But most importantly, the Dirty Old Town Distillery will be an opportunity for the business to base its first physical space within the city which inspired it. Each bottle contains a unique blend of 10 natural ingredients for a light alcohol drinking experience, ideal for day or night and available in three variants: London Dry, made with distilled botanicals with juniper and citrus with a spicy bitter undertone, sweet and savoury Spiced Blend made with Caribbean rum, and Aperitif, made with heritage botanicals mixed with strawberry and grape.

The sooner we can open the doors and get people through to experience the brand," Tommy said, "the better." This cookie is set by Rubicon Project to control synchronization of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services. Edinburgh Gin's Orange and Basil variant joins the distillers other flavoured offerings including Classic Gin, Rhubarb & Ginger, Gooseberry & Elderflower and Lemon & Jasmine. Orange & Basil Gin Fizz​ Ingredients​ Masterchef 2016 finalist Billy Wright has launched a new range light alcohol spirits, DECEM, crafted to 10% ABV. I think when you have to pay a little bit more as a consumer for small batch stuff like ours," Tommy said, "I think you want to know someone's sat there and thought it through and made a real effort. So that's what we do."

It’s been created in partnership with Manchester-based The Finest Honey, a beekeeper collective that sells surplus honey and sources honey from rescue bees. The company has now teamed up with Salford Lads' Club and is working on 'something very special' aimed at raising money for the local organisation. The floral honey sweetness, coupled with the deep intensity of Salford Rum’s golden spiced liquid, creates a well-balanced flavour with honeycomb, caramel and butterscotch http://affectivebrain.com/?attachment_id=5776 notes on the palate.

A year after launching their first drink, the pair created a dark spiced rum – a blend of aged rums imported from the Caribbean with vanilla, coconut, burnt caramel and cloves, which makes 'the perfect pairing' with cola or ginger beer. Billy Wright has been heavily embedded in the food and drink industry for many years, having cooked all over the world, from supper clubs in Borough Market, to restaurant takeovers in Greece, to food demonstrations in the moat of the Tower of London, he now brings his passion for tastes and flavours to the reduced alcohol drinks market.

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Thanks to Accolade Wines’ significant investment in this innovative technology, we can now offer a superior tasting experience versus other non-alcoholic wines." Our products have developed a cult following regionally and are starting to gain a following nationally, too. DropZone brewery founder Sean Crawford said: ‘We’re all about supporting the veteran community here at DropZone and we’re looking to continue that theme with Valkyrie Rum. It’s well and truly a top-shelf drink, so other than maybe a drop of water, there’s no need to mix it.

The Salford Rum Company was created in 2018 when rugby-league-playing high school friends James Harrison and Tommy Gaughan set out to make a local premium rum that would rival the luxury gin products on the market. Yes! Think of it a bit like gin. You can add all kinds of botanicals to influence the flavour, and the same goes with spiced rum. Some will be all about the tropical fruit — think ripe pineapple, banana and orange — while others are sweeter specimens, with plenty of creamy vanilla, treacle, coffee and chocolate. Jo is a Local Democracy Reporter covering councils, the NHS and other local authorities in Manchester and Greater Manchester. He has previously covered local government in Bolton, Bury, Salford and Wigan. It’s great to partner with The Finest Honey, too – it’s a fantastic organisation that sells surplus honey from a range of regional producers, and the link-up is testimony to how we work in Manchester and Salford – collaboratively and for the greater good.Budweiser Budvar, the national brewery of the Czech Republic, has launched Budvar Nefiltr (4% ABV), a rebrand of its unfiltered and unpasteurised lager, previously known as Kraüsened. To coin a local phrase, we are absolutely “buzzing” to launch the Honey Rum to our product portfolio,” said Salford Rum co-founder James Harrison.