Having sampled the Highland Birchwater produced by Birkentree I struggled to find enough superlatives to describe the smoothness that their product adds to whisky. When I first poured the birchwater into my tumbler of whisky there was no discernible difference from adding regular water. At this stage I didn’t really expect to experience anything dramatically […]
A taste sensation
At Hand Crafted Drinks Magazine we write headlines that condense the essence of the story that we’re covering and in the case of the liqueurs we have sampled from Hogg Norton, the headline just about does their products justice. We recently had the privilege of meeting the owners of Hogg Norton, a Derbyshire-based producer of […]
Padstow in a bottle
Here at Hand Crafted Drinks Magazine we’re here to help promote artisan drinks producers who work tirelessly to produce some of the finest beers, ciders, wines and spirits available today. Padstow Distilling is one such company – a young distillery business created and managed by Cornish wine merchant David McWilliam, who makes a series of […]
World’s first healthy cola?
You don’t often find the words ‘healthy’ and ‘cola’ in the same sentence, but Pascal Du Bois, the founder of ROBOT Organic Honey Cola Kombucha, assured me that his new soft drink is a truly healthy cola. The new cola has taken Du Bois and his team over two years to develop, which will soon […]
Succession guaranteed
Whilst family businesses in the UK are the backbone of the SME sector, only 40% of these companies get beyond the first generation; 13% of family businesses are handed down to the grandchildren and just 3% go on to become fourth-generation businesses. At La Quinta, a popular family-run restaurant and nightclub based in Benfleet, Essex, […]