Indie Brands adds Bán Poitín to portfolio
Two years since it first hit the market, poitín brand Bán has joined the Indie Brands portfolio in the UK. The spirit, produced at The Echlinville Distillery in Northern Ireland, has until this point...
View ArticleThe Berkeley teams up with BBFB to create high-tech immersive drinking...
Out Of The Blue launched yesterday at The Blue Bar at The Berkeley, a collaboration with Bacardi Brown-Forman Brands combining cocktails with state of the art technology. The multi-sensory experience,...
View ArticleScotch whisky cask tequila launched
For the latest in tequila, look no further than, er, Scotland. UWA Tequila, Scotland’s first premium tequila company, has unveiled the first two of three tequilas. As part of its launch, Aberdeen-based...
View ArticleHallgarten boosts its Burgundy numbers
Big changes in Hallgarten’s Burgundy portfolio were announced this week, with the addition of a number of new producers to the range, and with a focus on lesser known appellations. Hallgarten’s brief...
View ArticleLiverpool’s H1780 Tap & Still set to open next month
This isn’t any old microbrewery, but rather a multimillion pound space with Caledonian Brewery’s former MD behind it. Stephen Crawley [right]has big plans to revive the historic Higson’s beer brand,...
View ArticleRhône producer Marrenon returns to the UK with big plans
With two new wine ranges, and ambitions to become the UK’s leading producer in its two regions of Luberon and Ventoux, Marrenon is back in the country after seven years. The plan is to approach the on-...
View ArticleThe Macallan launches single cask range
There are few better ways to truly understand the DNA of a single malt whisky than by getting to grips with some of the single cask components that its blenders have access to. The Macallan is now...
View ArticleEast London Liquor Company releases 400-day Barrel-Aged Gin
The silly season it may be, particularly if you work in the on-trade, but there inevitably are some consolations to be found around this time of the year too. Take this latest launch from ELLC, for...
View ArticleGovernment freezes duty on wine, spirits, beer and cider
The UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, has given the country’s drinks trade – and hospitality businesses – an early Christmas present by not increasing duty across drinks categories....
View ArticleOn-trade gives cautious welcome to business rates changes
In addition to freezing alcohol duty across the board, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond unveiled some welcome changes to business rates today. These include: A move from Retail Price Index...
View ArticleMixed reaction to Tales of the Cocktail’s Edinburgh return
The uncertainty surrounding Tales of the Cocktail looks as if it’s having an impact on 2018’s Tales on Tour in Edinburgh, with a number of bars and brands withholding their support for this year....
View ArticleOxford’s TOAD Distillery partners with University of Oxford for new gin
If your distillery is located about a mile from the oldest botanic garden in the country, you’re obliged to get over there and make a gin. That’s exactly what The Oxford Artisan Distillery (TOAD) has...
View ArticleFormer Callooh Callay duo to open East London basement bar
You know a new bar is in good hands when the pair behind it both have Callooh Callay on their CVs. So a certain standard can be assumed of Horatio Street Social Club, from Simon Thompson and Jake...
View ArticleFunkin puts the UK’s top cocktails on tap
Mojito on draught is now a thing, with the introduction of Funkin’s new Premium Batched Draught Cocktails. The fruit purée brand is launching the system next week, with a Pornstar Martini, Piña Colada...
View ArticleDandelyan launches new menu entitled The Modern Life of Plants
Mass food and industrialisation aren’t exactly the kind of themes you’d expect a bar to build a menu around – at least not intentionally – but then the team at Dandelyan has never been one to shy away...
View ArticleLatin Lessons: sommeliers taste old grapes from the New World
The growth in Italian and Spanish grape varieties has been one of the biggest developments in New World winemaking over the last 10 years. Clinton Cawood joins a team of sommeliers to see how...
View ArticleBimber Distillery targets the speed rail
Thinking of shaking up your selection of house-pour spirits? London’s Bimber Distillery has just launched a vodka and a gin specifically designed to go in your speed rail. The team at the distillery...
View ArticleGlobal drinks industry think tank launches
If you’ve ever seen a new product or campaign and wished someone had at least consulted a bartender or two, be comforted in the knowledge that those days might be behind us. That’s the intention behind...
View ArticleBanyan Bar & Kitchen brand to expand with second Manchester site
Arc Inspirations isn’t messing around when it comes to growing its Banyan Bar & Kitchen brand, as it pumps £1.6m into its second Manchester site and eighth overall. The new 230-cover, 7,000 square...
View ArticleShot & awe: putting Boilermakers to the test
The trusty beer and a shot is an on-trade favourite everywhere. Clinton Cawood joins a panel of Boilermaker-loving bartenders as they find out how to get the most out of this timeless combination How...
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