Speak In Code

Speak In Code Speak In Code is an award winning cocktail bar in Manchester City Centre. Focusing on quality, service and an imaginative offering of cocktails and food
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• Dandelion Old Fashioned •Works. Hits. Does the classic some justice. Tryna stay true to the OG and not throw out the c...
23/06/2026

• Dandelion Old Fashioned •

Works. Hits. Does the classic some justice.

Tryna stay true to the OG and not throw out the core principles, and use an ingredient that’s a staple to us - Dandelion.

The Old Fashioned is a go to for many a cocktail drinker, and when it hits, it hits. We make a standard Demerara, but first macerate the water with Dandelion flower to give a green tea-esque, bittered honey note to the demerara sweetener. We then macerate dandelion root coffee alternative in a neutral grain spirit, and cut with Cynar Bitter to make our own ‘cheat code bitters’.

Cheat code bitters are a great way to add more complex flavours into the bitter element of your drink, without using standard ‘off the shelf’ bitters. So - if you take a neutral grain spirit, macerate an ingredient in, filter, and then blend 1:1 with your amaro of choice, you’ll get a higher ABV ‘bitters’ that you can use in drinks to create more flavour depth.

Anyway - Here’s our old fashioned, centred around the Dandelion flower.

Enjoy…

• SiC Introducing - Freya AKA Freya Miss Diva • Freya joined us at the tail end of last year after spending a couple of ...
16/06/2026

• SiC Introducing - Freya AKA Freya Miss Diva •

Freya joined us at the tail end of last year after spending a couple of years holding the fort down at Manchester icon, SOUP. After expressing her love for the energy of a busy night, the rhythm of service and the creation of a welcoming atmosphere, it was a natural fit - understanding the importance of those small touches, to make a guest feel welcome and at home.

When Freya isn’t in service, she’s all about the Pilates, yoga and books on inner peace and chakras. Although she’s a super fan of Federal Cafe for their coffee, she’ll head to Fort for a coconut and vanilla matcha latte after a good Pilates session with her partner. They share a deep love for matcha, yoga pants and Pilates raves.

From being a dream to work with us, Freya has been a welcome addition to the team, transferring that calm and peaceful energy (Kundalini) into every cocktail shake. Recently applying for the 50 best scholarship program - shows the level of ambition she has for her craft.

Come through, say hey!

• Seminars • We’re fortunate enough to work with some incredible people across this industry. We continue to reach, and ...
03/06/2026

• Seminars •

We’re fortunate enough to work with some incredible people across this industry. We continue to reach, and push for more opportunities for education and new perspectives to come through our space, and be spotlighted for our local community in hospitality to learn from.

Recently we had - Maestra Tequilera from run a seminar on the history, production and future direction of Tapatio Tequila, followed by a drinks social in our Studio space.

Always happy to be a central hub of learning and development for hospitality in Manchester.

• SiC Marg • Textures of strawberry almost feels wrong to say, but what is it? It’s like strawberry 3 ways, but would yo...
29/05/2026

• SiC Marg •

Textures of strawberry almost feels wrong to say, but what is it? It’s like strawberry 3 ways, but would you write that? Or would you write strawberry 3 times in the description? It’s kinda like a necessary evil to get the point in there.

Freeze infused strawberry tequila, lacto fermented strawberry, and fresh pressed strawberry juice make up ‘Textures of Strawberry’.

Anyway. Weather = Margs.

These ones though 👆🏻

• Ben Kendrick • Bens our BDM - and one question we do get asked is how does a small bar like us benefit from having a B...
19/05/2026

• Ben Kendrick •

Bens our BDM - and one question we do get asked is how does a small bar like us benefit from having a BDM?

When we promoted Ben from bartender, to senior bartender - his area of special interest was in relationships, collaborations, events and brand direction.

We’re an ambitious group of people, and with that comes projects after projects - we have our own gin, our own sparkling wine, our own private select bourbon, our own beers, and other collabs in the works… These need special attention and careful planning.

We also collaborate with several bars, bartenders and brands per year - this also needs careful planning and creative attention. He’s currently on his way to the Isle on man at the time of writing to appear as a guest bartender.

