Tag: Spirit of the Week

An Australian whisky aged in red wine casks.

A cold-distilled gin with apples and pears.

An Irish whiskey aged in ex-bourbon casks, then finished in dark rum casks from Barbados.

A gin that naturally changes colour when introduced to tonic water.

The Lost Explorer Mezcal's core expression, Espadín, is made with agave harvested after eight years growth, distilled in small batches in Oaxaca, Mexico.

A superlative sipping tequila, made using 100 percent Weber Blue Agave and natural volcanic spring water.

An Kenyan craft gin, distilled in Nairobi.

Storywood Tequila hopes to redefine the category by creating a luxury sipping tequila appealing to whisky drinkers.

A unique spirit distilled with Oaxacan Pasilla Mixe chillis.

L’Orbe naturally infuses caviar with vodka, using patented encapsulation technology.

A bloody good gin from Australia’s most awarded gin distillery.

No.3 Gin has launched a new pre-bottled Vesper Martini in collaboration with DUKES Bar Manager Alessandro Palazzi.

A specialty Greek spirit produced with Greek Muscat grapes, aged in French oak barrels.

Scottish distillery, Wild Thyme Spirits has introduced an Old Tom style gin to its range

Well balanced and eminently drinkable on its own, Bulleit Bourbon 10-Year-Old is bolder that its original counterpart.

In partnership with Woodford Reserve, Waitrose has launched a new, exclusive whiskey.

Devon’s first potato vodka is produced with King Edwards grown on a farm overlooking Hope Cove.

The fourth addition to The Balvenie Stories collection.

Pink BTL Gin is the Swedish distillery's response to the market's influx of unremarkable 'pink gins'.

The Single Grain Scotch whisky is one of three new releases from the innovation arm of Speyside’s Kininvie Distillery.

Spain’s fastest growing gin is distilled with a base of Albariño grapes.

The first peated whisky to join the brand’s permanent range.

A new sipping gin from Sweden’s first dedicated gin distillery.

A benchmark London Dry gin produced especially for Berry Bros. & Rudd.

The latest addition to CÎROC's expansive portfolio of flavoured vodkas.

Inspired by the oranges of Seville, Filipino rum brand Don Papa has launched a new, limited-edition rum.

Characterised by notes of vanilla, citrus and peat smoke.

Distilled with 100% rye, WhistlePig 10 Year is aged for a decade and bottled at 100 proof.

A unique blend of aged rums from Jamaica and Barbados

Produced in Brazil, Abelha is one of the world's only organic certified Cachaças.

Produced with Davidson plums, native to Australia, Brookie's Byron Slow Gin is a play on English sloe gin.

When the Gin Act of 1751 was brought into effect, the sale of gin was banned in prisons, workhouses and any shops selling everyday staples. Distillers were also unable to sell gin direct and publicans were no longer able to issue credit. As a result, gin became less readily available ...

Flavoured vodka has seen exponential growth in popularity over the past few years. Purists will disprove, but the rise is popularity is perhaps unsurprising given the spirit’s typically neutral character. Launched in 2003, CÎROC has become renowned as a kingpin of the flavoured vodka market, with a profile of numerous ...

Approximately 713 tonnes (1.4 million punnets) of fresh table grapes per year are not suitable for fresh consumption and are thus surplus to requirements of the supply chain. Aiming to combat food waste, however, Foxhole Spirits -  specialising in the production of premium spirits from otherwise unused resources – has ...

During the early 1900s, ‘copper dogs’ became popular amongst Speyside whisky distillers. Fashioned from a length of copper tube with a penny soldered to one end, these copper dog devices were commonly used to surreptitiously steal a dram of whisky from ageing barrels. Once dipped and filled, the vessels would ...

Inspired by the building’s brutalist architecture, East London Liquor Company has launched Barbican London Dry Gin, a new collaboration featuring a Barbican-designed label and new bottle. Exclusively available from the Barbican Shop (at the Barbican Centre) and the Barbican’s Martini Bar, East London Liquor Company’s repackaged flagship, award-winning London Dry ...

With a warm, humid climate that stimulates a fast ageing process, Demerara County in Guyana is globally renowned for its rich history of rum production. Beginning during the 1640s, with the introduction of sugar cane by the early European settlers, the foundation of Demerara rum production was laid a decade ...

Salcombe Distilling Co. has enjoyed tremendous growth since launching in 2016, born from a love of gin and a dream “to produce the finest white spirit in the world, within one of the most stunning coastal towns”. Set up by co-founders Angus Lugsdin and Howard Davies, who met over 20 ...

Inspired by the discovery of an 18,000 year-old Yukagir mammoth in Siberia, in 2013, Mamont Vodka is an ultra-premium, six-time distilled Siberian vodka. Awarded a gold medal in the International Spirits Challenge 2018, Mamont is packaged in a unique tusk-shaped bottle, produced at the Itkul Distillery – one of Russia’s ...

Initially launched as part of the brand’s ‘Peaty’ series, Peatheart joined anCnoc’s core range at the end of 2017. Produced at the Knockdhu distillery in Aberdeenshire, on the border of the Highlands and Speyside whisky regions, anCnoc Peatheart is named after the peat bogs surrounding the distillery, described as the ...

Launched at Milan Fashion Week, CÎROC Vodka has collaborated with Italian fashion house Moschino on a new limited-edition bottle design, plus a global event series spearheaded by Moschino creative director Jeremy Scott. Alongside the event series in collaboration with fashion influencers including Golden Barbie (aka Jasmine Sanders), River Viiperi, Thando ...

Partially owned by Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds, Aviation Gin has announced its biggest partnership to date with Virgin Atlantic. Announced via a short film starring Reynolds and Sir Richard Branson, the innovative American spirit will now be served in Virgin Atlantic Clubhouses, while customers will have the opportunity to sample ...

Thanks to the efforts of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation), the importance of Día de los Muertos was recognised in 2008, added to the organisation’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. As a result, the festival –meaning ‘Day of the Dead’ in English – has seen ...

Earlier this year, new figures published by the Wine and Spirit Trade Association have shown that annual rum sales in Britain have surpassed £1billion for the first time. As a result, rum now ranks alongside whisky and gin as one of the nation’s favourite spirits. Beside a collection of famed ...

Established in 2013, Four Pillars Gin began life as a project between wine industry veterans Cameron Mackenzie and Stuart Gregor – aiming to elevate the craft of distilling in Australia. Some years later, Four Pillars now vaunts a portfolio of six gins, having recently launched their Barrel Aged range of ...