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Spirit Levels

Square Meal Wedding Magazine feature The Bitter Truth Peach Bitters in the Peach Fizz

A Classic Cocktail - The Negroni

Individual Restaurant Company post their in-house Negroni recipe with Hayman's London Dry Gin

The Chosen Few

Four of the best including Hayman's Old Tom Gin

Review

The Bitter Truth Peach Bitters

Gin Appreciation

A search into gin history reveals Hayman's Old Tom

Abelha Tasting Notes

The Drinks Enthusiast reviews Abelha Organic Cachaca

Bottoms Up...

Bev Thomas introduces Hayman's Old Tom Gin

Cocktail Hour

The Five O'Clock Shadow with The Bitter Truth Pimento Dram

Is Wood Still Best?

Bar Life Magazine investigates El Dorado's famous wooden stills

The Bitter Truth Tasting Notes

The Drinks Enthusiast tastes The Bitter Truth Range

Beautiful Drinks at The Drift with El Dorado Rum

Class Magazine showcases The Drift's new colourful cocktails with El Dorado rum.

Beautiful Drinks at The Drift with Gosling's Rum

Class Magazine showcases The Drift's new colourful cocktails with Gosling's rum.

Cocoa Loco

Imbibe judges vote El Dorado 21 yo the best match for chocolate

Gosling's Black Seal

This is the first rum that really grabbed my attention and got me interested in both the taste and the history of a product...

Love Drinks are Recruiting for London

We are looking to expand our London team...

Hayman's Old Tom Gin

Vintage blogger Old Fashioned Susie get's introduced to Hayman's Old Tom Gin

The hard stuff: Castaway life is sweeter with bitters

Three of the best cocktail bitters...

Pop Up

Hogo Shake Up - El Dorado cocktails on the menu

Peach Fizz Recipe

Bar Brothers recommend Hayman's London Dry Gin and The Bitter Truth Peach Bitters...

Rums To Compliment Chocolate

Happy Easter!

The Hard Stuff

Rums for Chocoholics

Rum drinkers show experimental side

BARTENDERS' long standing affection for rum seems to be rubbing off on consumers

Drink News

Bitters in numbers...

Bar Brothers Caipirinha Cocktail

Bar Brothers Caipirinha Cocktail with Abelha Organic Cachaca

Competition

Win a bottle of El Dorado 12-year-old Demerara Rum!

Bottoms Up...

Making a Valentine splash...

Social and Cocktail

My favourite cocktail - the Dark 'N Stormy

Trade Marked Cocktails; Can you? Should you, and How?

Jane Ryan tells all on trade marked cocktails including the Gosling's Dark 'N Stormy.

100 of the Best Thing in the World Right Now

GQ Magazine rated Einstok beer one of the 100 best things in the world right now...but the better news is we serve the White Ale at the Restaurant Bar and Grill...

Northern Restaurant & Bar preview

Drinking Classes including a session on gin from James Hayman of Hayman Distiller

Northern Restaurant & Bar 2013 News

The Spirit Room hosts many of the companies you'll want to visit including Hayman's Distillers

Stage is set in Manchester for the region

For bartenders looking to learn new skills and discover new drinks, the Liquor Theatre will be a must-see.

100 of the Best Things in the World RIGHT NOW

Einstok Pale Ale scores number 40 in GQ's famous list of must haves for 2013

Navy Rum Club at Trailer Happiness

Stef talks El Dorado Rum at this months Rum Club

4 Days in Guyana with El Dorado Rum

There is nothing like the majesty of mother nature to give you pause for thought, and when it comes to mother nature, Kaieteur Falls in Guyana is one of her most impressive children.

Bitter Truth adds peach bitters

The Bitter Truth had added a peach bitters to their range...

Bottle Bank

On -Trade Preview presents Einstok Icelandic Craft Beer

Get into the Spirit

On Trade Preview presents Hayman's Gins

Dark Side of the Boom

On Trade Preview presents Gosling's Black Seal Rum

The Cocktail Geek reviews Royal Dock Gin

The Hayman family supplied the Royal Navy from 1863 with a Navy Strength gin under the name of Senior Service Gin.

