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Jack Daniel's
two original Lynchburg Saloons, the
White Rabbit and the Red Dog are being
resurrected for London Cocktail Week and
to host the final of Jack Daniel’s
Tennessee Calling IV cocktail
competition.
In the early 1900s, when Tennessee was a wet state, Jack Daniel was inspired
by the bars he saw in Nashville – ranging from questionable joints to fine
establishments – and, ever the entrepreneur, decided to open two saloons in his
native Lynchburg – the White Rabbit and Red Dog.
This year to celebrate London Cocktail Week’s 10th anniversary and to host the
final of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Calling IV cocktail competition, these two
saloons will be resurrected for two nights only on Wednesday 9th and Thursday
10th October from 6pm to late. Situated opposite each other, clean graffiti will
guide guests to experience both pop-up bars that will be taking over Stoke
Newington’s Original Sin as Red Dog and one of the World’s 50 Best Bars Mint Gun
Club as White Rabbit.
White Rabbit vs. Red Dog
Proud to sit as comfortably in the best hotel bars as it does in rock ‘n’ roll
dive bars, Jack Daniel’s is offering something for everyone this London Cocktail
Week with its pop-up bars White Rabbit, which was once home to Tennessee’s
finest cocktails and most elegant and well-heeled clientele, and Red Dog – a
Tennessee dive bar personified. Manned by two teams of six of the UK’s best
bartenders, each bar will be offering a series of bespoke, crafted cocktails to
reflect the original saloons.
Journey down to the basement of Original Sin’s Red Dog, kick the jukebox into
action and pull up a stool at Jack Daniel’s quintessential honky-tonk dive bar.
With its wooden bar and open brickwork adorned with vintage neon signs, US flags
and scrap metal license plates, guests will be transported to the dusty roads of
Nashville whilst they sip on their drink of choice in the most dubious of
joints. For a more refined experience follow the sound of piano keys over the
road to Mint Gun Club’s White Rabbit saloon. Enter through a hidden bookcase
into a 1920s style bar where an old-style cinema projector will play out vintage
footage, with fringed lampshades hanging elegantly over its impeccable bar
serving exquisitely sophisticated cocktails.
The Winner Takes All
With each bar vying for the title, hop across the road and back again to decide
which is your favourite bar as the two teams go head-to-head to be crowned the
winner. Inspired by the mentorship of Jasper ‘Jack’ Daniel by Dan Call and
Master Distiller Nearest Green, Tennessee Calling IV sees industry visionaries
Tom Loosli of Original Sin and Rich Hunt of Mint Gun Club sharing their
knowledge, expertise and secrets of the trade with their teams to create the
winning saloon.
Tickets are now on sale from DrinkUp.london
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