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Hunter Laing & Co. unveils new series to showcase Port Ellen whiskies Scotch whisky company Hunter Laing & Co. has introduced a bottling series to showcase liquids from the former Islay distillery Port Ellen. The Eidolon bottling series will feature three expressions from Port Ellen which were distilled in 1983, shortly before the distillery closed, with fewer than 650 bottles available to purchase. The series' first release, a 36-year-old whisky, has been bottled at cask strength of 53.5% ABV without artificial colouring or chill filtration. It will be available at specially selected whis...

Unicorn Tears Gin rebrands and releases full-strength gins Unicorn Tears Gin has unveiled a new brand iteration, with a new full-strength gin recipe and bottle design. The brand relaunches with two expressions - Classic and Raspberry Pink - which both retain the 'shimmer' for which its original gin liqueurs were renowned. Created by Firebox.com and its Mythical Spirits label in 2015, the original Unicorn Tears gin liqueurs were sold in retailers including John Lewis, Selfridges and Harvey Nichols and sold more than 150,000 bottles in the UK. The new-recipe spirits are 37.5% ABV vegan-fri...

Ryan Reynolds appears in tongue-in-cheek Aviation Gin ad Ryan Reynolds has recorded a tongue-in-cheek advert with Aviation Gin for the festive season. The actor, who co-owns the American gin brand, appeared in the 'family-friendly' and humorously titled 'Not A Gin Ad'. It comes ahead of the release of new movie The Croods: A New Age, in which Reynolds voices newest adoptive croods family member Guy alongside returning stars Nicholas Cage, Catherine Keener and Emma Stone.  One of the original brands of the American craft gin movement, Aviation Gin was sold to Diageo earlier this year in ...

Skylark Spirits launches own rum brand, Vidya Skylark Spirits, a specialist sugar cane spirits importer based in the UK, has announced the launch of its own rum brand. Vidya Rum has been created jointly by Skylark Spirits and rum reviews and events site RumCask, run by brothers Jaz and Indy Anand and Chet Ladwa.  Its first independent bottling, The River Mumma, uses rum distilled at the New Yarmouth distillery in Jamaica in 2005 which has been aged in ex-Bourbon casks in Jamaica and Europe. Bottled at 61.5% ABV, the run of this single barrel rum is limited to 255 bottles. River Mumma is ...

Hendrick's embraces gin gifting and sharing in festive campaign Hendrick's Gin is launching a festive marketing campaign across Europe which paints the gin brand as a gift for the holiday season and for sharing at gatherings - even in a time of social distancing. Developed by creative agency Space, the campaign was originally briefed for the UK market but has been adapted for Belgium, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands, as well as South Africa and Canada, with bespoke adaptations for each country. For example, for the UK, Space has adapted to visuals for digital out-of-home (OOH) and sho...