Lyaness is the flagship bar from the award-winning Mr Lyan and his team, set within the iconic Sea Containers London. Awarded World’s Best Bar & Best International Hotel Bar at Tales of Cocktail Spirited Award.

Ki No Bi & Beefeater London Dry, Tree Caramel, burnt pea pods, lime, lime blossom

Life always finds a way! Sometimes, when backed into a corner, nature goes “fuck it”, and can make the seemingly impossible, possible.

£15 / boozeless £8

Del Maguey Vida, Tree Caramel, bugs, rowan berry, antler, Johnnie Walker Red, Alex’s Talisker splash

Rewilding balances internal and external factors, often with a much wider net-positive effect than anticipated; trophic cascade ftw.

£16 

Courvoisier, struck match grenadine, oud wood, The Balvenie, Death Bitters

Given the interplay we dance with nature, it’s baffling to see the impact our stubbornness can bring.

£16

Patron Silver, red pill cordial, B + B Curaçao, green lemon

Imagery and illustrations have been used to codify and spread information throughout the ages; memes are the modern incarnation, subverting power structures through cats and lols.

£15

Maker’s Mark, Black Cow milk vodka, milk wash, Thunder Mushroom, split milk cordial, milk

Picky eating is not a product of luxury or western culture. And it spreads from a biological safeguard to a social norm very quickly.

£15.5

Everything Vinegar, Fierfield birch, hopped Porter’s Orchard, “Champagne” cordial, pink lemon soda

Idleness might be one of our most important evolved traits, but the modern cityscape has kinda made it just seem, well, lazy :(

£15

Glenfiddich Orchard Experiment, Glasshouse, melon, Capreolus pear, Everything Vinegar, White Lyan water

We have always eaten first with our eyes, and it kicks off a deep biological trigger. Lots of things have tried to utilise this, creating deep and complex cravings.

£16

Hendrick’s Gin, Cocchi Rosa, Fierfield Birch, red clover, Tree Caramel soda, pine

Different cultures simultaneously realised the importance of storms on fixing nitrogen. This focussed knowledge allowed families to grow the best crops through the generations.

£14.5

Grey Goose, Hepple Gin, hyraceum, Thunder Mushroom vermouth

The world would’ve plateaued given a shortage of bird poop, but synthesised nitrogen allowed the food growth to feed the expanding population. Doesn’t mean there ain’t space for some precious poo.

£15

Porter’s Tropical Old Tom, sarsaparilla, passionfruit, lemon, Death Bitters, bubbles

Some fear and some celebrate death, we even have different definitions surrounding it. But as the equaliser to us all, it permeates cultures quickly.

£16

Stauning Smoke, Thunder Mushroom, bread bitters, Henrietta’s tea, Craigellachie 13

Sometimes understanding the magic can undermine its value, but often once science has forged ahead, the balance of magic comes right back into the fray.

£16.5

Discarded Grape Skin Vodka, honeysuckle, Savoia, honey, Fierfield Birch, Death Bitters

Gifts have been gestures of love, going all the way back to Chloris, the Goddess of Flowers, marking occasions and milestones. But they also demonstrated an important sense of care.

£14.5 / boozeless £8

Bacardi, boozy fruit garum, Everything Vinegar, buttered Compass Box GB, wine

We have an important co-evolution with alcohol, not only through diet, but through rituals and meeting points.

Available as a cocktail, or as a shot.

£16/ shot £4.5

Lakes Whisky, Starward, Kanpai sake liqueur, goat milk, B + B, WNWN float

If you think you emulate those surrounding you, you might be right. Evolution can go weird in our mad, not-wholly physical world.

£14.5 / boozeless £8

Thompson Bros Gin, Tree Caramel, Empirical Plum, a tonne of micro-organisms, nuked vermouth, VORS sherry

Nuclear disasters have afforded us a heap of information to study, but most of it is baffling. The “Red Forest” decays in a totally unexpected way, and has afforded strange leaps in biodiversity.

£15