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Steampunk Brunch at A Fluid State This Sunday

A “mash up of the Aussie-brunch lifestyle and Victorian-era Britain”, A Fluid State’s Steampunk Brunch this Sunday the 5th offers a weekend recovery of mini breakfast foods for £6 by Clerkenwell eatery Giant Robot, alcohol infused porridges for £3 by Crussh, coffee from Taylor Street …

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The Mad Men of Jazz and a Three Martini Lunch at A Fluid State

Improv jazz, whisky pairings, foodie finds from New York street vendors and a Plymouth gin cocktail bar: it’s going to be a Mad Man kind of time at The Palm, Upper East Side – one of five main experience areas to transform an as-yet undisclosed Central …

Photograph by Jacqueline Chang

Chocolate And Booze Temptations At A Fluid State

Photograph by Jacqueline Chang Venture to the Garden of Eden at A Fluid State for a boozy glimpse into immortality and a taste of the taboo. Forbidden fruit comes in the form of wild fruit and premium alcohol creations from Crussh and chocolatier Damian Allsop, with wicked combinations of …

Photography by Jacqueline Chang

Reconcile With Tequila At A Fluid State

Photography by Jacqueline Chang Featuring some of Mexico’s best tequilas paired with “the world’s finest prison food”, The Reconciliation at A Fluid State will see attendees enter a Texas style slammer where they’ll have their mugshots taken as they’re checked in by formidable prison guards, …

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Food And Drink Meets Art, Music & More: A Fluid State

Mad-Men-inspired cocktails, a mezcal monkey tattoo parlour, whisky, jazz, chocolate and alcohol pairings and more are on the menu as ‘experience curators’ The Tasting Sessions bring back A Fluid State – one of London’s most inventive food and drink festivals – over the first weekend …

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The Tasting Sessions Celebrate Second Anniversary

Londonist has been following the craftily curated food and drink “voyage of enlightenment and discovery” of The Tasting Sessions since we were invited to their Cognac tasting back in March 09. We’re pleased to see they’re still kicking around and that they’re about to celebrate …

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Review: The Tasting Sessions: Deliver us from Innocence

Photography by Chris Osburn Is Tuesday the new Thursday? That seems to be what the folks behind The Tasting Sessions want us to believe. Londonist is just back from the latest instalment of these boozy mingle fests. This one, choco-infused thanks to chocolatier Damian Allsop. …

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Preview: Deliver us from Innocence Chocolate and Booze Night

Photography by KhrystaSyndrome Looks like the Tasting Sessions ladies are at it again. This time, mixing in some fine chocolate with their classy drinks. Not so hot off the heels of their Towards a Fluid State festival (but absence has only made our hearts grow …

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Food and Drink Festival Preview: Towards a Fluid State

Image courtesy of Towards a Fluid State Don’t call it a farmers market. Coming your way the 5th of December to an undisclosed warehouse in Dalston, Towards a Fluid State promises “an immersive and informative food and drink experience profiling flights of Cognac, whisky, gin, …

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Tasty Mingling at Generation XO: The Tasting Sessions

Deciding which is better, the 100 year old Courvoisier Initiale Extra or the 130 year old Hennessy Paradis is a splendid dilemma and just the sort of quandary we found ourselves in last night at Generation XO: The Tasting Sessions. Held at the ultra-swish five …