The Skinny Cocktail Column: February

Edinburgh's Newest Cocktail bar HydeOut is hidden away just off Lothian Road running alongside the Union canal in the heart of the developing business district. The bar – lead by Head Bartender Ryan McDonald – has a vast selection of premium spirits and liqueurs which are brought to great use with an innovative cocktail menu catering for all drinkers' tastes. A cocktail fresh out of Ryan's book is the Lady Juniper which infuses Edinburgh gin perfectly chosen botanicals with subtle hints of fruits and spices.

Lady Juniper

50ml Edinburgh Gin

20ml Bernard Loiseau - Crème de peches fleur D'Hibiscus (Peach & Bay Leaf)

2.5ml Chartreuse yellow

2 drops Peach bitters

1 drop Lemon bitters

5 blueberries

On the nose the drinker can pick up the floral hints of bay leaf and peach, but once consumed the Lady Juniper produces an eruption of subtle flavours. Initially the drink uncovers that light spice which comes from the Chartreuse, followed by hints of both blueberry & peach to form a balanced refreshing tipple with a subtle juniper and bay finish.