A Berry Mojito at Donnington Valley Hotel & Spa

A Delicious Summer Coffee Cocktail

Coffee plays a crucial role in today’s modern society. In 2004, coffee was the top agricultural export in twelve countries. The coffee we use here at Donnington is Lavazza, an Italian roasted bean. Although coffee was not invented in Italy, coffee is very much part of the Italian culture.

Although coffee is traditionally served as a hot drink, it’s also a great ingredient for a perfect summer cocktail. Here at Donnington Valley we have our own range of cocktails named after Greek gods in keeping with name of our main bar, Bacchus bar.  Our coffee of the month is coffee cocktail Hades, a cool coffee digestive.

Hades is known as King of the Underworld, and the hidden wealth of the Earth and brother to Zeus.

How to make Hades.
50ml – Baileys
25ml – milk
25ml – cream
1 shot – Lavazza espresso shot
25ml – Jameson’s Whisky

Shake all ingredients together and strain into a martini glass.
Garnish with chocolate powder and a coffee bean.

Why not stop by the bar at Donnington Valley Hotel and Spa and try this or one of our other coctails? www.donningtonvalley.co.uk

Quick question for you coffee lovers what is the rarest and most expensive cups of coffee in the world?

A) Kopi Luwak

Rob Smith
Bar Manager

The First Taste of Real Ale

For the first time ever the Bacchus bar at Donnington Valley hotel is now serving real ales, which are supplied by a local brewery, West Berkshire Brewery. They have a well deserved reputation for quality award winning ales. It’s important to us to source our products locally but most important is to ensure that we have products of an excellent quality for our guests and West Berkshire brewery ticks both of these boxes. Located just eight miles away from the hotel, the brewery ethos matches our own of using locally sourced ingredients and sustainable technologies, for example using hops locally produced and supplied by the only hop garden in old Berkshire.

Established in 1995 by David and Helen Maggs, West Berkshire Brewery is Berkshire’s largest independent brewer and has won 25 awards in the last 15 years. In 2008 West Berkshire Brewery’s Dr Hexter Healer won a Gold medal in the premium beer category at the SIBA SE region beer competition and more recently in 2010 Maggs magnificent mild was joint beer of the festival at the Oxford beer festival in October.

We currently stock Full Circle draft ale which is 4.5%, we also stock Dr Hexter Healer and Mr Chubbs in bottles, this can change monthly depending on the feedback we receive from our guests. Stop by for a pint and maybe a bite to eat at the WinePress