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Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for July 10-11

Lorenzo Antinori and Simone Caporale open Montana, Yardley Brothers launch Solera, and TokyoLima has new cocktails

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Inside Montana bar, a much-anticipated tribute to Cuban cocktails from Lorenzo Antinori and Simone Caporale in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Expect lively streets this weekend as mixologists from around the region gather in Hong Kong and Macau for the announcement of this year’s Asia’s 50 Best Bars on Tuesday, July 15.

There will be guest shifts aplenty before, during and after this weekend, but for those not looking to fight crowds to get drinks, there’s still a lot to explore. Yardley Brothers are launching a new ale at Blue Supreme, TokyoLima’s divine new menu is inspired by deities and kings from Japanese and Peruvian culture, and Lorenzo Antinori and Simone Caporale open the hotly anticipated Montana.

Thursday, July 10

Yardley Brothers’ Solera launch

Exterior of Blue Supreme, the self-proclaimed “beer purveyor”, in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. Photo: Blue Supreme
Exterior of Blue Supreme, the self-proclaimed “beer purveyor”, in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. Photo: Blue Supreme
What: As Hong Kong and Macau’s cocktail bars focus on the awards, local craft brewery Yardley Brothers and beer specialists Blue Supreme have you covered this weekend. The former is launching Solera – a mixed fermentation ale aged in a Sauternes barrel for four years, then conditioned with fungi and probiotics for six months in Burgundy wine barrels.

Where: Blue Supreme, 21 Tung Street, Sheung Wan

When: 6pm-11pm

Friday, July 11

A Mythological Journey – TokyoLima’s newest menu

Cocktails from TokyoLima’s new menu, A Mythological Journey, include Izanami (left) and Izanagi. Photo: Handout
Cocktails from TokyoLima’s new menu, A Mythological Journey, include Izanami (left) and Izanagi. Photo: Handout
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