Speak In Code

• Seminars •

We’re fortunate enough to work with some incredible people across this industry. We continue to reach, and push for more opportunities for education and new perspectives to come through our space, and be spotlighted for our local community in hospitality to learn from.

Recently we had - Maestra Tequilera from run a seminar on the history, production and future direction of Tapatio Tequila, followed by a drinks social in our Studio space.

Always happy to be a central hub of learning and development for hospitality in Manchester.

• SiC Marg •

Textures of strawberry almost feels wrong to say, but what is it? It’s like strawberry 3 ways, but would you write that? Or would you write strawberry 3 times in the description? It’s kinda like a necessary evil to get the point in there.

Freeze infused strawberry tequila, lacto fermented strawberry, and fresh pressed strawberry juice make up ‘Textures of Strawberry’.

Anyway. Weather = Margs.

These ones though 👆🏻

• Ben Kendrick •

Bens our BDM - and one question we do get asked is how does a small bar like us benefit from having a BDM?

When we promoted Ben from bartender, to senior bartender - his area of special interest was in relationships, collaborations, events and brand direction.

We’re an ambitious group of people, and with that comes projects after projects - we have our own gin, our own sparkling wine, our own private select bourbon, our own beers, and other collabs in the works… These need special attention and careful planning.

We also collaborate with several bars, bartenders and brands per year - this also needs careful planning and creative attention. He’s currently on his way to the Isle on man at the time of writing to appear as a guest bartender.

Small, and ambitious bars need people in positions to further and develop the brand - both from a guest perspective and an industry collaborative perspective. We felt it was only right that Ben takes up this role and takes the driving seat in our brand development.

You’ll still see him in service, as a team leader and bartender - with some heightened responsibility to continue to push SiC forward and help shape a success and sustainable future for the bar.

Big love to Ben, catch him about the gaff, and through our collabs too…

• Chinotto •

Kind of as you know it, but kind of not as you know it…

We’ve always been proud of our alcohol free serves at SiC. So often they can be a secondary thought - but we care a lot about being able to provide points of difference with our alcohol free drinks here.

Take our Chinotto for example, a staple serve for us for a few years now. We save our citrus husks when we juice so we can build the base of this drink. The predominant citrus used is orange, to keep it true to its unique flavour… When we have our leftover husks, we blacken them in an oven with other citrus husks, cassia, juniper, pink peppercorn and bay leaf.

Once the citrus husks have caramelised in the oven, we remove, cool down and then rest - completely submerged, in a 1:1 sugar syrup for 1 month (4 weeks) for the citrus to break down and infuse into the liquid it’s submerged in.

The result is a bitter, citrus led and slightly botanical sweetener that we rebalance with some citric acid, then lengthen, add Amaro Lucano Zero for another bittersweet push and then force carbonate in house.

Often, alcohol free drinks can be trickier to structure in the absence of ethanol. Not in this case… Our Chinotto is incredible in body, taste and texture.

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• SiC x Jenny Camarena •

Please join us for a very special industry seminar with third generation Maestra Tequilera of and their legendary La Alteña distillery. Last year took over from her older brother Carlos to be come the first female head of one of the most authentic and influential distilleries in Mexico. This will be her first seminar in Europe and will taste through the entire Tequila Tapatío range.

Join us from 2pm for the seminar, then we’ll be hosting a small ‘meet the maker social’ in the studio following this, for a few drinks with Jenny where you can get to know her and taste some bevs with Tapatio

See you there

• Demo 13 •

Pound for pound best to ever do it on our menus - and so simple…

Except for carbonically fermenting raspberries for 5 days…

Will be available for the next couple months whilst we gear up to a new menu

Shouts to .emilycarter who came in for a shared photoshoot for a day with us…

• SiC x Daddy Marmalades •

On Monday 18th May, our good friends from Pernie Street in Glasgow - will be joining us for an evening of incredible drinks and hospitality.

& opened Daddy Marmalades in November 2022, and this cosy neighbourhood bar has become a strong presence not only in Glasgow, but the UK for their unreal drinks & service.

Recently placing #22 at this years - we can’t wait to have them hang with us in Manchester.

Hospitality seminar at 4pm - Storytelling isn’t that hard

Guest shift from 6pm in SiC Studio - Bookings are live, just select SiC Studio

Big thanks to for the love

Catch you there…

When you see the sign 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

And right behind it is the other sign 🥵🥵🥵