Haywood Drinks Products has added the Eliot’s Mysthic range, a collection of premium-quality flavoured vodka drinks, to its portfolio. After being previewed at the Northern Restaurant & Bars show in Manchester in March, the range is now going on sale in the UK, with variants such as Violet, Chocolate, Red, Black, Green and Gold. Suitable …

A pop-up bar is to be created for Japanese whisky Nikka within the refurbished cocktail bar at London restaurant Smiths of Smithfield. Running from May 21 to 31, it will showcase 17 of Nikka’s premium single malt and blended whiskies for sampling, described as the biggest line-up of good-quality Japanese whiskies ever assembled in a …