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VOLUME 08 OCTOBER - DECEMBER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TOM SANDHAM & BEN MCFARLAND THINKING DRINKERS THE DISTILLED GUIDE TO: FOOD GUIDE TO FOOD WELCOME TO THE EIGHTH EDITION OF 2019 SPIRITS SUPPLEMENTS 2 WELCOME FROM DISTILLED. 4 THE THINKING DRINKERS 6 AGAVE AFFECTION 10 ALMA DE CUBA Our final Distilled edition for 2019 focusses on a topic 14 CAMERA which I am sure is a firm favourite amongst many of If you fancy something a little different to a sloe gin this us – food! And not just food, but food and spirits – what winter, try Boodles Mulberry Gin. It works as a great 20 DESIGNS ON FOOD a pairing! alternative to port to compliment a rich blue cheese and the berries sweet and tart flavour balances beautifully 24 FOOD PAIRINGS The concepts of the ‘aperitif’ and ‘digestif’ certainly with game and duck dishes. 28 FOUR PILLARS aren’t new ones, but when it comes to matching food to drinks, spirits haven’t always been front of mind. Onto a couple of fruity rums. Hoxton Banana is bottled 30 LIQUEURS GRAND MARNIER SAVOY However, with the growing consumer trend towards at 40% abv so doesn’t have the sweet and sometimes 32 TOP OF THE POP spirits and a range of great brands on the market, it artificial tones of some banana rums. Perfect for sipping really should be one to consider. Our Distilled guide to after an indulgent meal or with a pudding course. RedLeg 36 WHISKEY & FOOD food will hopefully provide some inspiration on how to Caramelised Pineapple will certainly spice up your rum promote spirits with food, particularly, as we approach range. Made with natural caramel and pineapple flavours the important festive season. along with Jamaican ginger and vanilla spices, it’s perfect CHECK US OUT 40 KETEL ONE CITROEN over ice-cream or in your favourite rum cocktail. FOR FULL EXTENDED 42 VILLA ASCENTI GIN To get the taste buds going, the aperitif, usually dry CONTENT PLEASE VISIT and refreshing, is the perfect way to start a meal. Ketel Think chocolate orange and your first thought isn’t 44 CRABBIE’S YARDHEAD WHISKY DISTILLEDUK.COM One Citroen is a staple for a variety of aperitif serves likely to be a gin! The team at Sipsmith have cleverly including a zesty martini or the alternative Andalusian combined orange blossom, black cardamom and raw 46 GIN SUL Buck, sharpened with some manzanilla sherry. cacao nibs to create wonderfully rich, dark chocolatey 48 GLENFIDDICH FIRE & CANE WHISKY character in their juniper-heavy gin. CALL US Next up Villa Asceti gin which uses acutely Italian CALL 0845 072 7092 50 OLD FORESTER BOURBON ingredients including Moscato grapes, fresh mint and Cold brew coffee is creating a buzz across the high TO PLACE AN ORDER 52 BOODLES MULBERRY GIN thyme. Perfect with Italian-style small plates or sushi. street, which you can bring to life with Slane Irish WITH YOUR SALES Sticking with seafood, oysters specifically and not the Whiskey, for a cool twist on the traditional Irish Coffee. MANAGER 54 HOXTON BANANA RUM usual vodka pairing you would expect! Yardhead whisky Make sure you have some interesting coffee serves on 56 REDLEG CARAMELISED PINEAPPLE is sweet and mellow which with sea-salty oysters creates your menu to maximise the spirits opportunity at the end an intense savoury/sweet balance on the palate. of a meal. FOLLOW US 58 SIPSMITH ORANGE & CACAO GIN 60 SLANE IRISH WHISKEY Gin Sul has botanical influences from around the world Finally, our mixer addition from Franklin & Sons is a DISTILLEDUK – heavily influenced from Portugal and Germany, it also personal favourite of mine. Rosemary tonic water with DISTILLEDUK 62 FRANKLIN & SONS ROSEMARY TONIC matches nicely with spicy dishes such as curry. It’s got black olive is just a delicious balance of herbaceous and WATER WITH BLACK OLIVE the botanical freshness to slice through the heat and, the salty flavours, which is perfect with a vermouth and effervescence of a tonic mixer, prepares the palate for olive garnish. the next mouthful. Hopefully that has given you some inspiration for pairing Distilled is a trading name of Carlsberg All products are supplied subject to our standard terms and conditions of sale; copies are available For a bit of sweet and spice, Glenfiddich Fire & Cane spirits and food for the winter season as well as getting UK Limited. at www.carlsberguk.co.uk/termsandconditions. By law, we cannot sell or supply alcohol to anyone Customer Contact Centre: 08456 013 432 who isn’t over 18. By placing an order you confirm that you are 18 or over and have accepted is a must try. It may well divide opinions but it’s a great your taste buds going… Carlsberg UK Limited. Registered office: and agreed to be bound by all