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The Winter Edition Winter Edition VOLUME 04 OCTOBER - DECEMBER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TOM SANDHAM & BEN MCFARLAND THINKING DRINKERS THE WINTER EDITION WINTER EDITION WELCOME TO THE FOURTH EDITION OF 2018 SPIRITS SUPPLEMENTS FROM DISTILLED The 2018 Limited Edition ranges fish, or combined to create a perfect from Distilled have seen some new smoky Bloody Mary aperitif. and exciting whiskies, gins and rums 3 WELCOME make it to the bar. So, to end 2018, Another smoky addition, but of we are mixing things up a bit. The the darker variety this time – 4 THE THINKING DRINKERS winter months will see some people and surprisingly, it’s not a malt 6 WHITE CHRISTMAS hitting the top shelf and choosing whisky. Cut to the Smoke rum 10 HIGH BAR FOR HIGHBALLS dark spirits, but many more of us uses Jamaican rum and gets will want to try something warm, its smokiness from American 12 WHISKY INNOVATION sparkling or experimental with a woodchips, two elements which 18 MIX A LOT twist on a classic cocktail. combine to make a rum that is just 20 WHISKY IN THE JAR perfect for sipping after a warming We start with gin, the fastest growing meal. Cut to the Smoke is not alone, 22 WINTER WARMERS spirit category. But I didn’t need to though. We’ve selected two more eye of anyone admiring your back- 26 JIM WRIGLEY tell you that. It’s no secret that gin rums in the form of Peaky Blinder bar selection, as the vanilla pods 30 SPICED RUM PT.1 doesn’t have to be about a cold, Black Spiced and Hoxton Banana. and cinnamon sticks are visible refreshing G&T. Now, we expand the Try the former served with ginger inside their stylish bottles. 34 SPICED RUM PT.2 line-up with an all-new flavoured gin ale, the latter with lime juice and a from the William Chase Distillery, small amount of sugar syrup – and Lastly, liqueurs. Our second addition 36 WARNER EDWARDS Rhubarb and Bramley Apple – then, well, you’ll see… to the Boë gin liqueur range is their perfectly served with lemon juice all-new Spiced Orange concoction. HARRINGTON SLOE GIN and soda water. If you haven’t had Whisky is a staple behind any bar Warming and rich with cinnamon 38 CHASE RHUBARB & the chance to wait for the first frost during those cold months and flavours, this liqueur will certainly BRAMLEY APPLE GIN and get out picking sloe berries, Glenfiddich IPA cask is a great twist jazz up your favourite fizz to get we have a perfect alternative. on a classic malt. Their experiment the Christmas party in full swing! 40 CHASE OAK SMOKED VODKA Referred to as the “great, autumnal of aging malt whisky in India Pale Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas 42 CUT TO THE SMOKE RUM masterpiece”, Warner Edwards Sloe Ale casks has succeeded on all for many without Baileys too, and 44 HOXTON BANANA & RUM Gin sits elegantly next to the rest possible counts in our book, and this year you can enjoy a twist on the of the Harrington gin range. It is, as you simply have to try it for yourself. classic with Baileys Almande. Both 46 PEAKY BLINDER SPICED RUM you might expect, steeped with sloe And though you wouldn’t normally dairy and gluten-free, this is a great 48 808 WHISKY berries handpicked from Warner associate electric music with malt option for any coffee, hot chocolate 50 GLENFIDDICH IPA Edwards’ farm – and though it is whisky, read on to hear how 808 or dessert menu, as well as a simple splendid on its own, it is even better single grain scotch is defying all neat serving over ice. 52 KARAVAN CINNAMON mixed with bitter lemon, champagne expectations in this regard. & VANILLA COGNAC or prosecco. Long story short, the twelve 54 BAILEYS ALMANDE Of course, it wouldn’t be a winter products selected for our Winter Sticking with white spirits, we move range without cognac somewhere Edition will allow everyone to try 56 BOË SPICED ORANGE GIN LIQUEUR to vodka. The first vodka to make in the mix. Innovation in cognac something a little different this 58 FEVER-TREE MIXERS it into the limited edition range for and brandy has slowed down winter, making for some special 2018 is Chase Oak Smoked – a dramatically in recent years, and occasions and truly memorable vodka that will get you longing for glimmers of growth are a distant serves. Don’t forget, make your a log fire to drink it in front of. The memory for many cognacs. voices heard if you really like any water from the distillery borehole However, there are two flavour one of the twelve selected drinks is left in