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During the summer of 2024 award-winning Dorset-based Badger Brewery invested significantly in their Outland brand, comprising a range of beers whose outstanding taste received endorsement at the World Beer Awards 2024. The Outland range was launched in April 2023 giving the independent family brewer a presence in the craft beer sector to complement their success […]
Ten bottles of Sir David Hempleman-Adams Explorers Grand Slam Gin, inspired and signed by the legendary British adventurer, are going under the auction hammer towards the end of November to help raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK. This inspirational new gin is the brainchild of Phil Kite, ocean rower and founder of the Adventurers Drinks […]
It doesn’t always follow that a strong brand identity equates to a great product or service. In too many cases the style-over-substance cliché is played out. In the case of Cold Town Beer, an artisan small-batch brewery based in Edinburgh, which launched in 2017, their strong brand identity is more than equalled by the quality […]
As we reported in September, Gina Duke is now at the helm at La Quinta, a family-run restaurant and nightclub in Benfleet, Essex, founded by her father Simon Duke and his brother, Rupert. Along with managing the venue, Gina recently launched G&I Spirits Group, which produces a range of drinks, including vodka, gin and three […]
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 […]
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 […]
