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Dive down a dimly-lit flight of stairs at 411 MARE ST; Behind This Wall is a contemporary basement bar on the top of the NARROW WAY, Hackney Central. The bar was built and is run by friends, with a singular approach to design, music and drinking.
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Our menu - which changes seasonally -comprises carefully sourced products and ingredients made in-house to exclude artificial additives, colours & flavours, high fructose, corn-syrup and unnecessary sugar. To taste: walk-ins are always welcome but, you can book a booth with us (or hire out the whole space.)
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A note on the hi-fi: the system has been assembled from composite (storied) parts from a ‘golden era’ of our native audio industry; with a myriad of complementary elements from Tannoy, Papworth, E.A.R. & JBL.

Winter Menu

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All ingredients selected or produced in house to exclude artificial additives, colours and flavours, high fructose, corn-syrup and unnecessary sugar as standard. Seasonal house sour is winter spice kombucha. Please ask your tender for wine and beer selections; or to make up your favourite drink.

 
 
 
 
Away from all the birthday hullabaloo (remember it’s tomorrow!) have you had a chance to check out our ‘store’ yet? ≠_– ⠀ ⠀ As well as the Honey & Ginger CBD syrup we’ve now added our current range of displayed prints by Jordan McGregor and, as of now, our limited seasonal Pine CBD offering (famously made back then with Alex’s left over Xmas tree).⠀ ⠀ This is the seasonal offering from our Winter ‘19 menu. The pine was macerated in sugar and water then #CBD added subsequently. You can read about the process on the ARCHIVE. This is a limited product – when it’s gone, it’s gone!⠀ ⠀ Both syrups are great in cocktails, hot drinks or as a food supplement. One tablespoon (15ml) contains about 30mg of CBD. Recommended dose is between one or two tbsps per serve dependent on consumer. Be wise: start smaller and work up! ⠀ ⠀ Hit the link in bio then go to ‘store’⠀ ⠀ #RickSimpson #CBDsyrup #cbdsyrupuk #liquidcbdsyrup #cbdoil #drinkstagram #bar #bartenderlife #swipeleft #cbdlife #photography #bwphotograpy #printsforsale #prints #photographer
✜ Under the Volcano ︎︎✜⠀ ⠀ ➫ A winter-leaning, #Lowry inducing, white #negroni. Verde Memento #mezcal for the gin, Bittermens Amere Hiver for #Campari and Belsazar White in place of Rosso/sweet vermouth.⠀ ⠀ ≿ Rosemary and molé bitters for the nose ⤛⠀ ⠀ With #NationalMargaritaDay incoming Friday (as well as out birthday party), why not journey deeper into #agave and see how far out we go? *^* ⠀ #DrinkUpLDN #drinkup #craftedmixology #cocktailclub #liqpic #cocktail_lovers #bartenderlife #cocktailoclock #bar #drink #craftcocktails #cocktails #instagood #cocktailsofinstagram #drinkstagram #winter #whitenegroni #london #eaterlondon
3 years old!⠀ ⠀ …⠀ ⠀ ⍨ Peeling pink walls, 1 chisel and a hammer (+ ‘Handsome’ Pat), discovering power tools, Handy Andy’s youtube building channel, non-diy DIY, about 6 million bags of haribo, tiles, ply, dark ‘ocean’ floor (pfff), sound-system tweaks, opening night with tools still out, 12 menu changes, poké, £1 oysters, poké dogs, fermented fish, ‘not doing food’, Mao Chow, Yard Sale pizza, Silvija and Inga, Barry on every-night, Gordi ‘spare change, bruv’, adding the tops, cutting the taps, Freddie’s out, Ryan’s in, the age of Gwilly, “Beer-tini” vid (pff pfff), Luke’s lil farts, drive to Cambridge backwards to fix an amp, speakers upside down, Jon Rust Wednesdays, Custom’s Thursdays, Lord Gout and Prince Cackhands, enter Louie doing lovely bits, Serena and Giulia (og & Dutchie), on the radio, stealing Callum’s happy hour idea (sorry), where’s Clive & Susan, trip to Iceland (thanks Fab - will list Reyka one day again, promise), Macca trailblazing regular to staff, Auntie Char and RoRo, endless roadworks, ‘got a new gin for you to try, it’s got 650 botanicals including rare reindeer anus’, toilet door is jammed, age of Des, maybe a daiquiri?, Des does art curation too (!), Anna with the blue tick, Diego on the taps, Covco made a party, everyone wants a party, the DJ booth, CBD lab rats, Jordi…⠀ ⠀ & Thanks to you all above everything for keeping the circus flowing. Come dance with us next Friday (22nd Feb). Open till 4am.⠀ ⠀ Covco, Macca, Alex & Louie on tunes.⠀ ⠀ x BTW
❥ Singles of Hackney! Turn off tinder, bump off bumble ⏤ we're here for you with our singles only Valentines Flip ⇒ NB. There's a few spots left for 𝕄𝔼ℕ 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 via the-link; ladies you're fully booked ∻ squad + bench complete (bravo).⠀ ⠀ We will be open from the usual time of 6pm; once you're signed up please feel free to join us whenever you can. On entry the doorman will give you a name card with two questions on either side designed to spark meaningful and revealing exchanges. There will also be menus laid out on each table for you to pick through in groups with conversations on one side and specials on the other. These are non-compulsory and are designed to be fun :-)⠀ ⠀ We will be serving complementary welcoming drinks with Tito’s vodka, #CBD treats and #oysters; after that you are free to work through our winter menu or the specials list for the night.⠀ ⠀ It’s going to be a party. The responses from you all have been excellent! Please send over names if interested before 6pm! Or try your luck w/ Jordi on the door ⍡⠀ ⠀ #valentines #singlesonly #bars #hackney #London #cocktailoclock #bartenderlife #drinkstagram #instagood #valentinesday #swipeleft
