Visitors have been able to try an authentic Savoy cocktail in a speakeasy-style area built in one of the rooms for the event, modelled on the illegal drinking dens during Prohibition-era of the United States.
Collections and house officer Rachel Stammers warned they were very strong as 1920s cocktails only contained shaken alcohols – no mixers were used.
The Savoy Cocktail Book lists 750 different recipes.
She said: “The family were quite instrumental in bringing cocktails to the British public at the American Bar in the Savoy Hotel, which they owned.”
She added that, at the house, visitors had an opportunity “to play card games, and a vintage cinema is set up showing Pathe films of dancing from the period”.
“There’s also a chance to try to learn a dance in the saloon yourself,” she added.
