Bar Ber Blacksheep: a cut above the rest
The trend of barber shops doubling up as watering holes seems to be making waves. There’s House of H in Cape Town, and now Bar Ber Blacksheep in the chic inner city Bolton Road complex, the new art district in Rosebank, Johannesburg.
The quirky name Bar Ber and bar is quickly becoming buzzy and invites pre- and post-shave whisky drinking and cigar smoking. The interior is much like speakeasies of the Prohibition era, with chequered tiles on the floor, and the ambiance is completed by industrial lighting, apothecary jars in a dark-wooden cabinet, and regal chandeliers that illuminate proceedings as you wonder at the man cave mystery.
It isn’t long before I’m drawn to the bar section, and ordering their house whisky, Monkey Shoulder, on the rocks.
It works superbly well neat, over ice (appropriately named the Brass Money), or whisky cocktails like the Ginger Monkey with ginger ale and orange, or the Apes and Apples with red currant syrup, sherry, lemon and soda.
Source: iol.co.za