Bars join celebration of calvados with cocktails and tastings
Bars and restaurants across the UK are celebrating Normandy’s classic spirit with National Calvados Week. Run by Emporia Brands for leading brand Père Magloire, it features special cocktails and drinks menus, food pairing dinners, tastings and other events. It runs from today (October 16) until Sunday, October 22, and involves leading bars such as Bramble, …
New small-batch gin takes inspiration from global travel
A new small-batch gin, distilled with botanicals inspired by global travel, has been launched as a “twist” on a classic London dry gin. Far Reaches Gin is made with 13 botanicals from around the world including kumquat from Asia, quandong from Australia, sarsaparilla from the Americas, grains of paradise from Africa and juniper from Europe. …
New Dundee brewer adds two beers to line-up
Dundee’s 71 Brewing has expanded its portfolio with the release of an India Pale Lager, or IPL, and a Munich Dunkel beer. IPL is described as a seasonal mash-up of lager and ale, born from a robust combination of Polish Lubiner and American Chinook hops and lager malts. With ABV of 4.4%, it is cold …
Bartenders add Moroccan spice for Opihr Gin global final
A cocktail infused with Moroccan flavours helped bartender Aaron Pollack from the USA to win the fourth annual Opihr World Adventure Cocktail Competition. He was one of 10 national winners, including Carla Molina Ruiz from Mr Fogg’s Gin Parlour in London, to reach the global final of the competition, held in Marrakesh. Using spiced gin …
