Have a very Merry Christmas this year with Bénédictine liquor’s brand new festive cocktail, ‘Monk’s Punch’, created by Shaker & Company’s mixologist, Tim Garratt. With the usual mulled wines and spiced spirits making their appearances this winter, Bénédictine, the traditional French liquor, has decided to mix it up with a brand new tipple of itsContinue reading “Warm Your Cockles This Christmas With Bénédictine”
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Rigg’s Tasting Notes
What do Prohibition and rum smugglers have in common? Answer? Riggs. Who? What? Riggs is an alcoholic spirit. You may know its bigger brother though as Eager Drinks (the premium juice maker), who in July this year, Ed Rigg came out with something a little more potent in the form of fruit (mainly raspberries and blackberries)Continue reading “Rigg’s Tasting Notes”
The Beast Tasting Notes
Vodka fans beware, something from the depths of the underworld has arisen – The Beast! Sometimes you just have to love the quirky and unique when it comes to your spirits. Whether they’re housed within skulls, reportedly give you an hallucination of green fairies or a hop-skip you to creating a classic, you’re sure toContinue reading “The Beast Tasting Notes”
King Of Soho Tasting Notes
Everyone loves a good story behind a spirit brand. Whether its gone through hard times, travelled the world with its production, or simply named after a man who was coined as ‘The King of Soho’. ‘The King of Soho’ I hear you cry? Yup, Paul Raymond himself has a gin that tips the hat atContinue reading “King Of Soho Tasting Notes”
Bootlegger Tasting Notes
Prohibition. A term that most of you would know if you ever looked at the history of a brand, a category or indeed even your own family. Prohibition came about in the US back in 1919, which meant that America banned the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors. As with anything you take away,Continue reading “Bootlegger Tasting Notes”
Death’s Door Tasting Notes
Washington Island, Wisconsin isn’t the first place you would think of when it comes to naming a birth place of a gin brand. To be fair, compared to the likes of Britain and Holland, the US lacks the productivity and numbers of every mothers favourite tipple. But the trend is changing, and America is onceContinue reading “Death’s Door Tasting Notes”
Oseven and Boompjes Tasting Notes
I’ve recently covered a new brand which gives its name to one of the fathers of gin, Franciscus Sylvius, the aptly named Sylvius. The distillery Onder de boompjes doesn’t just produce Sylvius though, it also houses a brand of genever named Boompjes as well as a vodka called Oseven. Take a look at my piece onContinue reading “Oseven and Boompjes Tasting Notes”
Sylvius Tasting Notes
Gin is a fickle subject. Its history and origins can be one of chatter over many a juniper based cocktail, and recently it’s come into light again with the release of a brand with what some credit as gins founding father. Sylvius originates from Holland, as did its namesake, the Dutch physician Franciscus Sylvius, who isContinue reading “Sylvius Tasting Notes”
Bénédictine Trip Review
This week I’ve been extremely lucky to be invited along to not one, but two fantastic places within France, courtesy of the French liqueur Bénédictine. Following on from their nationwide cocktail competitions from the past few weeks, winners from Glasgow, Nottingham, Manchester and London came together, alongside the Bénédictine team and fellow media representative Gary Sharpen ofContinue reading “Bénédictine Trip Review”
Jefferson’s Tasting Notes
Everyone loves a small-batch spirit. Usually it means more care and attention, no commercialisation, no huge production lines ‘ruining’ the quality of the spirit its producing. Quick question though, how small do you have to be to be called ‘small-batch’? Thousands of barrels produced like usual? Well how about around 8-12? Jefferson’s Bourbon is aContinue reading “Jefferson’s Tasting Notes”
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