Review - The Bitter Truth

Thomas Henry Tonic Bitters

Einstok - Icelandic Pale Ale

A wonderful American-style (or should I say Scandinavian-style) pale ale that I came across recently at Taste London 2012

El Dorado 15yr Old Demerara Rum

The Rum Diaries reviews El Dorado 15 year old rum

Using up the leftovers

Alice Lascelles recommends The Bitter Truth Orange Bitters to her Sunday Times readers

You'll Need You're Sea Legs for this Gin...

New distilleries may be all the rage, but for an oldschool gin kick you want Navy Strength

Sipping Hayman's Old Tom Gin and Gin School

Gin School is on Monday night at Charlotte

Bar Brothers Dark 'N Stormy Cocktail

Bar Brother recommend the Dark 'N Stormy with original Gosling's Black Seal

Drinks International: Bitters

An in depth look at the category including The Bitter Truth

Have a very merry Christmas with these top festive tipples

Bev Thomas recommends Hayman's Royal Dock Gin

Gosling's Black Seal Rum Review

The Rum Baron scores Gosling's Black Seal Rum 8/10

The Spirit of Giving: Stocking Stuffers

A lovely tin containing 5 miniature bottles of perfectly crafted bitters, ready to take with you wherever you may go. Trust me this is a winner!

Last Minute Christmas Gift Guide

Panic Stations: Last Minute Gifts!

Gin and Tea Time

Alice Lascelles recommends Hayman's Gin for a great GnT

The Taste of the Tropics

El Dorado and Gosling's rums appear in Sky's Preview Magazine

Hot Drinks on Sunday Brunch

El Dorado rum in the Hot Drinks feature on Sunday Brunch

Hot Drinks on Sunday Brunch

Abelha Cachaca in the Hot Drinks feature on Sunday Brunch

New Products

Sky's Preview Magazine features Gosling's Stormy Ginger Beer.

Gin News

Rock around the Dock

A Taste if Christmas

Glamour recommends Hayman's Sloe Gin as a Christmas Treat.

Love Drinks & The Spirit of Christmas Fair

Recently I won a competition with Love Drinks, I won a ticket to The Spirit of Christmas Fair at London Olympia. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I got more than I imagined.

Your Christmas Countdown

Cleo Rocos chooses four of her favourite boutique spirits...

El Dorado Rum Christmas Gift Ideas

What to Give the Rummy Who Has Everything?

Corks Out Winter Tasting, Manchester Review

The Drinks Enthusiast reports on Love Drinks brands at the Corks Out Winter Tasting.

HO-HO-HO

Attitude Magazine recommends Hayman's Sloe Gin for the best of Christmas gifts

Tough at the Top

Ray Winstone drinks a Dark 'N Stormy in the Irish Times

Season to be Jolly

Mark Ludman looks at some of the ideas for adding festive flavours to your drinks menu.

Christmas Presents for Foodies

Country Life magazine recommends Hayman's Sloe Gin for Christmas

Drinks Rated by Sandia Chang

Hayman's Sloe Gin is 'very Christmassy and full of juniper'

Tasting at the BBC Good Food Show

Penny Smith takes Ben Jackson through the Hayman's Range

Rum Discovery #1

For all intensive purposes of this journey, blog and vertical tasting this is now our Rum Discovery #1.

Rum Discovery #2

This is Rum Discovery #2 El Dorado 15 yo

Rum Discovery #3

Our finale dram of our short vertical tasting and the El Dorado 21 Year Old.

Try Something New

Delicious Drinks with Love Drinks

Gosling's Stormy Ginger Beer

My love of Gosling continues...

Have You Got The Bottle?

