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24 hours at sopwell house in st. albans, herts

Join us on a journey as we explore some of the services that this magnificent estate has to offer, from stunning accommodation and award-winning dining to their rejuvenating Club at Cottonmill Spa.

We Are Community Member Event at Map Stores

 

 
 
 
 

 
 

It was absolutely wonderful sharing an evening with We Are St. Albans and We Are Harpenden members at the lovely @map_stores in Harpenden for our Christmas members event!

The evening was hosted by the incredible mixologist Adam from Stronger Than Water, who apart from being generally lovely, educated us on methods, ingredients and recipes to create 3 extremely delicious cocktails using local spirit companies @bunkumrum and @campfiregin who kindly sponsored the evening for us. (Please see below for Adams Cocktail Recipes!)

We were all very spoilt to have a selection of delicious Indian snacks provided to us by our member Sameer of Infuse St. Albans.

The evening couldn’t have been more successful and it was a lovely way to end what has been an incredible year of working with our local and independent businesses. 

Although life has been far from easy for anyone, especially small businesses in the last couple of years, It has been a dream this year to be able to help see our members connect with one another, network, and boost our community which feels stronger than ever despite a pandemic. 

Thank you to everyone that made it, for testing in advance and of course to all our other members who couldn’t, but will be joining us at future events. 

Here are a selection of images from the night and we look forward to welcoming more of our members to our upcoming events. We hope to see you there! x


 
 

Cocktail Recipes


Spiced Rum Daiquiri

50ml Bunkum Spiced Rum, Juice of Half A Lime
12.5ml Simple Syrup
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 Elderflower & Gin

50ml Campfire London Dry Gin
Juice of Half A Lemon, 25ml Homemade Elderflower Syrup
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Stronger Than Water

50ml Campfire Gin, 25ml Citric Solution
25ml Simple Syrup