Vodka - Page 2

Read about Vodka, new vodka drinks, ideas and cocktails as well as what vodka to try, right here on our Vodka blog.
Mother's DayGet ahead with our ultimate Mother’s Day gift guide!

Mums (and mum-like figures*) are pretty great. They listen to us moan when we get a parking ticket. They talk us out of buying life-sized Bigfoot statues. Some of them…

Annie HayesAnnie Hayes
The Oxford Artisan DistilleryThe Oxford Artisan Distillery: Medieval grains and steam engine stills

Oxford’s first (legal) distillery is here, and it’s taking a pioneering approach to sustainable spirits. We visited The Oxford Artisan Distillery to find out why the team began distilling gin,…

Annie HayesAnnie Hayes
Just hours left to snap up a bargain in our Summer Sale!Just hours left to snap up a bargain in our Summer Sale!

All good things must come to an end, so they say (we’re not sure who ‘they’ are either, but supposedly it’s a wise bunch of folk). Our Summer Sale is…

Kristiane SherryKristiane Sherry
Mixing spoons at the ready! Our guide to crafting a cracking Old FashionedMixing spoons at the ready! Our guide to crafting a cracking Old Fashioned

Whether you’re an accomplished at-home bartender or tend to leave it to the professionals, we’re sure you’ll agree the Old Fashioned is a no-nonsense cocktail staple. Coinciding with Old Fashioned…

Annie HayesAnnie Hayes
With Halloween looming, check out these spine-chilling spirits…With Halloween looming, check out these spine-chilling spirits…

Whether you’re in full-on costume-designing mode or plan on spending Halloween hiding from trick-or-treaters, we’ve rounded up some suitably spooky spirits to toast the occasion. What does Halloween mean to…

Annie HayesAnnie Hayes
World Whiskies Awards and World Drinks Awards Winners 2017World Whiskies Awards and World Drinks Awards Winners 2017

The winners of the World Whiskies Awards and World Drinks Awards were announced yesterday! Take a peek at who took home some weighty glass trophies and get your hands on…

Master of MaltMaster of Malt
World Whiskies Awards and World Drinks Awards Winners
World Whiskies Awards and World Drinks Awards Winners

Yesterday saw the World’s Best whiskies and spirits crowned at the World Drinks Awards, including the World Whiskies Awards. Before we get into the results though, some good news! Drinks…

Master of MaltMaster of Malt
Whisky in Space (2015: A Space Oddity)
Whisky in Space (2015: A Space Oddity)

Space. The final front ear. Home of paranoid robots named HAL, space stations that ain’t no moons, cats and David Bowie. Recently whisky has also been crowbarred into this list…

Jake MountainJake Mountain
Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 2 – Adnams
Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 2 – Adnams

Welcome back to my Around The World In 80 Drams journey, which kicked off last week from the East London Liquor Co., unsurprisingly in East London. I left you with…

Sam SmithSam Smith
Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 1 – East London Liquor Company
Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 1 – East London Liquor Company

I’m bad at geography. I’m not a proud man, I’ll own own up to my faults and I definitely suck at geography. Recently I told a good friend that there…

Sam SmithSam Smith
The Lakes Distillery – A Delightful Weekend In The Country
The Lakes Distillery – A Delightful Weekend In The Country

“Are you a sponge or a stone? Do you like to experience all facets of life, or do you shut yourself off from new experience?” With whisky distilleries opening right…

Jake MountainJake Mountain
Tasmanian Whisky – Everything You Need to Know! (Part 8: William McHenry and The Small Concern)
Tasmanian Whisky – Everything You Need to Know! (Part 8: William McHenry and The Small Concern)

This is the final instalment in my series on Tasmanian Whisky and we begin with William McHenry and Sons; a distillery located about as remotely as you could imagine, on…

Master of MaltMaster of Malt
Master of Cocktails Prep. – Cask-Aged Martinez
Master of Cocktails Prep. – Cask-Aged Martinez

Right then folks, you’ve had a day to assemble the bottles we’ll be needing for the prep for the upcoming #MasterofCocktails – This is really the ‘Christmas Panacea’ you’ve been…

Ben EllefsenBen Ellefsen
Master of Cocktails – The Cosmopolitan
Master of Cocktails – The Cosmopolitan

As a big bunch of whisky fans finally went their separate ways after another ace-looking Dramboree (Jake will tell you more soon, but I hear the barbecue was pretty special…),…

Ben EllefsenBen Ellefsen
New Product Range: Bitter Bastards
New Product Range: Bitter Bastards

So – cocktail bitters then. The salt, pepper, Worcestershire Sauce and Encona of the Cocktail world. Cocktail seasoning if you will. This new, and tremendously exciting launch sees the phasing-out…

Ben EllefsenBen Ellefsen
Master of Cocktails – Bloody Mary
Master of Cocktails – Bloody Mary

This week we’re making a classic drink on #MasterofCocktails – a Bloody Mary. We’ll get through this, and then I’ll explain what you should have made instead. Clear? Good. Now…

Ben EllefsenBen Ellefsen