the smokehouse to pick variations that are a must for in particular – you may see them CHECK US OUT CALL US FOLLOW US up delicate, smoky flavours before your after-dinner drinks menu, return again in our range for 2019. being blended with award-winning or for livening up classic cognac CALL 0845 072 7092 Chase Vodka. Try sipping neat and cocktails of old. Karavan Vanilla and Katie Hewitt FOR FULL EXTENDED CONTENT TO PLACE AN YOUR ORDER WITH DISTILLEDUK chilled, matched with oily smoked Cinnamon will certainly catch the Category Manager Spirits PLEASE VISIT DISTILLEDUK.COM YOUR SALES MANAGER DISTILLEDUK WINTER EDITION THINKING DRINKERS THINKING DRINKERS WINTER EDITION WINTER WARMERS Winter is here and if it’s anything breaking into our houses through a So, on the pages that follow Whisky also gets a good going over, We’ve also made room for white This is a great time of year for like the last one, you’d best be chimney? These people are ready you’ll find a bit of direction and with thoughts from the talented spirits in this supplement. Data the bar industry, and while it’s a stocking up. Bad weather put to be sold anything, so you’d best inspiration to hopefully help tweak Brian Kinsman, master blender at from the research company, hectic time requiring you to up pressure on the bar industry be ready to take advantage. a menu, add some value to spirits Glenfiddich. Meanwhile we look at Euromonitor, found blended staff numbers, host big groups and across winter 2017/18, and when and upsell a cocktail this winter. a new brand of grain whisky, 808, Scotch whisky sales in the UK keep on top of orders, you’ll rue the country regularly ground to But that’s not to say they can be that is taking a fresh view of the reached £1.28bn last year while any missed opportunities come a halt, a local bar was the safe hoodwinked by cheap and The most obvious starting point whisky world while also bringing in sales of gin hit £1.07bn. Still a way January. So enjoy the rush and haven of many. Meanwhile, for a cheerful experiences in the bar. when looking at the back bar is the multi award-winning bar genius off perhaps, but it’s predicted that give the customers every reason more positive take on this time Most will be guzzling whatever the dark spirits collection. Whisky, Ryan Chetiyawardana to consult by 2020, sales of blended Scotch to come back to you when things of year, Christmas is coming and they can get their hands on when brandy, even rum make their mark on cocktails. could drop to £1.17bn, with gin sales are quiet. the tills should be getting as fat confined to living rooms with on the customer in the winter continuing to climb to £1.37bn. as gluttonous geese. This is the whinging relatives – everything months. The rich, warm flavours For a general overview on how to seasonal spell where people will from oxidised sherry to sour pair perfectly with the cuisine make the most of winter, we Gin is on a march, and it has been throw a bit of caution and cash to advocaat will work as an your customers are chomping on, turned to Jim Wrigley, bar for a while now, so it is far from the the wind. anaesthetic. But when they head to making these spirits essential. To group manager for Bourne & time to lose focus on this spirit. you, they expect more. that end we’ve given our thoughts Hollingsworth. We’ve known Jim Christmas is a perfect moment to There’s a general tendency to on spiced rum, a category that is for many years and he’s always maximise this interest and present simply go with the flow during So how do you maximise the booming and a spirit that combines been on top of the bar game. Not the spirit in a new way. Hot drinks the build up to Christmas, season? Everyone reading should the rich chocolate notes of rum only is he exceptionally eloquent, are an obvious call in the colder customers are happy to deal with know at least one way to answer to with plenty of the seasonal spices he really knows his stuff, so enjoy months, and by making hot gin the consequences in January. that question, there are plenty of we all associate with Christmas. his insights. drinks, you combine two winners. Why else would people cultivate easy wins that should be ingrained Suggestions on how to maximise a narrative that sees a half-cut, in your business plan. And yet, we cocktails also come from fat and bearded old man bowling figured a little reminder through this ‘star-tender’ Andy Mil. around on a flying sledge before supplement can’t hurt.
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