The Virginia, a cocktail once served at The Bloomsbury Club in London.

It’s the holiday season, so it seems like a good time to share a recipe for a cocktail named after Virginia Woolf.

Shared by The Literary Hub earlier this year, The Virginia Woolf features rum, peach syrup and lemon juice.

Here is the recipe.

The Virginia Woolf

2 shots oaked amber rum
¾ shot peach syrup*
¾ shot fresh lemon juice

Garnish: mint

Add all ingredients to a shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously. Strain through a fine strainer into a Nick and Nora glass. Gently press mint with fingers to release oils, and garnish.

*Peach Syrup:

In a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan, simmer 2 small peaches (sliced into small pieces) and basic simple syrup for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, allow to cool, and strain.

Another Virginia in a glass

This is not the first time we wrote about a Virginia Woolf cocktail.

Back in 2018, I wrote about my visit to the  Bloomsbury Club in the Bloomsbury Hotel on London’s Great Russell Street. There, I ordered the Virginia, a yummy mix of gin, lemon, raspberry shrub, Cocchi Americano and egg white.

Sadly, a recent visit to the club’s website indicates that the club’s Bloomsbury-themed cocktails are no longer being served.

The Bloomsbury hotel is also the site of The Dalloway Terrace.

Editor’s Note: Woolf scholar and author Maggie Humm informed us that The Bloomsbury hotel serves Woolf-themed cocktails. She recommends the Mrs. Dalloway.