The internet’s new favourite coffee drink, The Dalgona, can now be enjoyed with a delicious rum twist, thanks to the team over at Aluna Coconut. Originating from South Korea, The Dalgona has become a viral sensation during self-isolation. It has been dubbed an ‘upside-down cappuccino’ and can easily be made at home with instant coffee, sugar and hot water in lieu of your morning takeaway coffee. Coffee and rum have always been a match made in flavour heaven and Aluna Coconut’s unique take on the creamy coffee is the perfect brunch accompaniment or after-dinner tipple. As well as ‘spiking’ t...
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Venturing to Lidl for some swashbuckling fun might sound random but stay with me on this one.... Experimental maestros Bompas and Parr have come up with a new venture to keep you on your toes - or certainly within grasp of your poncho. The creative geniuses have teamed up with Captain Morgan rum to take Londoners on a nautical adventure to an underground paradise: the Lost Lagoon, which is now revealed to be deep in the earth in Shepherd’s Bush. Without revealing too much, we ventured down to their immersive experience on a Thursday evening and were left in a state of bewilderment. It was ...
Read more →It's that time of year again. As the August Bank Holiday weekend opens its brightly coloured, feathered arms once more, West London prepares for Europe's biggest street party. The two-day celebrations (27th – 28th August) get brighter and better this year, so enjoy a taste of the Caribbean with Notting Hill Carnival's official drinks partner, The Duppy Share. Brimming with artistry, dedication and expertise, Rum Distillers helped George Frost set up The Westbourne Drinks Company to bring The Duppy Share to life. Perfectly balanced, The Duppy Share’s unique blend of premium rums hail from the ...
Read more →Love is in the air this week at The Rum Kitchen in Notting Hill.... and not just love for you or I... the love is for chicken.
Read more →The other day we stepped off the tube at Walthamstow Central and, without having to consult any maps, followed the music to the high street’s latest installment on the slowly gentrifying Walthamstow Central. Less than a minute of reggae later, we arrived at Turtle Bay which was already filling up, food and drinks and conversation flowing.
Read more →You've steped away from that desk to employ yourself with full-time mince pie munching and booze sipping festivities. HORRAY. This is the best job ever. But if you're going to do a job you may as well do it well - right? Wray and Nephew Overproof Rum have come up with another yule-tide recipe. Sing it as a carol to your next door neighbour or recite it at midnight mass - just make sure the people of your home towns are getting this fine blend down their gullets. The recipe for the Spiced Cyder goes something like this: Ingredients (serves 5ish) 125ml Wray & Nephew Overproof Rum 7...
Read more →What's in your glass has never been so important. Will that mulled wine be so pepped up with sugar that you zip around the Christmas tree like an excited child, or will that hot toddie leave you so weak at the knees that you are only able to stagger back to the dogs bed?
Read more →To celebrate this year’s London Cocktail Week (6th-12th October 2014), The Duppy Share is taking over Harry Gordon’s Bar in Selfridges to launch a week-long rum punch party pop-up.
Read more →Now the longest day has long past, you like me should be savoring every last dreg of summer. Dissecting it's seasonal flavours and treasuring each of it's joyous components - much like how a ten year old would each a Jaffa cake... Glorifying all things summer, Floridita in Soho, are savoring a little bit of that sun at "Rum Island" the new designated spot for sipping back on that pirate juice. X- marks the spot, just downstairs from the pan-Indian restaurant and cocktail bar Carom. Upon our visit, we were escorted to the love bed/chair (don't fall asleep) and presented with a drinks b...
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