Drink Kong ha aperto una secret room dedicata al whisky • Food and Wine Italia

If you remain in Rome and are searching for a diverse place and overwhelming mixed drinks, Consume Kong stays a certainty, thanks to the worldwide vision of bartender Patrick Pistolesi who, in 2018, inaugurated what is presently the very best Italian place on the planet in regards to mixology, with its 21st location in the 50 Finest Bars.

” I am a simple bartender from the San Giovanni community and it is an enormous honor for me to have actually come this far and taste remarkable items with the business and competence of great individuals”, commented Pistolesi on the event of the improvement of “Ginza”– the denied of the indication committed to Japan because the opening– in the Diageo Status Malt Space, the very first in Italy booked for the tasting and event of Scotch whisky. “This has actually constantly been a space dear to me, motivated by the idea of omakase (actually “do it yourself”, ed.) of the Increasing Sun and for that reason constructed particularly for tastings– remarks the Roman bartender -. Now we have actually provided it a really particular identity where you can discover rarities that just the world of Scotch can provide.”

Thanks to the cooperation with Diageo – a leading business in the production of Scotch Scotch which can boast 30 distilleries in Scotland, therefore representing practically a 3rd of the overall capability of the sector -, in the unique Beverage Kong space (which can just be accessed by booking, for an optimal variety of 8 visitors) you can taste 22 of the most essential labels on the planet – and seldom offered by the glass – shown in the specific niches of the valuable beehive-shaped bottle store.

The Status Malt Space menu was curated by Davide Diaferia, a Kong employee and bourbon lover, who carried out the choice under the guidance of the fantastic professional and reporter Pino Perrone. For a number of years amongst the managers of the Roma Scotch Celebration, he was the unique visitor for the discussion night on April 18th, in which he carried out a little masterclass with a few of the very best bottles on the menu, such as the Johnnie Walker Blu Label Legendary 8– distillery owned by Diageo–, a classy mix of several vintages with a minimum of thirty years of aging; the Dalwhinnie in the 2019 unique release and, lastly, the Cameron Bridge, amongst the 6 Scottish business that combined together to produce Diageo, which still holds the record of being the biggest wheat distillery in Scotland.