Emporia Brands Release Their Festive Cocktail Recipes

Here at Emporia Brands HQ, we asked a number of our award-winning brands to send us across their festive recipes, perfect to impress your friends and family with. Ron Prohibido – ‘the forbidden rum’ – is a unique premium Latino rum from Mexico. Made in a traditional 12 year solera with a unique combination ofContinue reading “Emporia Brands Release Their Festive Cocktail Recipes”

Wray & Nephew Overproof Rum Winter Cocktail Collection

Coco Wray A chocolate fusion with spiced bitters, perfect to enjoy at home Ingredients (serves 5x) 125ml Wray & Nephew 50m Wray & Nephew Pimento Dram 10 dashes Chocolate Bitters 250ml Condensed milk 500ml Jamaican Stout 125g Vanilla Ice Cream 5 grates Fresh Nutmeg Method: Combine all ingredients in a pan, put on a low heat, gently stirring tillContinue reading “Wray & Nephew Overproof Rum Winter Cocktail Collection”

Stuck For Christmas Cocktail Ideas?

Fireside Flip From Ryan Chetiyawardana’s new book Good Things to Drink: by Mr Lyan and Friends, published by Frances Lincoln, £20 Ingredients 1 Coin of ginger 1 Tablespoon honey Just over 1 shot (30ml/ 1.2oz) sloe gin 1 shot (25ml/ 1oz) honeyed-style malt whisky (such as Highland Park 12 year old, or Aberfeldy 12 year old)Continue reading “Stuck For Christmas Cocktail Ideas?”

LUX Vodka Creates An Ultra Premium Vodka Masterpiece

LUX BLACK LABEL, the first luxury Ultra Premium Vodka to be produced from the Epping based distillery, LUX has been launched in an art deco style bottle, distilled in Britain and bottled on the Copped Hall Estate. LUX is an authentic British Ultra Premium Vodka. Its authenticity is derived from the heritage of its terroir;Continue reading “LUX Vodka Creates An Ultra Premium Vodka Masterpiece”

Get Ready To Embrace The Cold With The Winter Warming Hot Pococello

Offering a delicious, warming glow as the temperature drops, Pococello, the strictly limited-edition fruit of an exclusive collaboration between the world-renowned Chase Distillery and acclaimed restaurateurs Pizza Pigrims, launch its innovative new winter pour – Hot Pococello. A continent apart from the sickly-sweet, mass-produced limoncello familiar to holidaymakers, Pococello fuses single-origin Amalfi lemons with England’s finestContinue reading “Get Ready To Embrace The Cold With The Winter Warming Hot Pococello”

Jack Daniel’s Manchester Select #2 Launches

One of Manchester’s favourite whisky dens, The Britons Protection, hosted another rather special evening in their 200 plus years of existence. Jack Daniel’s, one of the world’s most famous brands, offer a service where you can purchase a Single Reserve barrel, and to add to their impressive 320 expressions of whisky, over 20 of themContinue reading “Jack Daniel’s Manchester Select #2 Launches”

The De Kuyper And The UKBG End The Year On A High

A few weeks back saw myself invited down to judge once again a cocktail competition with a difference. Hosted within Bar So in Bournemouth, De Kuyper were supporting the UKBG and their Bournemouth Bartenders Grand Prix 2015 final, which saw 10 bartenders from across the south coast of England battle it out, yet having no idea whatContinue reading “The De Kuyper And The UKBG End The Year On A High”

The Irishman Release Their Festive Cocktail Creation

The Irishman was founded in 1999 by Bernard and Rosemary Walsh, with the company specialising in producing and building innovative, authentic Irish spirit brands.  It is based in the heart of Ireland’s barley-growing and malting region, County Carlow. The Irishman whiskey range has won many gold medals at competitions internationally, including one of the highestContinue reading “The Irishman Release Their Festive Cocktail Creation”

La Cava Tequila Release Their Festive Cocktail Creation

Don Agustin tequilas are Single Estate 100% agave premium tequilas for connoisseurs, all bottled on the Camarena family premises and widely available in the best tequila bars in the UK, including the famous Café Pacifico in London. Its unique character in part derives from the unusual fermentation process which is rounded off with a malolacticContinue reading “La Cava Tequila Release Their Festive Cocktail Creation”

Carlos I Release Their Festive Cocktail Creation

Osborne is one of the oldest and most prestigious wine and spirit producers in Spain. Founded in 1772 by Thomas Osborne Mann to supply sherry to the UK, it remains 100% family owned, and is now run by the seventh generation. In the mid-20th century, they also became a leading brandy producer and, with theContinue reading “Carlos I Release Their Festive Cocktail Creation”