Abelha Cachaça UK

After a long weekend of cheap paint and the wrong size screws in the Abelha Research Lab (Ant’s Shed) the Abelha beach bar cart was born. We went to Festinho with a good crew of Matt, Andy, Ferdie, Rosie, Yael and the inimitable Mr Jeevon. After an initial setback in which the cart blew over and broke 2 of the bulbs in the disco lights, we anchored it down, rocked out hard and gave people a lot of caipirinha joy.

A huge hit at the festival were the Abelha cocktails, Caipirinha. Abelha is a 100% organic cachaca (a brazilian rum) freshly mixed at the Beach Bar these were seen all around the festival…

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Festinho was excellent, great organisation, good atmosphere, and good beats. They raise a lot of money for the ABC Trust too, which is a charity supporting Brazilian Children. Thanks to the organisers, volunteers, everyone who helped out, and everyone who had a drink with us!

We’re very excited about this. It’s a show for the bar industry which focusses showcasing quality products, rather than dancing girls and giant inflatable exhibition stands.

Our friend, and founder of the Boutique Bar Show, Andrew Scutts is putting a load of effort in, and from what we hear the line up is looking great already - check out the website at www.boutiquebarshow.com and register.

We will of course be there, and are currently thinking about what kind of exhibition stand to do. Any ideas, give us a shout!

On the same day as a similar sounding event, Sunday the 29th March 2009, we will race two actual goats along a difficult, meandering course lined with cheering spectators.

It’s a charity event we’re putting on in collaboration with Magic-Ish (and Cookie and Nicky) to help raise money for Spitalfields City Farm, situated just behind Brick Lane.

Spitalfields City Farm is a charity which aims to promote, amongst other things, animal welfare and sustainable farming practices, things which are right down our alley.

So come down, browse Brick Lane market and cheer on the goats, then come for a free caipirinha at the Dragon Bar down on Shoreditch High Street.

 

=====Programme=====

2:00pm doors open

Donation £3 to enter. (100% of all money taken goes straight to the farm). Includes a free caipirinha.

Amusements:
** The Official Goat Race Bookie and Sweepstake
** Goatee Knitting Race
** Remote Goats in Coats on Boats which Float in Moats Game

3:30pm The Race Starts

4:00pm Prize giving ceremony

4:30pm Afterparty at the Dragon Bar

=====Dress Code=====
Strictly: Black Tie, Rowing lycra, boat club jackets and ties, or goat.

=====Date and Location=====
Sunday March 29th
Spitalfields City Farm, Buxton Street, London, E1 5AR
Click here for map
Nearest tubes: Whitechapel 5 mins, Bethnal Green 5 mins, Aldgate East 5 mins

So that’s it.

It’s going to be loads of fun - if you want to come, why not get involved with the pre-race banter on the Facebook event page here.

Last weekend, our friends Sam (Digital City) and Duncan hired a gigantic country house in Devon for their birthday party. We turned up with a boatload of limes and cases of the good stuff to knock out some cocktails for his beautiful and immaculately attired guests.

Photo from Ollie

Cheers to Sam and Duncan for organising, and big props to Ollie who turned up to help us at the bar. To find out about our other events, parties and news, join up to our Facebook group or subscribe to this blog! Saúde!

Pics:

Ollie, after you’ve done that pineapple caipirinha for that guy, could you maybe do a glasses run? We’re running out of highballs. If you also hold some hot girls and make finger pistols that would be useful too.
Photo from Ollie

Wikipedia: Catsuits can be worn by both genders, but are usually seen worn by females in a sexual fetish context, and despite the name, catsuits in general do not have feline characteristics.
Photo from Ollie

Abelha Cachaça is proud to be the world’s only cachaça to have been fake blessed the fake Catholic Church.

Photo from Ollie

Photo from Ollie