From fruit cordial to sparkling wine, make a few new British additions to your drinks cabinet with our selection

Best of British Gin

Since the 18th century London Dry Gin has been hailed superior to all other varieties and now, 300 years since the gin crazed years, traditional gin distillation is making a comeback

Festive Brands

Gosling's is going down a storm

In the Larder: The Pride of Britain

The Navy Lark: Hayman's Royal Dock of Deptford Navy Strength Gin

Sweet Success

Britain's love of rum continues to grow...

Free Prize Draw

Win a bottle of Royal Dock of Deptford Navy strength gin...

In Depth Tasting Notes on Einstok Beer

Einstok Brewery boasts a 60 mile proximity south of the Arctic Circle...

Golden Rum Barrel Awards

The International Rum Ambassador was won by Stefanie Holt for her work with El Dorado rum

EL DORADO 12 YEAR OLD: ONE OF LIFE'S SIMPLE PLEASURES

Voted best rums in the world, El Dorado has a history going back to 1670 when...

Hayman's in the Navy

HAYMAN Distillers, the company behind Hayman's London Dry and Hayman's Old Tom have released a Navy Strength Gin...

Beautiful Drinks

Purl Bar show of their best looking drinks, first up is the Cerez Joker with Hayman's Sloe Gin

Navy Gin Tasting for Trafalgar Day

Summer Fruit Cup try Navy Gins in London and New York and Royal Dock comes up trumps!

Winners revealed in Golden Rum Barrel Awards

The fabulous Stef from El Dorado Rums wins Best International Brand Ambassador!

Halloween food horrors that taste great!

Fancy a spicy warming cocktail recipe for Halloween?

Balance Key to Drinks Range

SLTN interview Love Drinks about the keys to distribution success..

Flask Full of Fire

Drink ideas for Bonfire night...

Great Evening and Winners from Golden Rum Barrel Awards 2012

The International Rum Ambassador was won by Stefanie Holt for her work with El Dorado rum.

Winners of the Golden Rum Barrel Awards 2012 Announced

Source Today Announces Stef Winner of Golden Rum Barrel Award

Golden Rum Barrel Award Winners 2012

Last week saw the annual Golden Rum Barrel Awards that took place at The Grange Hotel in Holborn, London. El Dorado Rum's Stef Holt won Best International Brand Ambassador 2012

Golden Rum Barrel Award winners announced

The Golden Rum Barrel Awards aim to recognise and pay tribute to the key figures working in the rum trade. Best International Brand Ambassador went to El Dorado Rum's Stef Holt

A lager in Loweswater...and gin too.

Ed thinks Hayman's Sloe Gin is better than it's competitors...

Drinks News

Eat Out Magazine shows off the latest drinks news

Family Tradition, Contemporary Flavours

Eat Sleep Drink Magazine feature the Hayman's Gin Range in their gin special

Drinks Cabinet: Why your next drink should be rum

3 reasons your next drinks should be rum

Spirited Review

Class gives The Bitter Truth Thomas Henry Bitters 4.5/5

Best of British Beverages

Hayman's, the longest serving gin distilling family in England, has released it's commemorative edition 1850 Reserve Gin...

Review - Gosling's Ginger Beer

Few cocktails manage to rise to the challenge of being commonly known...

Improving on perfection?

The Bitter Truth have launched a bitters specifically created to improve the G&T.

The Great Daiquiri Taste Off

Industry professionals vote El Dorado 3 year old 9/10 'one of the best drinks I've ever had' and 'Daiquiri of Daiquiris'

JUST LOOK FOR THE BLACK CAT; VICTORIAN ERA GIN NOW AVAILABLE IN WAITROSE

It's out with the new and in with the old...

JUST IN TIME FOR THE FIRST FROST HOME GROWN SLOE GIN; NOW AVAILABLE IN WAITROSE

Hayman's Sloe Gin is now available in Waitrose...

IT WAS A DARK A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT...

And the rain fell in torrents, and your Halloween party was looming, but what to serve to your creepily dressed guests?

For it's Rum

Gosling's have bypassed searching for a ginger beer to pair with its rum and has simply made one of it's own.