❥ to @schooloflifelondon for the Valentine's Flip props ⏤ we're all set for our singles only night tomorrow w/ @titosvodka⠀ ⠀ There's a few spots left for 𝕄𝔼ℕ 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 via the-link-in-bio-red-header; ladies you're fully booked ∻ squad + bench complete (bravo).⠀ ⠀ C'mon lads, over to you to balance out the scales ⍡⠀ ⠀ #valentines #bar #singlesnight #bartenderlife #vodka #games #schooloflifelondon
➿Tonight sees the opening of our latest exhibit by Canadian photographer Jordan McGregor, curated by our own Desirée Balma. ⠀ ⠀ Des took some time last week to ask Jordan a few questions about the selected works, his background, drawn to B&W prints, studying up in Vancouver (the Canadian riviera!), passing through London and the complexion of peripatetic photographer vs cityscapes. You can read the full interview on the archive today.⠀ (Link in bio)⠀ ⠀ The prints will be available to buy tonight up at the bar and listed online in the store from tomorrow.⠀ ⠀ Doors 6 – 11 pm. Macca on tunes ⍡⠀ ⠀ #bartenderlife #art #hackney #london #vancouver #openings #desi #jordanmcregor #portraits #photography_love #blackandwhite #photographer #openings #photography📸
⏦ This is a premium Old Fashioned ~ we call it ‘Midnight At Bernies’. ⏦ It costs a cool £24, containing the best bits off the back bar in a serve that is famed, when done right, as being one of best reasons to eschew drinking at home and allow someone to make something for you. The ingredients are indexed below and, we understand, it reads / feels like a dick-swinging contest but - trust us - everything stacks up and it’s-gonna-be-ok-in-the-end (really) ⍡ What you really need-to-know-now is this: it uses Whistle Pig cask strength rye, our favourite dark spirit; maple syrup from the same farm and producer in Vermont; cranberry and gingerbread bitters for that New England meets German Christmas market feel you all crave in this dredge of de-romanticised deep-Brexit winter; blood orange and bergamot rinds (whose juice is then made into a gummy sweet to garnish); and, best of all, a splash of over-proof rum to make it really, err, rum..? Strong drinks for treacherous times ™ ⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜⏜ ✁ WhistlePig maple syrup, Bittermens buckspice ginger & New England spiced cranberry bitters, Jack Rudy bourbon cherry, bergamot, blood orange, WhistlePig Cask Strength Single Barrel straight rye / Pierre Ferrand dry curaçao, Smith & Cross Jamaican rum / blood orange & bergamot wine gum #bar #bartenderlife #cocktail #oldfashioned #vermont #cocktailoclock #imbibe #liqpic #drinkstagram #strongdrinks #whistlepig #behindthiswall
Been a long time coming…⠀ ⠀ Our signature syrup from the Autumn drew a fair old amount of hype, so now we’ve bottled it up and made it available to you. Great in cocktails (obviously) with sprits and in hot drinks (we’ve been sipping recently with our lemon zinger kombucha tea). Also works wonderfully as a flavour-enhancing food supplement. Add one or two tablespoons to your recipes and away you go :)⠀ ⠀ ⥽ Special offer on the first batch pre-order for early subscribers [30% off] ships out Monday ⥼⠀ ⠀ VISIT THE STORE VIA LINK⁺IN₊BIO⠀ ⠀ #craftedmixology #cocktailclub #swizzle #nolo #liqpic #cocktail_lovers #bartenderlife #cocktailoclock #bar #drink #craftcocktails #cocktails #instagood #cocktailsofinstagram #drinkstagram #cbddrinks #cbdsyrup #cbdoil #cbd #cbdlife #kombucha
From winter's cold; new menus sleek in FLUOR & HUNTER GREEN. Design by @_shutupandance & riso prints by @hatopress ⠀ ⠀ Swipe ➜ toヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪⠀ ⠀⠀ #design #risograph #winter #cocktails #wine #craftedmixology #cocktailclub #liqpic #cocktail_lovers #bartenderlife #cocktailoclock #bar #drink #craftcocktails #cocktails #instagood #cocktailsofinstagram #drinkstagram #cbddrinks #cbdsyrup #cbdoil

Phone:
(020) 8985 3927

Location:
Basement,
411 Mare Street
London, E8 1HY

Hours:
Tue—Sun, 6—Late

 

& everything in-between

‘Happy Hour’ — 6 pm to 8 pm daily
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All ingredients are selected or produced in house to exclude artificial additives, colours and flavours, high fructose, corn-syrup and unnecessary sugar as standard
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Menu changes seasonally but do request your favourite classic: we will do our best to match it
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Respect your fellow patrons
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No shouting or fighting
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No drinks or toasts near selectors, records, deck or amplifiers
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Hooks are provided for hats and coats
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Women should introduce themselves to Men and not vice versa
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Patrons are responsible for their guests — choose wisely
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Respect our sleeping neighbours — smoking and departing should be swift and silent
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Please make onward travel plans inside before exiting — wifi is available
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Music levels should remain comfortable — signal the selector if too loud; record collectors are often hard of hearing