Craft beers are on the rise in the UK. More and more bars, restaurants and pubs are offering beers and brands coming from the farthest stretches of the world to delight and intrigue us. Asia has given us many a popular sight, including Tiger Beer, Asahi, Bintang and Beerlao. One of these brands I’ve known for aContinue reading “Beerlao Tasting Notes”
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Bloodshot Tasting Notes
There are spirits out there who have defined their own category within a category. Bloodshot has become the latest to add themselves to this trend, the trend being a vodka flavour to help create a certain cocktail. Absolut did it with their Absolut Pepper, Belvedere released Belvedere Bloody Mary and now Bloodshot have come into the frameContinue reading “Bloodshot Tasting Notes”
Southern Comfort Tasting Notes
Southern Comfort is a brand that everyone knows. Go to any bar and you will see it showcased with your favourite mixer or blended into a cocktail. But have you ever tried it straight? Over a couple of cubes of ice? It’s a rarity you ever hear this spirit called over a bar to be drunkContinue reading “Southern Comfort Tasting Notes”
Mandarine Napoléon
Liqueurs is a funny category. Many of you may not realise how much liqueurs you can consume in a life-time. Cocktails, after-dinner, pre-dinner, coffee, hot chocolate all could have some kind of liqueur to usually sweeten up or emphasize a flavour. They can be seen on bars around the world but rarely would you point oneContinue reading “Mandarine Napoléon”
Virgin Gorda Tasting Notes
What do you think of if I said the word blended? Whisky maybe? How about rum? You might ponder at this one, rum production isn’t as widely known compared to whisky so you could easily say yes to this without realising. Virgin Gorda is one of the first mainstream rums to be blended from three differentContinue reading “Virgin Gorda Tasting Notes”
Isla Ñ Tasting Notes
Isla Ñ Rum is a new breed of rums coming from countries you don’t usually expect this Caribbean based category to originate from. Isla Ñ is created and produced in Tucuman, a subtropical sugar-producing area in the northern region of Argentina. The brand was founded to re-create old-time distilling techniques with world-class raw materials. Appropriate then that Tucuman is in theContinue reading “Isla Ñ Tasting Notes”
Grey Goose Presents . . . Grey Goose Le Fizz Gift Box for Christmas
GREY GOOSE® presents GREY GOOSE Le Fizz Gift Box for Christmas GREY GOOSE, the World’s Best Tasting vodka, presents the perfect Christmas gift for discerning vodka drinkers – the GREY GOOSE Le Fizz Gift Box. The GREY GOOSE Le Fizz Gift Box contains a 70cl bottle of GREY GOOSE vodka, two beautifully designed crystal GREYContinue reading “Grey Goose Presents . . . Grey Goose Le Fizz Gift Box for Christmas”
Jameson
Jameson is a brand that you see everywhere. Most pubs, bars and restaurants stock the brand, or at least one of the expressions, and is more than usually the first name to be mentioned when talking about Irish whiskey. But it wasn’t all plain sailing. Irish whiskey covered 80% of the world export market backContinue reading “Jameson”
A Very Drambuie Christmas
A VERY DRAMBUIE CHRISTMAS Drambuie is an extraordinary blend of the finest aged Scotch whisky, spices and heather honey that will delight and intrigue discerning drinkers this Christmas. Produced in Scotland since the late 19th century, Drambuie became synonymous with the classic Rat Pack cocktail – The Rusty Nail – in theContinue reading “A Very Drambuie Christmas”
Annies Review
Who likes a hidden gem? A place where you can escape the hustle and bustle of Manchester? Somewhere where you can relax with a menu that’s eye-catching in a chair that you’ll want to take home with you. Sound good? Welcome to Annies. The new venture by the couple of Chris Farr of Smith’s of Eccles fameContinue reading “Annies Review”
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