Small, and ambitious bars need people in positions to further and develop the brand - both from a guest perspective and an industry collaborative perspective. We felt it was only right that Ben takes up this role and takes the driving seat in our brand development.

You’ll still see him in service, as a team leader and bartender - with some heightened responsibility to continue to push SiC forward and help shape a success and sustainable future for the bar.

Big love to Ben, catch him about the gaff, and through our collabs too…

15/05/2026

Ayyyyy we back with another

are here with us this Monday the 18th. & will be running a seminar from 4pm titled ‘Storytelling isn’t that hard’ - followed by a guest shift at 6pm.

Daddy Marmalades is an independent, female owned neighbo cocktail bar in Glasgow, recently placing no.22 on list for 2026.

Drop us a DM for a place on the seminar, head to our website to book into the guest shift

• Chinotto •Kind of as you know it, but kind of not as you know it… We’ve always been proud of our alcohol free serves a...
12/05/2026

• Chinotto •

Kind of as you know it, but kind of not as you know it…

We’ve always been proud of our alcohol free serves at SiC. So often they can be a secondary thought - but we care a lot about being able to provide points of difference with our alcohol free drinks here.

Take our Chinotto for example, a staple serve for us for a few years now. We save our citrus husks when we juice so we can build the base of this drink. The predominant citrus used is orange, to keep it true to its unique flavour… When we have our leftover husks, we blacken them in an oven with other citrus husks, cassia, juniper, pink peppercorn and bay leaf.

Once the citrus husks have caramelised in the oven, we remove, cool down and then rest - completely submerged, in a 1:1 sugar syrup for 1 month (4 weeks) for the citrus to break down and infuse into the liquid it’s submerged in.

The result is a bitter, citrus led and slightly botanical sweetener that we rebalance with some citric acid, then lengthen, add Amaro Lucano Zero for another bittersweet push and then force carbonate in house.

Often, alcohol free drinks can be trickier to structure in the absence of ethanol. Not in this case… Our Chinotto is incredible in body, taste and texture.

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• SiC x Jenny Camarena • Please join us for a very special industry seminar with third generation Maestra Tequilera of ...
06/05/2026

• SiC x Jenny Camarena •

Please join us for a very special industry seminar with third generation Maestra Tequilera of and their legendary La Alteña distillery. Last year took over from her older brother Carlos to be come the first female head of one of the most authentic and influential distilleries in Mexico. This will be her first seminar in Europe and will taste through the entire Tequila Tapatío range.

Join us from 2pm for the seminar, then we’ll be hosting a small ‘meet the maker social’ in the studio following this, for a few drinks with Jenny where you can get to know her and taste some bevs with Tapatio

See you there



04/05/2026

Events season…

11th May we have - 3rd generation Tequila Maestra for in a ‘Meet the Maker’ session…

18th May we have our good friend in our new bar for a seminar with as part of their seminar, sauna & ice plunge experience

Also on the 18th May we have the mighty & from for a seminar & guest shift in SiC Studio

20th May we’re at the powerhouse .lounge at the Isle of Man for a double takeover with our sister bar Double Down

Then we head back up to Glasgow for the return leg of SiC x Daddy Marmalades where we’ll be doing our own seminar & guest shift, with our pals

Catch you around!

• Demo 13 • Pound for pound best to ever do it on our menus - and so simple…Except for carbonically fermenting raspberri...
02/05/2026

• Demo 13 •

Pound for pound best to ever do it on our menus - and so simple…

Except for carbonically fermenting raspberries for 5 days…

Will be available for the next couple months whilst we gear up to a new menu

Shouts to .emilycarter who came in for a shared photoshoot for a day with us…

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7 Jacksons Row
Manchester
M25

Opening Hours

Monday 5pm - 11:45pm
Tuesday 5pm - 11:45pm
Wednesday 5pm - 11:45pm
Thursday 7pm - 11:45pm
Friday 5pm - 4am
Saturday 5pm - 2am
Sunday 5pm - 4am

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