Category: Excellent Alcohol

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Hot Chocolate Cocktails at The Botanist with Hotel Chocolat Chocolate

I could preface this blog post with "it was a dark and stormy night" in homage to a blog I was reading while awaiting my companion at The Botanist which highlights the inaccuracies in various foodie blog posts, but I ...

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The Courvoisier Institute Of Grand Cocktails 2 Day Event – Tickets Still Available

The UK's number one cognac brings you The Courvoisier Institute of Grand Cocktails.  Friday 13 and Saturday 14 July 2012, Courvoisier will take you on a tour through a once derelict institute at The Heritage Rooms in Bloomsbury Square London. ...

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Gorgeous or Ghastly? Aldi Napolean Brandy Review

I’m not a huge alcohol drinker because I find most have unpleasant flavours and as such, they are not a great experience. I can tell when I’m drinking a bad vodka, a poor wine, a sub-par whisky, a trashy rum ...

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Rubis Chocolate Wine Review

This is my second chocolate wine, this time from Rubis. You may remember I described the first chocolate wine as a sweet red wine with added chocolate flavour. My over-riding memory was that powdery chocolate sensation you can get in ...

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Alcoholic Easter Eggs from Demijohn – Chocolate Orange Liqueur Review

So, you’re an adult and you’re wondering what to give another adult this Easter... or what to give yourself.  Well, you need not fret any longer! The folks at Demijohn have created a liquid alcoholic chocolate in a egg shaped ...

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The Kings Ginger Liquor Reviewed

It was slightly weird the way I came to try the Kings Ginger. I have reviewed the Kings Ginger truffles from Charbonel et Walker and the liquor had given it an interesting flavour. I had been watching for a bottle ...

The Chocolate Shop Chocolate Wine Review

Now, I love chocolate as much as, if not more than, most people and yet even I balked at the idea of chocolate wine. I mean, surely wine is fine on its own and I can choose the chocolate I ...

Vatted Malt Becomes Extinct Term for Whisky

So it seems that the term "vatted malt" is set to become a banned term for a specific whisky tonight.  Today ends an era – tomorrow a new dawn of whisky nomenclature happens.  For people like me who struggle with ...

Thornton’s Chocolate Liqueur – A Right Royal Tipple

Before Easter (as evidenced by the photos) I attended the launch of the Thornton’s Chocolate Liqueur. Now, I am a veteran of chocolate alcohol and I know just how badly wrong it can go. Trust me when I say you ...

Macallan Whisky and Artsan du Chocolat Whisky and Chocolate Pairing Event

A little while ago I went to a whisky and chocolate pairing. I’m not a big whisky drinker as I always saw it as a very unfeminine, masculine drink. The few tastings I have been to including the ...

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