From 2023 the Epicurean Club becomes Loupe
In addition to the pubs-with-rooms we cover here, you'll find a much broader collection of off-the-beaten-track beach huts and massive party castles, hidden oyster shacks and innovative chef's tables, high-stake adrenalin adventures and stories tracking trends and events from all corners of the British Isles.
Explore Loupe before anyone else and when the full site launches you'll get an exclusive membership discount. If you have any questions, you can reach us at info@loupe-uk.com or 020 3868 4999.
Our Double Dutch partnership
Never Drink Dull, Double Dutch
Double Dutch's range of award-winning premium mixers and tonics are perfect to enhance any spirit. Each bottle is full of flavour, made using only the highest quality natural ingredients with no artificial colouring. Elevate your drinks offering with our wide range of flavours and combinations to create perfectly balanced and flavourful cocktails.
Will you savour with spirits or sip solo?
Born and raised in the Netherlands, the birthplace of gin, Joyce and Raissa de Haas grew up inspired by the world of drinks. However, they soon realised that, whilst the world of alcoholic drinks had become more vibrant and diverse than ever, the world of tonics and mixers had scarcely changed at all.
Realising that a flavourful drink relies on the mixer as much as it does the alcohol, they took it upon themselves to create a range of versatile mixers with new and unpredictable flavour pairings. Double Dutch, are now on a mission to ensure you never drink dull again.
Joyce and Raissa started to experiment by pairing their own mixer innovations (Cucumber & Watermelon and Pomegranate & Basil) with a range of spirits, mainly at parties (of course) which led them to be dubbed the 'tonic twins' by friends and family. They then moved to London to complete a joint masters in Tech Entrepreneurship, and that's where they developed Double Dutch as a business. They were awarded the best dissertation in the year, and that was the seed funding that started Double Dutch!
From the very beginning, feedback showed they'd more than succeeded with recognition such as the Foodpreneur Award from Richard Branson in 2015 and Best Adult Soft Drink Award at the World Beverage Innovation Awards in 2016.
Double Dutch produce bold, new, unexpected flavour combinations that thrill the palate. The range is the result of a flavour-led approach that uses only the best ingredients, free from artificial flavouring or colouring, and designed with taste in mind. We are high on flavour and quick to get the party started.
The mixers stand alone, fully satisfying in their own right, but also enhance the taste of a range of spirits, allowing the creation of innovative new flavour-led cocktails and ensuring reliably delicious, never dull, drinks.
Flavour isn't enough though. As entrepreneurs, the twins feel a genuine responsibility to ensure they don't leave the planet in a worse position than they found it and share their purpose led approach with our community, suppliers and customers. Double Dutch are focused on sustainability, actively engaging with our supply chain to understand and ultimately work to reduce the businesses impact on the environment whilst planning to reforest.
