Welcome back to Drinks Tube, we are in the heart of Central London, Old Street. That's
where all the Cocktail Request Week is going to happen this week. My name is Simone and
I have a special request. Now, Ben from Sorted Food which is an amazing food channel, requests
nothing else than one proper British ingredient combination. Gin and rhubarb! We're going
to make a classic, it will be a classic from now on! The Rhubarbarone cocktail! Sexy people,
to make a Rhubarbarone we need equal parts of first, London Dry Gin, 50ml and we pour
it straight into the mixing glass. Then we do 50ml as well of nice, cloudy pressed apple
juice. Which will give a nice body, cloudy colour, that's proper apple juice, forget
about those clear things you buy, this is the real apple, 100%. Then we add 50ml as
well of pressed juice of rhubarb, so nice shot glass, you see guys so easy, equal parts
50/50, you can't go wrong. If you go wrong I will be very disappointed with you. Then
we move on, fresh lemon, we press it inside, 20ml and I just made it instantly, a home
made sugar syrup, equal parts of caster sugar or the sugar you like better, hot water, you
shake it a little bit and you get this and it's ready for you. You open it and we have
a nice home made sugar syrup. Couple of teaspoons of it to balance and bring everything together.
Last but not least a dash of orange aromatic bitters, why orange and not a dark aromatic
bitter? Because it's less spicy, more citrussy, more light, more Rhubarbarone style. OK, we
are ready, we are not going to shake the drink, we are using a nice and old technique to combine
the ingredients and to chill. Very good, you should do it at your next house party or if
you do a BBQ, better if you practice in the garden and I will show you why. So, in this
metallic part of the shaker we will fill with ice 3/4 full like this. Then you have a cocktail
strainer, you insert it inside like this, look keep it down on the ice cubes. Now all
I need you to do now is to simply pour in it and roll it a couple of times... One...
Two... And one more time, the last one, the longest one... three. Doing this I combine
everything. The liquid will get cold and chilled. You see as this is kind of a juice you don't
want to dilute it too much, you've got loads of apple juice and rhubarb so you don't have
to break it down, just leave it the way it is. I've got with me a nice cocktail glass,
always chilled, from now on you always have to chill your cocktail glass with a little
bit of ice cubes OK? Cold glass to start with, nice temperature and we simply pour it in
like this. OK, so recipe is apple, gin, rhubarb, little bit of lemon, sugar syrup, orange bitters.
How shall we garnish it? Everybody do a classic apple one, but I've got a nice idea, nice
and easy. Have a peeler and a beautiful red apple and I'm going to peel it 360 degrees
around the skin like this, you see? I'm going to take my red peel of the apple here on the
side and I'm going to simply shape it a little bit... One... Two... and three, nice and long,
cut in the middle and I have a nice zest, kind of like a curly, made with a red apple,
very fruity and fresh aroma, very delicate. But that doesn't overpower the ingredients of
the cocktail, so this is the Rhubarbarone cocktail and all I can say is one apple a
day keeps the subscribers of Food Tube and Drinks Tube together every day. Rhubarbarone,
salute! Oh, it's fresh, a bit sharp, kind of tarty with the rhubarb, the apple gives
the length, you get all the juniper berries. Guys, I am going crazy, I am going crazy,
please, love me, put me in shame because I am going crazy with this one. Bang, this is
for you, this is for all the subscribers of Drinks Tube, Food Tube, Jamie Oliver family
all around the world, you want to see what happened this week on Cocktail Request Week,
look at the box down there on the left and look around the cocktails. Let's make love,
we love you, ciao, good luck. I go to swim on the River Thames.