Mystery on the Rocks

Making it just in time for last call this week is the one and only Tez Ilyas. Tez is one of the stars of hit sitcom Man Like Mobeen and has appeared on Mock the Week, The Last Leg and so much more. He has also written and starred in his own scripted comedy shorts for BBC Three, BBC iPlayer and Sky Arts and we are absolutely delighted he chose to drink with us.

Tez ordered mocktails for the night - Masud treated the bar to…

Sweet Sunshine

4oz Orange Juice

½ oz Grenadine

Orange Slice

Fill a highball glass with ice and orange juice. Slowly pour the Grenadine over, it will sink. Garnish with orange slice.

Sundowner

4oz Grape Juice

2 ½ oz Sparkling Water

1 Mint Sprig to Garnish

In a highball glass with ice pour over the grape juice then sparkling water. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint.

At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chris tells the mystery and Sooz sings and plays live piano – and everyone chats and chimes in with their theories.

You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram too!

This is a Studio71 production.

Producer - Jack Claramunt

Exec Producer - Tom Payne & Jody Smith

Production Support - Phie McKenzie

Studio71 is a Red Arrow Studios Company.

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Stumbling into the Mystery on the Rocks bar this week is Jay Foreman! Jay is a comedy singer-songwriter from North London. In 2010 he sold out his debut solo hour at the Edinburgh Fringe, "Pretend You're Happy" and in 2011 sold out his second solo Edinburgh show "We're Living in The Future. He also co-wrote and starred in cult online spoof documentaries Unfinished London, and recently helped solve The Bizarre Disappearance of Keith Reinhard in Silver Plume, Colorado. Or did he?

Masud whipped up…

Gin Ricky

2oz Gin

½ Lime

Club Soda

Add the gin to a Collins glass full of ice. Add the huice from the lime half, and then drop the shell into the glass. Top with soda water.

Moscow Mule

2oz Vodka

6oz Ginger Beer

2 Dashes Ginger Beer

To Serve

Sprig of Mint

Wedge of Lime

Pour the vodka into a metal mug, julep tin or tumbler. Load up ¾ full with crushed ice, then fill to the top with the ginger beer and stir gently to combine. Add a few dashes of ginger bitters. Serve with a sprig of mint to garnish and the lime to squeeze over.

At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chris tells the mystery and Sooz sings and plays live piano – and everyone chats and chimes in with their theories.

You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram too!

This is a Studio71 production.

Producer - Jack Claramunt

Exec Producer - Tom Payne & Jody Smith

Production Support - Phie McKenzie

Studio71 is a Red Arrow Studios Company.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Propping up the bar on today’s episode is Kemah Bob! Kemah is a brilliant stand-up comedian, writer, improviser, drag king, presenter and producer from Houston, Texas – and, yes, is proud of drinking the same tap water as Beyoncé. How lucky we are that she found her way into the bar to help us solve the mysterious case of Alexandria Berstecher.

The drinks Masud poured today are…

Manhattan

1 ⅔ oz Rye Whiskey

¾ oz Sweet Vermouth

2 Dashes Angostura Bitters

Pour the whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters into a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir until outisde of shaker is very cold to touch. Place cherry in the bottom of the glass and strain the contents of the mixing glass over. Serve immediately.

Salty Dawg

1 ½ oz Gin

3oz Fresh Pink Grapefruit Juice

½oz Fresh Lime Juice

Sea Salt

Add gin and grapefruit juice to a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake until well chilled, about twenty seconds. Strain into ice-filled glass, add salt on top and serve.

At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chris tells the mystery and Sooz sings and plays live piano – and everyone chats and chimes in with their theories.

You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram too!

This is a Studio71 production.

Producer - Jack Claramunt

Exec Producer - Tom Payne & Jody Smith

Production Support - Phie McKenzie

Studio71 is a Red Arrow Studios Company.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pulling up a chair at the bar today is Nick Helm! Winner of the Chortle Award for best music and variety act in 2015; Helm was previously nominated for the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2011 and 2013. He also starred in the BBC Three sitcom Uncle. We’re chuffed he stumbled into the bar and helped solve the mystery of what happened in room 1046 of the Hotel President, a case which remains unsolved to this day.

The drinks Masud rustled up are…

Old Fashioned

2oz Bourbon

¼oz Simple Syrup

1 Dash Angostura Bitters

1 Dash Orange Bitters

Stir the bourbon, simple syrup, and bitters in a mixing glass with ice. Strain into a rocks glass with one large ice cube. Garnish with an orange peel.

At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chris tells the mystery and Sooz sings and plays live piano – and everyone chats and chimes in with their theories.

You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram too!

This is a Studio71 production.

Producer - Jack Claramunt

Exec Producer - Tom Payne & Jody Smith

Production Support - Phie McKenzie

Studio71 is a Red Arrow Studios Company.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. Whilst this comedy and true crime podcast is set in a fictional crime-solving bar, the mysteries and the cocktails are very real. From true crime and bizarre occurrences to X-Files and the paranormal, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chris tells the mystery and Sooz sings and plays live piano – and everyone chats and chimes in with their theories. So come in, pull up a chair, and let's crack this case.

This is a Studio71 production. 

Producer - Jack Claramunt 

Exec Producer - Tom Payne & Jody Smith

Production Support - Phie McKenzie

Studio71 is a Red Arrow Studios Company.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.