Smirnoff Vodka now has a cinnamon-spiced mix with gold flakes. You can drink the gold too. It looks great, and is exclusive to travel retail. The gold-etched bottle looks cool, and the flakes lie suspended. The drink was a hit during the trial run at Mumbai Airport, out-performing targets. Texts show that the practice of [...]
A coupla new variants in the Absolut line – Orient Apple, as well as Watkins. The Orient Apple (40%, 75cl) is the latest, just launched in May in Frankfurt, and sales are restricted to travel retail for now. Havent tried it, but it claims to merge the crisp sweetness of fresh apples with the deep [...]
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This is a relatively new Scotch that my housemate Ben got his paws on. Tried it out recently. Quite different from the Black Label; a lot more smokiness, as its uses West Coast whiskies. Some Islay style. Although it’s blend, it’s got a distinct character that suggests otherwise. More like a single-malt. The whisky was [...]
Scored a rare bottle of Lemon Hart, demerara rum. Aka Lemon Hart 151. Demerara is a light brown raw-cane sugar from Guyana, which is fermented then distilled. These rums are used to make Tiki cocktails (Tiki is a Polynesian-inspired cultural fad) like Mai Tai and Zombie. Lemon Hart 151 is supposedly THE rum for this, [...]
