are trying to change the face of Italian cooking with their new set up near Dalston Square, the Macaroni Liberation Front. We caught up wth Maia on a sunny December afternoon, just as the lunchtime rush was coming to an end, and talked tradition, British culture, and the art of rebellion.

Hi! Thanks for talking to us. So if you could start off by giving us your name and how you’d best describe what it is you do:

Hi! Thank you guys – we love what you do and it is a pleasure talking about this crazy industry with you. My name is Maia, and together with my best friend and business partner, Alessia, we started up a lovely Italian bakery – named Donna Fugassa – two years and an half ago in Dalston.

So you’ve recently set up the Macaroni Liberation Front here in Dalston, but you’ve been in the culinary industry for quite some time … (read more)

INTERVIEW: DAVE MULLIGAN, BÁN POITÍN

Dave Mulligan, owner of Bán Poitín, popped into our bottle shop on Kingsland Road to have a chat about his brand, where it’s headed, the trials and tribulations of being an independent business owner in the drinks industry, and giving poitín a permanent home..

So Dave, what’s your current day to day with running Bán Poitín?

I’m definitely a bit of a one-man band on the ground. I handle everything from sales, social media, dealing with distributors, bars, and press amongst other things. I have amazing production partners at the Echlinville Distillery in Northern Ireland, so all distilling and assembly is looked after over there. The forward-facing side of the business is all done by me, however, so there’s a lot of stuff to deal with. We actively sell in France, the UK and Ireland so I have a few markets to cover. And then there’s the day to day – you wouldn’t believe how much time you spend answering emails when you could be out doing other stuff … (read more)

T.T. CINEMA

Since March 2018, we’ve been hosting monthly film nights – as well as one-off screenings and other events – in our 52-seater cinema space, tucked away behind our specialist liquor store at our multi-faceted venue on Kingsland Road.

Drawing upon our dual passions, for movies and for mixed drinks, the basic concept has been that we will choose a cult classic as an office to show every fortnight and then task our bar team to mix up a classic (or not so classic) cocktail inspired by the themes, aesthetics, and characters of the film in question.

The room’s decor is in tune with the rest of the building, with oak-panelled walls, low-hanging lanterns throwing out atmospheric orange hues, and row upon row of reclaimed vintage cinema seats that we rescued from a derelict Welsh provincial theatre. These quirky touches are paired off nicely with modern, up-to-date technological fittings such as HD projection, Dolby surround sound, and a cinema-quality projector screen to ensure the general viewing experience is as professional and seamless as possible. It’s close proximity to the lounge bar is also handy – ensuring that a refreshing libation is never further than a few steps away. Click here for full listings.

TT CINEMA ROUNDUP

Our independent cinema space is the busiest it has been since opening in the spring of 2018, as has been demonstrated by the wide variety of events we’ve held over the past couple of months alone. We’ve seen a bit of everything – from film festivals exploring themes from love and the mysteries of human attraction, to premieres of documentaries about the early days of skateboarding, basketball and hip-hop culture on the streets of New York City.

It’s been enlightening and humbling in equal measure to welcome so many faces through our doors, and we hope to continue on the same track! We kicked things off in style on 18^th November by welcoming an icon of the New York street scene, Bobbito Garcia, for the London premiere of his brand-new documentary flick, Rock Rubber 45s. The film is a cinematic odyssey which explores the connectivity of global basketball, trainer/sneaker(?) culture, and music through the first-hand lens of Bobbito, the cultural orchestrator, himself. It charts his journey, from a youth dealing with mistreatment, educational issues, identity, and loss, and his ascension to self-determination and influence … (read more)