There's always something to drink to! Today, we raise our glasses to adventurous bottled cocktails that come in and from — you guessed it — 35cl
A cocktail a day keeps the doctor away: wasn't that how the saying goes?
These days, it seems to be that despite the bar scene's slow recovery, cocktails remain important as ever. The "e-numan", which is the digital translation of our (pre-pandemic) Friday nights out, has stayed as strong of a tradition as ever — and it's obvious why. Aside from the fact that we could all use a stiff drink (or two), we've also come to appreciate how good cocktails can be. And it's not just in the indulgence of classic favourites — such as the negroni — that we've become so enamoured with this newly formed drinking culture. It's also in the fact that these days, Manila mixologists have become so more adventurous with their recipes — and that's great news for all of us.
Meet 35cl Cocktail Co., a beverage company that, in their words, "aims to explore the boundaries of flavour through bottled cocktails". It's an intriguing goal, one that Creative Director, Alex, and Beverage Director, Niko, take pretty seriously.
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"For as long as we’ve known each other, we would always bond over good drinks," Alex shares. "Cocktails intrigued us, more than anything. There was always something new that we’ve never tried, in every single bar we’ve been to, which we thought was really amazing and special."
This passion that the two college friends share stems from more than just the 2020 trend too. In many ways, they'd foreseen the potential in bottled cocktails long before it came into vogue. While most bars are just getting a headstart on it now, 35cl Cocktail Co., has been on its mission since 2019. "We wanted to target people who wanted to have drinks at the comfort of their own homes but didn’t know how to make them. Considering the fact that there weren’t much bottled cocktail brands back then, we thought it was a really good opportunity to explore," Alex explains.