Call in a Flavour

Bar Magazine's Mark Ludman explores Liqueurs in the on-trade

The Bitter Truth Adds Tonic with Love Drinks

New bitters have been released in the UK by The Bitter Truth

Spirited Review

Royal Dock of Deptford Gin gets 4.5/5 in Class Magazine

Hayman's Sloe Gin

With sloe berries ready for picking, it can only mean one thing, Sloe Gin.

An Up-date from Thomas Henry - Innovators in Tonic

These were developed along with The Bitter Truth, who are well-known for their range of historical bitters, liqueurs and waters.

Introduction to Cachaca

London's Best; Obscure Spirits

The London cocktail boom has led to a welcome revival in old and recherch

Senior Service Navy Strength Gin Rolls off Slipway

Hayman Distillers has launched a new 57% ABV 'navy strength' gin called Royal Dock that represents a style supplied to the British Royal Navy and merchant trade from 1863.

STOCKING FILLERS FOR COCKTAIL CONNOISSEURS.

Gone are the days when a little orange and a walnut would do for your stockings...

PERFECT MEN'S GIFT GUIDE

The perfect man has taste, sophistication, maturity. He comes well dressed, with a unique individual style, much like our rums.

SPICE UP YOUR CHRISTMAS WITH A DELICIOUS WARM DRINK

If you are thinking of making your Christmas uniquely festive this year than our quirky organic Abelha Cacha is for you...

GIN FIT FOR THE PALACE: AVAILABLE AT ODDBINS JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS

Hayman Distillers, the longest serving Gin Distilling family in England, bring you Hayman

Hayman's Family re-release their Navy strength Royal Dock Gin

Royal Dock Gin is a Navy gin that represents the style supplied by the Hayman

The Golden Rum Barrel Awards

El Dorado Rum's Stef Holt is nominated for International Rum Ambassador of the Year 2012

El Dorado Rum at RumFest 2012

El Dorado were showcasing Alex Proudfoot's Trigger Switch as well as tasting the rare 21yo at RumFest 2012.

Gosling's black Seal Rum at RUMblin

Juicy Jaxx talks to Emily Williamson about the Gosling's Rum range

In 1770, Thomas Henry upgraded the tonic, in 2012, The Bitter Truth upgrade the Gin and Tonic

Love Drinks launch The Bitter Truth Thomas Henry Bitters in the UK.

Brand Bulletin

Hayman Plunders Old Recipe

Now you can make the perfect Dark 'N Stormy

The Dark 'N Stormy is probably my favourite cocktail...

Bar News

Malcolm Gosling has developed Gosling's Stormy Ginger Beer

Brand Bulletin

Bermudan rum brand Gosling's take the next step and create Ginger beer

LOVE DRINKS AT THE BBC GOOD FOOD SHOW

We will be at the BBC Good Food Show 2012 this year from 28th November -2nd October.

Hayman's Gin and England's longest serving gin distillery

The Hayman family are the longest serving gin distilling family in England. The origin of Hayman Distillers dates back to 1863 when Christopher Hayman

Love Food Love Drinks News Letter

Having founded one of the world's best cocktails...

The Cocktail Geek reviews Gosling's Black Seal Rum

The Cocktail Geek suggests some recipes for Gosling's Black Seal Rum

Hayman's Gin Sponsor Jubilee Ball

The Friends of St Winefride's School, in Belmont, Shrewsbury...held a Jubilee Ball at the Wroxeter Hotel. The event was sponsored by Hayman's Gin.

The Olympic Best: London Gin

A glass of London gin is the only way to toast our Olympic heroes. Seek out the new generation of small-batch distillers, says Richard Godwin

Love Drinks are recruiting!

We are looking for a new recruit to join our ever expanding team.

GOSLING'S BLACK SEAL RUM FINDS THE PERFECT MATE

Love Drinks release new Gosling's Stormy Ginger Beer

Rum and Blackjack at the London Launch of Drink Deck

The London launch of Drink Deck, a new scheme to select top bars and pubs around the city was accompanied by a fine range of rum-based goodness at the newest instalment of The London Cocktail Club.

