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”
Category Archives: Cocktail Recipes
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”
Bulldog
There’s always a quirky spirit to find these days, especially if your browsing the shelves either in your bar, supermarket or online. But what would you say to a bottle that had a spiked collar neck and has the word ‘Bulldog’ in striking letters? Would you think it was a hard-hitting spirit with a bite of attitude?Continue reading “Bulldog”
-ish and -ish Limed Tasting Notes
Do you like breaking the rules? Becoming a little naughty? Perhaps so much it’s a fetish? Whatever your answer, your sure to enjoy this rather attractive and alluring gin named -ish. This London Dry gin returns to the traditional style but comes with a twist of an extra shot of juniper. It comes without any addedContinue reading “-ish and -ish Limed Tasting Notes”
Limited Edition Gift Box From Buffalo Trace Bourbon This Christmas
Award–‐winning Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon, recognised as a piece of liquid history, is now launching an exclusive limited edition gift box this Christmas for drink connoisseurs and bourbon fans alike. Available at £40 in Harvey Nichols and packaged in a handcrafted wooden box, discover the 220 year history and 8 step crafting process ofContinue reading “Limited Edition Gift Box From Buffalo Trace Bourbon This Christmas”
An Unusual Beverage to Celebrate St Andrews Day
The good people of Scotland gather every year on 30th November to celebrate St Andrew’s Day. In celebration of this day, Hendrick’s Gin has concocted Andrew’s sloe juniper, a specially crafted cocktail ideal for paying homage to Scotland’s patron saint and all things Scottish. In parts of Europe , superstitious belief exists that the nightContinue reading “An Unusual Beverage to Celebrate St Andrews Day”
A Punch this Christmas, with Hendrick’s Gin
In this time of festive cheer, Hendrick’s Gin, proprietor of the exquisite and unusual, has partnered with the most esteemed of cocktail creators to offer a solution to Christmas entertaining quandaries, and in doing so bring to your attention the almostforgotten mastery of punch. At a time of year when merriment with those dearestContinue reading “A Punch this Christmas, with Hendrick’s Gin”
Zeo Tasting Notes
To create any product you need inspiration. An idea can stem from something that already exists or it can exploit a gap in a market which you may think there is no more room. One of the latest brands to hit the UK market is ZEO. The result of several years of hard work byContinue reading “Zeo Tasting Notes”
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