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Shakespeare Distillery has announced the launch a new limited-edition Kaffir Lime & Orange Gin, which delivers a refreshing blend of citrus flavours. The team at the independent artisan spirit producer enjoy experimenting with different flavours to create delicious new spirits, which they regularly release as special editions in limited quantities. To create this new gin […]
Three British artists are at the forefront of an innovative and unique range of craft spirits that reproduces their artwork on bottle labels. Modern Art Distillery (MAD) has launched a new line of flavoured gin, vodka and rum featuring paintings by new and emerging artists from across the country, with a first series that includes […]
We were very fortunate to meet the owner of Kinsale Spirit Company during a meet the makers event at the Irish Embassy in London earlier this year, who recently sent us a bottle of their Spanish Earl, Single Malt Irish Whiskey and a bottle of Kinsale Gin, both of which are reviewed in this feature. […]
To mark the forthcoming coronation of King Charles III, Arkell’s Brewery has released a special dark ale: a smooth, chocolatey, traditional style, dark ale, which is surprisingly easy to drink, brewed using traditional methods in their Victorian brewery. The 4.5% ABV limited edition brew, Coronation Ale, will be available on draught at Arkell’s pubs and […]
North Point Distillery, based near Thurso, has partnered with Caithness Rugby to produce a very special bottle marking the club’s 60th anniversary. This limited edition release of their London Dry Gin (40% ABV) has been produced in individually numbered 70cl bottles. At North Point Distillery, they create small batches of authentic Scottish spirits, which have […]
Speciality Brands has launched Waterford Distillery’s single malt Irish whisky, Cuvée Argot, in the UK. The vibrant new whisky, which will be distributed exclusively by Speciality Brands in the UK, brings together several of the brand’s Single Farm Origins for beguiling depth and ultimate complexity with a mere hint of true Irish peat. Argot (pronounced ar-go) is […]
Let’s be honest, until fairly recently the quality of zero and low alcohol beers have been variable to say the least. Some are good, some are passable and others are about as inviting as a bowl of cold dishwater. A few weeks ago we were sent three bottled beers from Hogs Back Brewery, based in […]
Sky Wave Zero is a new, alcohol-free drink distilled with the same innovation and passion we have come to expect from premium spirits brand, Sky Wave Gin. To perfect this new zero-alcohol distilled drink it has taken their master distiller, Andrew Parsons, over eighteen months to develop. Parsons applied the same expertise that has helped […]
The lockdowns of early 2020 forced thousands of businesses to the brink of bankruptcy and nearly 350,000 businesses closed their doors for the last time, including a high proportion of leisure and hospitality companies. Not only were the bars, pubs, hotels and restaurants affected by the lockdowns because they simply could not trade, the producers also […]
St Maur was first produced for the guests who attended the wedding of the Earl and future Countess of Yarmouth, which took place at Ragley Hall in Alcester. The success of the unique liqueur spurred on the young couple to turn the production of St Maur it into a full-time family business at the start of […]
