Black Rock

Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields


Whisky might not grow on trees, but at Black Rock, it sure grows in them. The centrepiece of this tiny bar is a 5m-long, 185-year-old oak tree that's been split in half and carved out to hold two rivers of whisky, which age as they're stored in the wood and are poured straight into your glass from taps at the end of the trunk.


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