Here’s our pick of drinks to try this August Bank Holiday Weekend.
Jura 10 Year Old
For those dreaming of island life while counting down the months to their next summer escapade, try award-winning Jura 10-Year-Old[1]. Close your eyes and prepare to be transported to the spectacular coastline of Jura and its remote, beautiful, beachside distillery.
Maestro Dobel Diamante
Maestro Dobel Diamante is a luxury tequila, artfully blended using reposado, anejo and extra anejo 100% agave tequilas. The blend is then subject to a proprietary filtering process that removes the colour while at the same time making the tequila exceptionally smooth and creamy in texture.
Punchy
Building on the success of their Sipping Sodas, Punchy’s new range offers a daily wellness boost for any occasion. The two new flavours, Blueberry and Mango, are lightly sparkling with a dash of lemon juice to balance their natural sweetness. Key ingredients like magnesium and potassium support muscle function, reduce fatigue and maintain electrolyte balance, making these drinks perfect for everyday hydration. The new Blueberry and Mango variants are now available at M&S, Ocado and directly via the website www.punchydrinks.com
PROJECT 173
Journey through flavour with Project 173. Driven by an ethos of experimentation and quality, each bottle offers rum enthusiasts a unique and enjoyable tasting experience.
The crowd-pleasing, smart-looking, easy-drinking selection of craft rums is naturally flavoured, and each bottle is topped off with a flake of 23 karat gold.
It makes a wonderful summer sipper with 14 different flavours to choose from: Black Cherry; Chocolate; Banana; Gingerbread; Butterscotch; Pumpkin Spice; Pineapple; Smoked Chilli; Coffee; Coconut; Salted Caramel; Earl Grey; Raspberry and Mango
Made with quality Caribbean rum and all natural flavours, they are wonderful for cocktails or simply enjoyed neat over ice
Master of Malt
Vodka and Rosé lovers: the humble vodka and lemonade just got the tastiest of makeovers, thanks to Rozél Rosé Vodka, the premium Rosé Vodka crafted in the UK.
Grab a can for a fresh, zesty serve of Rozél’s signature triple-distilled premium Vodka, mixed with a deliciously dry Côtes de Provence Rosé wine, enjoy subtle flavours of raspberry, white peach and pink grapefruit, all balanced together with a final flourish of refreshing Raspberry & Rose Lemonade. From Provence to a quintessentially English Garden in one sip: crisp, fruity, and perfect with food – that’s your summer serve sorted.
Rozél Vodka with Raspberry & Rose Lemonade Pre-Mixed Ready-To-Drink Can | Delicately Fruity | 5.0% ABV | 250ml | Exclusive to Amazon | RRP £2.50
Étän Rum
This is more than just an award-winning golden spiced rum. It is the culmination of the passion and dedication of five sisters, Laura, Briget, Noella, Caroline, and Kareen, who drew inspiration from their family roots in Cameroon, West Africa. The name Étän means “five” in Mungaka, their parents’ dialect, reflecting the sisters’ commitment to family and togetherness. One to try this month!
Red Bull’s new Sugar Free Pink Edition and the Red Bull’s Sugar Free Summer Edition!
With the same 80mg of caffeine as the original Energy Drink (equivalent to a standard coffee), Red Bull’s brand new Pink and Summer Editions comes with an entirely new flavour!
Pink Edition mixes raspberry and forest fruits with herbal notes of verbena to create a refreshing and fruity drink and Summer Edition blends curuba and elderflower for a both refreshing and sweet taste that is perfect when chilled, or mixed into a mocktail.
£1.55/can, or £5 for 4 x 250ml at Tesco
Hip Pop has launched a limited edition version of their best-selling kombucha in partnership with supermarket Booths.
Strawberries & Cream Kombucha
The Strawberries & Cream Kombucha is available in 26 Booths stores nationwide and online from Hip Pop’s website. The launch is supported by a multimedia campaign and sampling roadshow, with stops including Booths stores and Manchester city centre locations. The Strawberries & Cream Kombucha has the fruity taste of strawberries, with a creamy undertone and beautifully combined with the tangy effervescent kombucha! It is made using strawberry and vanilla, creating a wonderful fusion of tangy, sweet and creamy flavours.
CleanCo
Founded in 2019 by entrepreneur and British TV personality Spencer Matthews, CleanCo has rapidly grown to become the world’s leading independent non-alcoholic spirit brand.
With a portfolio spanning Clean T (Tequila), Clean G (Gin), Clean G Rhubarb (Rhubarb Gin), Clean R (Rum), Clean V (Vodka), and Clean W (Whiskey), CleanCo offer an unrivalled range of non-alcoholic equivalents to full strength spirits, without compromising on experience, taste, aroma, or mouthfeel. Having recently won numerous awards including Great Taste and IWSC, CleanCo continue to dominate taste-led innovation in the non-alcoholic category worldwide. CleanCo is available at all leading supermarkets and online via www.clean.co for £16.
Island Street Porter (ABV 5.9%, 12 x 330ml cans £27.50) is a carefully crafted, velvety, delicately bitter porter with just a hint of sweetness. Eight different malts combine to suggest dark chocolate, coffee and black cherry, while the aroma pleasingly suggests Black Forest gateau.
Pilsner (ABV 5.4%, 12 x 330ml cans £26) uses the finest British malt and has a delicate floral and herbal aroma, derived from the noble Czech and German hops. The gentle malt flavour complements the bittersweet palate, culminating in a crisp, dry finish.
REAL has announced the launch of Peony Blush Cans, the ready-to-drink non-alc rosé for a limitless summer! Winning Gold and Non-Alcoholic Of The Year at the 2024 London Wine Competition, REAL Peony Blush brings its award-winning flavours to on-the-go cans.
The Dorset Ginger Company
The Dorset Ginger Company makes a range of stunning, flat ginger-based drinks that are more than just cordials or mixers. They can be drunk straight with ice, mixed with water or lemonade and are delicious in cocktails or mocktails and can also be used for cooking and baking.
All the Dorset Ginger drinks come in 75cl and 33cl sized glass bottles, both in cases of six for £33 and £16.50 respectively, available from www.dorsetginger.ltd
Vocation Brewery’s Cocktail Beer Sours range puts a refreshing twist on ultimate cocktail classics. The brand-new Mojito Sour combines the traditional flavours of zesty lime and cool mint, all wrapped up in the bright, tartness of a classic sour beer. Inspired by the popular Mexican cocktail, Death by Margarita features a zesty, and sour flavour, which is balanced by the agave’s subtle smokey sweetness. Lovers of Strawberry Daiquiri’s can enjoy Vocation Brewery’s Death by Daquiri, which balances the infusion of fragrant, juicy strawberry with bright, zesty lime.
Screaming Devil Côtes de Provence Rosé – NEW
Tasting Notes: Perfumed white peach, bright mango, and passion fruit aromas, along with some rhubarb notes on the nose. It has a really lively, vibrant palate, a fresh and saline structure, and a beautiful zesty length with intense aromas. It has won several comparative tastings.
Tasting notes: A deep ruby colour with a fine and powerful nose and delicious red fruit like strawberries, blackberries, currants and spices. This rich and ripe intense Rhone Valley wine is very round and warm on the palate with typical spicy notes.
