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To celebrate the upcoming motion picture release of the third Downton Abbey film, Highclere Castle Gin is offering the chance to win an EXCLUSIVE trip for two to a private cocktail party at Highclere Castle, known to millions of fans around the world as the “real Downton Abbey.” A random entry will be selected on July 31, 2024.
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This special cask finished gin has been a long time in the making,” said Co-Owner and President Jason Parker. “In In 2019, Copperworks acquired brandy casks from Cadiz, Spain, and we filled one with gin. An experiment that succeeds and for the gin collector, a no-brainer.
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And to make this event even more exciting, the legendary sponsorship team from Hendrick’s Gin and Monkey Shoulder have arranged for an all-star line-up of former Bartenders of the Year to be slinging drinks on the night! Yep, that’s correct. Come along and have a legend of the industry serve up one of their award-winning drinks.
The conglomerate had already owned a minority stake in the non-alc label — which includes whiskey , tequila , gin , rum , and an aperitif — though full ownership poses interesting questions. Could this be Diageo buying up any potential competition to Seedlip, a brand that’s been in the portfolio since 2019?
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Available from 3–5.45pm at £30 per person, the experience begins with a glass of Rathfinny Rosé Brut 2019 and elegant small bites like Torotaku and Sea Bream with yuzu and myoga. To match the setting, sushi master Endo Kazutoshi has created Kioku Bites and Bubbles – a seasonal terrace menu paired with Rathfinny’s English sparkling wines.
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The second, as part of a mystery box challenge, was a twist on the Ramos Gin Fizz featuring Kakadu Plum. Past winners are Marco Nunes, Andy Griffiths, Mike Tomasic and Ray Letoa, with 2019 competitor Rohan Massie coming in second.
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Not only would she get to create her own vodkas, gins, and whiskeys at the famed Old Taylor Distillery in Frankfort, which had been defunct since 1972, she would also become Kentucky’s first female master distiller since Prohibition. By 2019, Eaves was ready to make the jump and strike out on her own, even while pregnant with her first child.
A Japanese Gin & Tonic,” they respond, hands already busy prepping the next drink. By 2019, the Midori Sour was hot once more — only these modern versions were unlike anything the latter half of the 20th century saw, shaken up with ingredients like citrus cordials, real fruit juice, and egg whites. “As What is this?”
– ROSEMULLION DISTILLERY’S ICONIC DRY GIN IS VOTED THE BEST IN ENGLAND (WORLD DRINKS AWARDS 2024). Helford based, family run Artisan distillery, Rosemullion, are delighted to announce that they have again come out on top, winning the England title at the World Drinks Awards 2024 for their iconic Dry Gin.
In 2019 craft distilling was hot and it was about how many new markets you could open. s One Eight Distilling, which made bourbon , rye , gin , and vodka , shut its doors at the end of March. In 2019, craft distilling was hot and it was about how many new markets you could open,” Katrincic says. It’s not that at all now.
Recently, the brand has launched a variety of new liqueurs including the Luxardo Bitter Bianco in 2019 and the Luxardo Espresso Liqueur in 2022, just in time for the Espresso Martini craze. Luxardo has also developed spirits incorporating the brand’s world-famous cherries, including a Sour Cherry Gin.
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Between 1961 and 2019, the global use of nitrogen fertilizer increased by 800 percent, despite requiring extensive energy resources of its own. Peas might not be recommended (or even legal) for Scotch production, but they can work fine as the base for gin and vodka. And they’re not just do-gooders — they also taste good.
“I definitely did some of that ‘Oh, the general public likes this simple s**t and we’re cool, so we want something harsh or more obscure,’” says longtime bartender Dave Murrin-von Ebers, who opened The Bartender’s Handshake in 2019. But that was sort of the way the cocktail scene was — so goofy and ridiculous.
In 2019– in a completely unrelated decision, even pre-pandemic– they decided to cap their yearly production of Chartreuse at 1.6 ounces Gin 1 ounce Sweet Vermouth.75 75 ounce London Dry Gin.75 ounces Gin.5 We’re talking about global sales hitting over $30 million in 2022 (US dollars). ounces Genever.75
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