Pernod-Ricard has recently unveiled another addition to the Havana Club range of premium rums, Havana Club Añejo 3 Años. All Havana Club rums are produced to exacting Cuban traditions and undergo a rigorous selection and tasting process in order to bear the label.
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Tovaritch vodka, a five times distilled, twenty times filtered grain based spirit is now available through NILWA.
Produced and bottled in the St. Petersburg region of Russa, Tovaritch has been gathering a swath of medals in recent years making it an ideal choice for your bar’s speed rail – the name means ‘friend’ or ‘buddy’ in Russian – and all you need to do is just add instinct to make some sensational vodka cocktails.
Leblon is from the state-of-the-art distillery at Patos de Minas which is in the highly fertile region of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The new distillate rests in XO Cognac casks to add a fruity nose, complexity and affords the spirit an ultra-smooth finish.
Opal Rossa’s main rough the addition of numerous herbs and spices like gentian, coriander, cinnamon, star anise and subtle flavours from distilled lemon peels. It has a lingering sweetnessingredient is sour cherry juice which is enhanced thon the palate,
A new addition from Suntory to the Australian market in 2012, King’s Ginger liqueur is a fitting match for cocktails, or can be simply served tall Collins style with some bitter lemon and a wedge of fresh lime.
Originating from Santiago, Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Carta Blanca and Anejo rums are new additions to the Australian rum portfolio. The blanca is a light style of rum, smooth in the mouth and with wonderful aromas of fruit and flowers – a perfect addition to your speed rail for ‘Mojito hour’.
Limited to under 500 bottles, this rare expression of the Auchentoshan is available through Suntory. Bottled at cask strength and non-chill filtered this 35 year old (bourbon barrel aged) malt is sure to be appreciated by any serious malt advocate.
This Drinks News item featured in the January issue Cerbaco has a youthful Islay malt…
Beam is proud to announce the launch of Black Cherry in Australia. Pegged as an ‘innovative product set to entice new drinkers into the dark spirit category’ Black Cherry is made with Jim Beam 4 year old bourbon, and then infused with natural black cherry flavours.
Recently introduced to Australia, Jameson Gold Reserve is a whiskey of exceptional harmony, notable for its delicate balance and gentility.
Diligently fashioned from a blend of three pot still whiskeys and matured in sherry casks and American virgin oak, Jameson Gold Reserve showcases exceptional maturation techniques that give it a more complex taste.
Absolut has launched Absolut Elyx – a vodka of real substance that honours the roots of Swedish spirit-making tradition. Manually distilled in a copper column still from 1929, Elyx is made from a single harvest of Swedish winter wheat and the resulting spirit has a natural pure taste and unique silky texture.
There are subtle, floral and fruity tones on the nose and the palate is fresh, pure and invigorating with a silky texture, a long-lasting smooth finish, and a subtle spiciness.
The Valinch expression from Auchentoshan is an annual small batch release of the award winning Auchentoshan Classic expression, but bottled at cask strength and non chill-filtered.