Flor De Caña ‘Rum Frontiers’ Showcases In Glasgow

Flor de Caña discovered the new UK ‘Rum Frontier’ Champion on Monday night, as guests basked in the electric vibes of Nicaragua enjoying street food, Flor de Caña cocktails, live street art and a world renowned DJ in one of Glasgow’s best loved venues, Drygate. Featuring an incredible line-up of first class mixologists from allContinue reading “Flor De Caña ‘Rum Frontiers’ Showcases In Glasgow”

St Lucia Distillers Set to Travel Around the UK

This March and April, UK distributor Emporia Brands have put together a calendar of events involving its award-winning St Lucia Distillers range, after the initial success of last year’s programme. Brand Ambassador Dave Marsland and the Emporia Brands team will be touring fifteen cities as they bring together the Chairman’s Reserve range, which includes Gold,Continue reading “St Lucia Distillers Set to Travel Around the UK”

National Calvados Week Returns For 2016

The Père Magloire National Calvados Week, in association with UK creator Emporia Brands, returns Monday 17th October 2016 until the Sunday 23rd October 2016, taking place bars and retailers across the UK, including London, Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow and Edinburgh. For some, Normandy’s lush green pastures reach their ultimate expression in the region’s famed cheeses andContinue reading “National Calvados Week Returns For 2016”

Koval Distillery to Travel The UK in A Series of City Launches

This April, UK distributor Emporia Brands have put together a calendar of launch events involving its new award-winning KOVAL Distillery range. Master Distiller Robert Birnecker will be touring four cities as he brings together the KOVAL range, which includes the American whiskey expressions of Millet, Rye and Bourbon, as well as their dry gin. FoundedContinue reading “Koval Distillery to Travel The UK in A Series of City Launches”

Scotch Whiskymaker Compass Box Releases Smoky Sherried Sibling To The Award-Winning Great King Street Artist’s Blend

GLASGOW BLEND is the second permanent whisky to be introduced to the Great King Street range of innovative, small-batch Blended Scotch whiskies from Compass Box. Glasgow Blend will be available from mid-October in UK and Europe, and from November 1st onwards in the US, North America and all key international Compass Box markets. It willContinue reading “Scotch Whiskymaker Compass Box Releases Smoky Sherried Sibling To The Award-Winning Great King Street Artist’s Blend”

Danny Whelan Of Kelvingrove Café Wins ‘Sprint to the Finish’ Cocktail Competition

Danny Whelan, a rising star of Glasgow bartending, working at the Kelvingrove Café is the winner of the “Sprint to the Finish” cocktail competition and will receive tickets to a private box at the Commonwealth Games today when the 100m finals take place. In a closely contested competition Danny’s cocktail “Comerette Cooler” attracted the most ‘Likes’Continue reading “Danny Whelan Of Kelvingrove Café Wins ‘Sprint to the Finish’ Cocktail Competition”

A Look At The Bacardi ‘Untameable Since 1862’ Campaign

‘Definition of untamable in English: not capable of being controlled.’ It’s hard to imagine going through life as free as a bird and living as easy as one, two, three. There will always be obstacles, there will always be hard times and there will always be surprises that can alter your path and set you offContinue reading “A Look At The Bacardi ‘Untameable Since 1862’ Campaign”

Ballantine’s

Over the past two years, I’ve been enjoying two rather nice drams from Ballantine’s. The Christmas reserve blew me away back in 2012, and I hailed it as one of the best drams that I have experienced. One year later, I’ve been sent the latest expression in the Christmas Reserve portfolio, but as I conductedContinue reading “Ballantine’s”