This modern, understated lounge is a novel departure from its swaths of ostentatious counterparts.
Don’t leave without trying their signature Apricot Old Fashioned. Its Wild Turkey whiskey base is infused with that eponymous tart fruit, before stirring in a smidgen of 10-year-old Laphroaig single malt to give the cocktail a smokey quality. If you like your drinks stiff, this mix will leave your upper lip rigid until you break into a delighted grin.
Among Stir’s lighter alternatives: the RMB 85 Shanghai Gin (a Beefeater based cocktail rounded out with yellow chartreuse and rare-for-Beijing Benedictine DOM French liqueurs for an herbal, crisp combination), the RMB 75 Elderflower Shiso Fizz (a vodka, lemon and floral concotion that’s as fun for your nostrils as your palate), and the RMB 75 Lemon and Basil martini (whose name says it all).
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