The Cocktail Geek

Few cocktails manage to rise to the challenge of being commonly known amongst the non cocktail-imbibing public, and fewer still manage to be actually worthy of drinking by those who do enjoy a mixed drink or two...

Gosling's Goes Ginger

Gosling's has launched its Stormy Ginger Beer into the UK on-trade, through distributor Love Drinks, in a bid to create the ultimate Dark 'n' Stormy when paired with Gosling's Black Seal Rum.

Spirited Review

Gosling's Stormy Ginger Beer gets 4/5 in Class Magazine

Foodbev.com News

Gosling's Stormy Ginger Beer is developed to be the perfect partner to Gosling's Black Seal Rum

Gosling's Black Seal Rum Review

This is the first rum that grabbed my interest and really got me interested in both for the taste and the history of the product, and therefore I am maybe a little biased as it holds a special place in my collection and is never too far away from my glass.

Harvey Nichols Christmas In July

I was already a buyer of Gosling's and El Dorado rums, but now I will be on the look out for Einstok Icelandic brewed beers too.

Gosling's Whips up a Storm

Gosling's Stormy Ginger Beer is now available through Glasgow based Wholesaler Hotsauce.

Celebrate the British Summer with the Ultimate Dark 'N Stormy!

For 206 years Gosling's has been searching for the perfect mate...

Celebrate the British Summer with the Ultimate Dark 'N Stormy!

For 206 years Gosling

Ginformation

From small distilleries to large, gin production is thriving. Alice Lascelles recommends Hayman's Old Tom Gin...

Gillray's

Mark Ludman travels back to Mariott County Hall Hotel to find it totally transformed.

The Gin Blog

The Gin Blog has a conversation with James Hayman

So Many Gins at the Record Breaking Feathers Hotel

Only last week I was sent a sample of a new product from Britain

Rum Doings at a Pub in Beaconsfield

A CLUB for adventurous drinkers celebrated the world of Rum on Monday.

BARCHICK

DARK N ICEY LOLLY- A little more tropical than the rest, perfect for all Carnival lovers.

Alco-pops...how to make your own cocktail ice-lollies

Fresh from the hippest New York bars come cocktail lollies. They

El Dorado wins over presenters on Sunday Brunch!

El Dorado wins over presenters on Sunday Brunch!

The Floating Rum Shack

Gosling's Black Seal finds the perfect mate

Beer of the Month

This beer was originally stocked by Harvey Nichols for Christmas 2011, but I'm delighted to see that in May 2012 it is still available from harveynichols.com and, presumably, in stores.

A rose water by any other name

Your Ramos Gin Fizz deserves the best, right down to its drops of orange flower water. The Bitter Truth have you covered, as they are introducing this, and a rose water to the portfolio.

Goslings day to remember

Love Drinks is encouraging bartenders in the UK to get creative and market its Goslings Black Seal Rum once more by throwing a beach party...

El Dorado finds Love

Demerara distillers limited's Guyana rum brand El Dorado has moved on...

Grape Vine

El Dorado were voted best rums in the world. The 12, 15 and 21 year old are all superb but it's the latter that takes your breath away.

Win a Trip to Bermuda for your Bar Team with Gosling's Rum

One of the best things about working in this industry is that spirits companies are invariably based in much nicer places than the UK, and as a dedicated bartender, it's your duty to go and visit them.

Win a trip to Guyana with the El Dorado Swizzle Comp

El Dorado Rum are launching a Swizzle Competition with the winner getting a trip to Guyana in October.

On the Bottle

Kate Spicer talks rum 'n ting

HY Fashion

Hayman's Gin Sponsor OK! and Hybrid's London Fashion Week party.

9 things you should know about rum

I can't think of another style of spirit that offers such a range of styles, flavours and products, well apart from Whisky maybe, but even then, I think rum has it trumped.

How to Impress with Cocktail Recipes and Facts

Bermuda used to be a big ship building island, and instead of champagne, rum was used to christen the ships...

