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Balans West: Cocktail Battles in Shepherds Bush

Are you an Espresso Martini lover or a Negroni person? Old Fashioned or a Dark & Stormy? Stick with the classics, try something new? Our


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Happy National Tree Day – celebrating Sapling Vodka

 Happy National Tree Day! Today we are celebrating the amazing Sapling Vodka, our most sustainable brand, whose main focus is planting a tree for every

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Genie Drinks: In conversation with their founders

When it comes to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, none of us are perfect. We try to keep active and make healthy choices where we can,

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Sparkling Thursdays at Kensington – ON PAUSE for December

HALF-PRICE CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING WINE AT KENSINGTON –  This is on pause for December but will be back in Jan! We love a glass of

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Seven wines you’ll love this lockdown.

  For those of you who have been doing Dry January, the time has come to raise a glass again. We asked wine aficionado

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The Story of King of Soho Gin

Dry January is not for everyone. For those who declined to stay dry, it’s been ‘Ginuary’. For the last week of January, we’re raising a

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Coco Bayley for Balans

National Porn Star Martini Day is upon us (yes it’s a thing…) Celebrations are planned at Balans (responsibly), and artist Coco Bayley has created some

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King of Soho gin

Balans began in Soho, on a little corner of Old Compton Street, over 33 years ago. Consequently, it’s pretty unsurprising that The King of Soho,

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Sophie Glover x Balans

We have been working with an up-and-coming young artist called Sophie Glover to create some new Balans-esque artworks. She’s just completed her amazing illustration for us, so we wanted to delve a bit further into her as an artist and how the process developed for this piece: #gallery-2

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Aga Giecko’s Illustrations for Balans

It’s not often you start a discussion with someone who tells you that you share 60% of your DNA with a banana.  That’s what happens

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DJ Fat Tony x Balans

Legendary London DJ and Instagram’s wittiest man @dj_fattony_ is one of our oldest friends and most loyal (and handsome) guests. Tony used to live above

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Sophie Glover x Balans

We have been working with an up-and-coming young artist called Sophie Glover to create some new Balans-esque artworks. She’s just completed her amazing illustration for

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