Top Beverages launches inaugural CBD craft spirits range
UK-based CBD drinks producer Top Beverages has unveiled its inaugural range of nine craft spirits with CBD infusions. The range spans three separate collections: Classic, Spice and Signature. Bottled at navy strength, or 54.5% ABV, the spirits are distilled with 50mg of premium full spectrum THC-free CBD. The Classic Collection comprises Top Beverages’ Gin, distilled …
Nine Lives launches new sustainable cocktail list
South London’s Nine Lives has introduced its latest nine-strong cocktail menu, which sees a continuation of the bar’s commitment to sustainability. Ingredients for the new menu, which features serves named after “solid 90s hip-hop tunes”, have been sourced using waste products from the bar and local businesses around London Bridge, alongside vegetables and herbs from …
New look for Hampshire’s Twisted Nose Gin
Winchester Distillery has unveiled a new design for its flagship gin Twisted Nose. Originally launched five years ago, Twisted Nose combines Hampshire-grown watercress with juniper and eight other botanicals, including coriander seed grown in the South Downs and lavender from Long Barn in Alresford. Using 20% less glass and 95% less plastic, the gin is …
Gymkhana set to reopen in February 2020
February will see Mayfair-based Michelin-starred Indian restaurant and bar Gymkhana reopen its doors following a period of closure for refurbishment. Inspired by the elite clubs of India where members of high society socialise, eat and drink and play sport, the restaurant has been synonymous with classic and contemporary, boldly spiced chatpatta Indian food since it …
Diageo acquires pre-mixed cocktail brand Tipplesworth
Diageo has acquired pre-mixed cocktail specialist Tipplesworth, with plans to drive outlet expansion of the brand’s draught system in the UK on-trade. Tipplesworth, which was founded in 2013, already partners with Diageo to offer its cocktails on draught in the on-trade using proprietary technology. The brand’s Espresso Martini and Passion Fruit Martini cocktails are currently …
Chef Dean Banks creates ‘no-nonsense’ gin
Chef and restaurant owner Dean Banks has launched a new premium Scottish gin called Lunun to the UK market. Described as a “no-nonsense” gin, Lunun focuses “solely on taste” and has been developed with the chef’s palate in mind. Influenced by the MasterChef: The Professionals finalist’s travels to over 40 different countries and his expertise …
Edinburgh Gin unveils ‘Filled with Wonder’ campaign
Edinburgh Gin is rolling out its biggest ever brand campaign, ‘Filled with Wonder’, which celebrates “discovery” and the “wonders” worked by the brand with natural flavours. The new campaign features a “dream-like” TV advert, which made its debut exclusively on Channel 4. Set to Frankie Valli’s song The Night, it leads the viewer through changing …
Savage Garden reveals latest cocktail menu
Rooftop bar Savage Garden at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel by the Tower of London has launched a new cocktail menu. The concept takes its inspiration from London’s dark, gruesome history, from Tower Hill to Tynburn, The Bloody Tower to Murder Mile and Aldgate to St Paul’s, capturing bloody murders, betrayals, intrigue, dramatic disappearances and …
Martin Miller’s Gin introduces 9 Moons Solera Reserve
Premium gin brand Martin Miller’s has launched 9 Moons Solera Reserve, the next expression in its Moons Range. 9 Moons Solera Reserve shares the same botanicals as Martin Miller’s Gin and is aged for nine months in Iceland in French oak barrels, which is said to complement the citrus profile of the gin and boost …
Binary Botanical unveils inaugural Dry January competition
Good Living Brewing Company is inviting mixologists and bartenders across the South East of England to enter its new low-alcohol cocktail competition to mark Dry January. Entrants are encouraged to test their creativity by creating a low-alcohol cocktail using at least 100ml of Good Living Brewing’s Binary Botanical, a 0.5% ABV light beer with a …