Hayman's Gin Review

Mothers day is upon us, and if your mother is anything like mine, she loves her gin. But do you ever think of purchasing her a bottle as a present? If you do, is it the usual

Mothers Day Gift Ideas

"Mothers want GIN for mothers day not flowers and chocolates."

Drinks Enthusiast: A Mother's Day present of Hayman's British gin

MM columnist and Drinks Enthusiast, David Marsland, gives the perfect present for next Sunday's Mother's Day...

Madhouse Family Reviews

Hayman's Best of British Gin Gift Pack is recommended for Mothers Day

Drinks News: Living in Gin

Victoriana is in at the moment, and reviving period recipes is becoming big business - hence the launch of Hayman's 1850, a gin distilled to a recipe originating in the 19th century.

Drinks News: Snow Joke

When you think of great ale making countries, Iceland might not be the first to come to mind - but, brewed a mere 100km from the Arctic Circle near Akureyri, using water from the Hiloarfjall Mountain, Einstök has been a hit in the Food and Travel Office.

Drink: Fiona Beckett on a bitters experience

If you wonder why homemade cocktails don't taste as good as those you get in a bar, it's probably not just the fact you're using Sainsbury's Basics Vodka. Most likely it's the lack of bitters, the ingredient that is to cocktails what herbs and spices are to cooking.

Two first time landlords open Clerkenwell pub

Two first-time landlords and Yorkshiremen Marc Dalla Riva and Matt Rix are to launch a new pub, The Blacksmith and The Toffeemaker in Clerkenwell, in the style of an old London drinking den next month. Gin will be well-represented on the drinks list at the new pub, especially London and unusual gins such as Sipsmith, Berkeley Square and Hayman's Old Tom.

Imbibe Personality of the Year

Hayman's Sloe Gin Fizzes and Gosling's Dark N' Stormys were flowing as Kirsty Loveday was nominated for Innovator of the Year...

Cocktails and Cappuccinos

Stylist visits The Victoria in Birmingham and choose their favourite cocktail - Botanical Gardens - with Hayman's Gin Liqueur, Lavendar and Rhubarb.

Live It: Drink Hayman's Reserve Gin

Not your regular gin, Hayman's latest tipple is modelled on the pre-bottle days back in the 19th century when Gin Palaces would store the drink in wooden barrels.

Boozeflash: Einstok Brewery

New craft beers come to the UK, brewed just 60 minutes south of the Arctic circle.

Ghosting in from Iceland

Icelandic craft brewery Einstök Olgerd has released a limited edition ale in the UK in time for Christmas.

Live It: Drink Einstok Olgerd

An early Christmas present has arrived from the North Pole, as Icelandic craft brewery Eistok Olgerd releases its limited edition Doppelbock to toast the holiday season.

Stuff: What's New In The Pub This Month

Inapub reccomends Goslings Black Seal Rum for authentic Dark 'N Stormys.

Incoming from Iceland

Love Drinks has launched a new line of Icelandinc ales into the UK.

Icelandic craft beer goes on sale in Harvey Nichols stores

Einstök is an Icelandic brewer which has started exporting bottles to the UK. At the moment, these are only available in Harvey Nichols stores.

Raise a glass to a summer taste

While you are still waiting for the summer to kick in you could try this fruity cocktail to get you in the holiday mood.

On the go! Your ultimate things-to-do list

5. According to London's top mixologists there's a new summer sip on the block - so we're saying chin chin to gin.

It's a family affair: Malcolm Goslings 7th

The Gosling family have been making rum in one of the nicest parts of the World since 1806...

Juniper Society: Hayman

The latest Juniper Society at Graphic was a real treat, as we were given the opportunity to be the first members of the public to try the new Hayman

Royal Cocktails

What could be more fun than getting in the spirit of the Royal Wedding with our fun William and Kate cocktails, whether you prefer a long or short drink there's something for all and you can see who comes out on top in the taste test, King or Queen! see pg 123

You Bitter Believe It

The Bitter Truth Cocktail Bitters Travellers set is five (hand-luggage appropriate) bitters.