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A Few of Our Favourite Things
It’s been a hectic couple of weeks for me, with distillery visits, new products being sent to me, catching up with master distillers and the first Imbibe bar show, not to mention a food and cocktail...
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A Little Bit of Favouritism
Looking at my drinks cabinet I have just realised that there are certain bottles that get used a lot more than others. Havana Club 7 year old Rum, Geranium Gin, Siete Leguas Tequila, Sagatiba Velha...
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Belvedere dream job?...
The drinks industry is a pretty amazing one to work in. The pay isn’t usually great, the hours can be pretty rough and you do have to put up with being looked down on by ‘real professionals’’, but on...
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Love it or hate it... it's vodka!
What is it about vodka that makes it so popular? It sells by the bucket load in the UK, in fact it is the top selling spirit by a country mile. Consumers can’t seem to get enough of it and a new brand...
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Just because you have style, doesn't mean you have taste
Last month I wrote about vodka and my attempts to embrace it as a spirit category. With some help from Pete and Rich at Hawksmoor, I managed to find a way of approaching vodka that left me more willing...
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The devil is in the detail, part 2
As promised in last week’s blog, I’m back with part two of my look at the rules and regulations of spirit production. Once again this isn’t a short or light update, there’s a lot of information here...
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traditional spirits made the sloe way!
If you’ve been to and English fete and flower show you probably spent some time in the ‘home produce’ marquee – the location where you’ll find the finest home-made jams, pork pies, bread, chocolates,...
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Spirit and Cocktail gifts, all wrapped up
Well it’s that time of year again, the weather’s turned cold, the shops are packed full off people battling to spend their money as fast as possible and every bar has mulled wine or hot spiced cider...
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The Tesco Real Food cocktail challenge
It’s undeniable that we’re in a new 'golden age' of cocktails; you can tell that this is true by the fact that cocktails are making it into mainstream culture. Want proof? Look no further than...
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Bloody Mary? Bloody Maria? Bloody good idea!
I don’t know about you, but this year the span from Christmas to New Year had a lot of potential for hangovers. For once though I was prepared for the silly season as I had decided that my first...
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