With new rules and restrictions, winter is looking a little different this year in the UK. Supporting your local cafes, bars and restaurants (following guidelines) is paramount to keep them alive, wrap up warm and treat yourself, you’ve definitely deserved it!
Here’s a snapshot of what we’ve been working on this month, it’s been a busy one!
Celebrating last month’s launch of Ming River baijiu, we hosted an evening of delicious Ming River cocktails and sky high stacks of dim sum at Opium bar in China Town. Enjoying three Sichuan Tiki-style cocktails; ‘To Friendship’ - Ming River, coconut, almond, yuzu and kumquat, ‘Clarified Ming Punch’ - Ming River, plum wine, calamansi, red dates, honey, ginger, bitters and milk, and ‘Sichuan Spring Punch’ - Ming River, pineapple, yuzu, aloe vera and Prosecco. A wonderful evening, mixing great food, great company and exceptional cocktails, showcasing the authenticity, versality and pioneering nature of Ming River.
Plantation rum continue to bring ultimate rum-laced joy with their latest rarest rums, with the Extreme No.4 Collection. An impressive 8 new limited edition, unique casks, each hailing from a legendary distillery and embodying Plantation rum’s savoir-faire. With their most prestigious barrels chosen by Alexandre Gabriel, master blender and founder of Plantation rum, their exceptional character allows the rums to be bottled without blending, at cask strength and without dosage. All enhanced by Plantation’s signature double aging, first in bourbon casks and ending with a second aging of at least one year in Ferrand French oak casks in France. Proud representations of the rarest Plantation rums, the UK chose the St Lucia 2007 rum, which has unsurprisingly sold out, roll on the 2021 selection!
Say enchanté to a new-style cognac, Seignette VS. Adding some French chic to your drinks cabinet this winter, this contemporary homage to the original Seignette cognac, established 200 years ago, brings a fresh aesthetic and depth of flavour. Set to engage a new generation of cognac and cocktail lovers alike, with notes of dried apricot, vanilla, hints of honeysuckle and a long creamy finish on the palate. Available from Waitrose stores nationwide and online.
We’re over the moon to be working with the mighty Australian Regal Rogue who’ve been ‘turning vermouth upside down with 2011’. Newly re-launched with inspiring sustainable qualities, Regal Rogue blends 100% organic Australian wine with indigenous aboriginal botanicals, giving a lighter, lower sugar sipper and the perfect base for a winter-style Spritz. We’re celebrating #RogueNightsRegalMornings for the foreseeable! Available from Majestic stores nationwide and online.
Date for your diary - the 21st October is National Mezcal Day! Celebrate Mexico’s favourite agave spirit with the world’s most highly awarded mezcal, Corte Vetusto, who despite its humble, small-batch production, has amassed an impressive 8 gold medals from the world’s most prestigious spirits competitions. A delicious in a cocktail at home Margarita or Paloma, or show support for London’s hospitality industry and treat yourself to some Corte Vetusto-laced cocktails shaken by the professionals. Try out:
· El Real Martinez at Kwānt, winner of best new international cocktail bar, 2020 Spirited Awards, in London Piccadilly
· The Frontier at The American Bar at The Stafford, in London St James
Or swing by the Beaufort Bar at the Savoy, Hacha, Bethnal Green or Hawksmoor Knightsbridge and Borough, say hi from us ;)
Don’t forget, London Cocktail Week is in full flow, pick up your wristband and check out London’s finest cocktail bars including BrewDog Distilling Co’s delicious £6 slushie cocktails, the Howlin’ Wolf with LoneWolf Cactus & Lime and Piña Colada with Five Hundred Cuts rum. Available from: BrewDog Clerkenwell, BrewDog Dalston, BrewDog Soho, BrewDog Seven Dials, BrewDog Shoreditch.
Or, for those who can’t join in with the LCW festivities (or those who can) BrewDog Distilling Co.’s cocktails are also available for at home delivery, with The Drink Drop, check it out here
Phew, we’ve got this, and so have you
Stay safe
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