applicable terms and conditions. Whilst any recommendations or conversation point and perfectly matched with spicy Bon Appétit! Jacobsen House, 140 Bridge Street, representations in this guide or otherwise made by Distilled are given in good faith, you should not foods and meats. Old Forester is a great Bourbon and Northampton, NN1 1PZ rely on them in place of your own independent professional advice. All images are for illustration will jazz up any BBQ-style burger and ribs menu and Katie Hewitt Company number: 00078439 only, product packaging may differ. Details correct at time of going to print. We reserve the right CARLSBERG UK IS A MEMBER OF THE to change details without notice. Errors and omissions excepted. These terms and conditions and perfect in a Smash serve. Category Manager Spirits PORTMAN GROUP – PROMOTING any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them shall be governed by English Law and RESPONSIBLE DRINKING subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. THE GUIDE TO FOOD THE THINKING DRINKERS THE THINKING DRINKERS THE GUIDE TO FOOD THE GUIDE TO FOOD We are fans of eating, which is locally and finding ways to align into opening a new bar and the For whisky advice, we turn to Finally there’s a bit of a round-up useful, because food is essential for the kitchen with the bar menu. decisions Phil took, from concept Ervin Trykowski, who as a bar on page 22 for anyone dipping life. Some people argue spirits are This special edition of Distilled to cocktail menu. professional set up the Glasgow a toe into the world of food and less essential, but we tend to ignore pays tribute to some of them, but Bartenders Club, and who now spirits. This provides some top-line these people. Spirits to us are as not all, because there simply aren’t Part of the ambition with this travels the world talking whisky as flavour ideas and the spirits that important as food. Even if medical enough pages to recognise the special edition was to turn a an ambassador for Diageo Malts. might work well with familiar bar experts disagree, we can give them nationwide talent. Even so, we’ve spotlight onto specific spirits, One of the more recent projects for favourites. equal billing in this Distilled special got some excellent examples so we’re delighted that Deano The Singleton single malt whisky edition, because food and spirits across the pages. Moncrieffe took time out to provide was to work with world-famous Hopefully, then, a decent dollop of or cocktails pair brilliantly. Added some tequila talk on page 4. pastry chef and ‘pie king’ Calum inspiration for you; plenty to pile to which, the rise of street food Phil Robins in Edinburgh’s new His new bar Hacha has earned Franklin for an evening to pair onto your plate as you weigh up the culture combined with the casual Camera bar is a fine example to almost instant global recognition his creations with whisky, and we food and drink on menus in your dining phenomenon, has created get you started. The bar sits under and is a stunning blend of delicious report back on the suggestions. own bars. a customer that now demands the restaurant Sonder, and while it agave drinks and fantastic quality chow with a discerning is a separate entity, chef and bar Mexican cuisine. We also talk about the meal that is drink. Food and spirits are now team work together. As a result, chips. Yep, chips. For some people, definitely a thing, and for bar the Camera drinks complement We’ve also taken a look at liqueurs chips are a side dish or snack, but owners, both should be essential. the vibe of the restaurant with a with Grand Marnier and the drinks thanks to Poptata we can now lively palate cleanser that blends of Victor Maggiolo at the Savoy’s consider them our main course. A To an extent we’re preaching to Grand Marnier / Bitters / Sugar / American Bar, and considered gin street food sensation, Poptata has the converted, because the UK Blanc de Blanc and sets you up for after enjoying a dinner where Four chip stalls in sites across London, is packed with bar professionals Sonder’s beef short rib, watercress, Pillars was used in a series and more recently added a bar with who are already working closely soy, pickled onions. Turn to page of dishes. excellent cocktails. On page 30 with chefs, carefully sourcing food 12 to get a fascinating insight owner Marco Maiocchi tells us how the chips work with the cocktails. 4 5 THE GUIDE TO FOOD AGAVE AFFECTION AGAVE AFFECTION THE GUIDE TO FOOD AGAVE AFFECTION AGAVE AFFECTION AGAVE AFFECTION Last year we were lucky enough to travel to Mexico and sample outstanding tequila with legendary distiller Carlos Camarena in Jalisco, before a trip to Oaxaca where we enjoyed the awesome mezcals of QuiQuiRiQui.