By Rob Pickard
With Christmas round the corner, I’m sure the spirits fans amongst you will be dusting off those obscure bottles in the spirits cupboard and stocking up on the essentials for the annual period of experimental cocktail making. However if you are drinking out over the next few weeks in London and want to sample …
By Pete, TheFloatingRumShack.com
I strongly suspect that Alexandre Gabriel, the President of Cognac Ferrand and creative genius behind the portfolio of Plantation rums is something of a magician. I imagine him weaving spells involving great rum from the Caribbean islands and a variety of interesting casks that have enjoyed a previous existence holding …
By Will Lowe, http://www.willlowe.com/
June 14th was a date I’d been looking forward to in my diary for quite some time. My debut judging with the International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) was doubly exciting for the fact it was for the Tequila category, a long standing favourite of mine.
Upon arrival my first impression was, to be honest, that I must’ve taken a …
By Will Lowe, http://www.willlowe.com/
Recently I was asked to write a (frustratingly short) introduction to the world of whisky. Always willing to oblige, I did exactly that. Whisky is a real favourite of mine – indeed, it was whisky which got me interested in spirits in the first place. Apologies to those of you for whom this is old ground, but as I mentioned, the …
By Will Lowe, http://www.willlowe.com/
When I was asked to write an article on dairy based cocktails, my head was immediately filled with the sound of Calvin Harris singing “it was acceptable in the 80’s”. Fortunately, it’s a short song, so it wasn’t long before I was able to focus on the task at hand.
Fashions in what …
By Rob Pickard
With the autumnal weather slowly rolling in, it will soon be winter and we’ll all be getting ready for the madness of Christmas. Well in prepartion for the festive season, one of London’s leading Rum bars, Trailer Happiness, has created an awesome little winter warmer using Bibendum’s Plantation Cognac and Pierre Ferrand Curacao.
A great winter drink, the Hot Buttered Rum …
by Emma Selby, http://www.thelittlewelsh.com/
I love me a cocktail or two, and especially like interesting and fruity based cocktails – the more interesting and weirder the ingredients the better! I came across this fabulous recipe for Blackberry and Thyme Margaritas and knew this had to be made – I had blackberries in the fridge, tequila in the booze cupboard …
By Rob Pickard
At this week’s Imbibe Live, Bibendum’s Tastemaster bus was not just about wine, with the Bibendum Spirits team and their awesome spirit brands also in attendance. Alongside Pierre Ferrand Cognac, Citadelle Gin, Villa Lobos and El Tesoro Tequila, was the mighty Plantation Rum.
Owned by Cognac Ferrand, Plantation Rum is one of the Caribbean’s leading distilleries, creating some of the finest …
By Rob Pickard
Yesterday evening the Bibendum Tastemaster left Imbibe Live after a thoroughly enjoyable two days of full-on wine and spirit antics. In our previous Imbibe Live post earlier in the week, we posted a few photos of the arrival of the Tastemaster at Earls Court and the set up, well here is a quick rundown on our …
By Rob Pickard
With the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel’s Booking Office Bar officially launched earlier this month, the bespoke drinks menu, designed by Bibendum and consultancy firm Strange Hill, is bringing long lost Victorian punch recipes back to London’s bar scene.
The new menu offers customers an interesting look at an era when mixed drinks were beginning to emerge within …
