A now-closed and much missed London cocktail bar, the Worship Street Whistling Shop combined “the charm of Victorian squalor with the elegance of grand Gin Palaces”. The folks behind it set new standards in molecular mixology and the innovative use of home-made ingredients. WS2, as it is also neatly known, was in fact Fluid Movement’s second bar, set up by Tristan Stephenson, Thomas Aske, Matt Whiley and Bryan Pietersen, with the highly talented Ryan Chetiyawarda heading up the bar (the first was the excellent Purl in Marylebone).
In 2012, the core ingredient to the Worship Street Whistling Shop’s signature cocktail, the Black Cat's Martini, was produced and released in partnership with Master of Malt. This product was, of course, the excellent Cream Gin, an updated version of a Victorian classic that’s cold-distilled using fresh cream as a botanical. It was followed by the exciting and groundbreaking releases Jagertee Liqueur and Acid Phosphate.