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Win one of 50 miniatures of Chase Marmalade

Win one of 50 miniatures of Chase Marmalade

Mangrove have joined force with BarLifeUK to give 50 of you lucky readers the chance to get your hands on a Chase Marmalade Vodka miniature.

Finlandia Unveil New Melting Ice Bottle

Finlandia Unveil New Melting Ice Bottle

The bottle sits well in the hand and will attract the eye when standing on the back bar.

Russian Standard Vodka

Russian Standard and First Drinks Brands Part Company

Russian Standard and William Grant & Sons are to end their joint distribution agreement, with no word as yet of a replacement UK distributor for the vodka brand.

Courtesy of Ben McFarlane

Is the Cocktail World Cup All It’s Cracked Up to Be? Ben McFarlane says Yes

Ben McFarlane of 42Below Cocktail World Cup Team Scotland gives us the skinny on the NZ finals

Pronounced 'Zho-want-KO-va GORZH-ka'

Żołądkowa Gorzka – A Polish Original

Zoladkowa Gorzka Classic uses herbs, spices and dried fruits to impart a bitter-sweet flavour, making it an ideal base for cocktails, and is available in other flavours including honey and mint.

Edinburgh winner Andrew Kearns

Finlandia Vodka Cup UK Final Imminent

BarLifeUK has a weakness for Nordic girls in fur hats (faux fur, obviously), and so we have been watching the Finlandia Vodka Cup unfold with interest

Panda or Raccoon?

Belvedere Dream Job Still Up For Grabs

Passion, knowledge and creativity are far more important, and an entry that displays these qualities but is filmed on a mobile phone has a great chance of succeeding.

Hmm... Sparkly

New Limited Edition Bottle for ABSOLUT

For the first time, the ABSOLUT bottle has been given a textured finish

Prudence in all her glory

Dear Prudence – Visiting the Sipsmith Distillery

In a quiet, residential Hammersmith street, something wonderful is happening…

Highlands, NYC

Consumer Reporter: Bar Crawl – New York Style

First up, carrying on with the whiskey theme is Highlands. A great little bar and restaurant recommended to be me by a friend. Located in the west village, this hidden little gem is hard to spot due to its dim lighting.

Tom Noviss as Jamie 'Fat Tongue' Oliver

42Below Cocktail World Cup Regional Finalists Announced

The 42Below Cocktail World Cup (CWC) is the Big One. Everyone wants to win it, for props and kudos, and not least for the trip of a lifetime to New Zealand

Smirnoff's new label design

Smirnoff refreshes packaging

Diageo has created a new bottle for Smirnoff, designed to highlight the brand’s heritage as suppliers to the Russian Court.

What on earth have you been smoking? Ohhh you're dutch...

World Cup Cocktails: Second Half

As we all know football is a game of two halves, and cocktail shakers are an implement of two halves – coincidence? We don’t think so. Welcome to World Cup Cocktails Part Deux

Um... There's no excuse for this really. Sorry.

World Cup Cocktails

The World Cup could be time to capitalise on nationalistic leanings, so BarLifeUK has come up with a World Cup of Cocktails. No country is left unmolested!

Team Ireland show The Professor the Emerald Lift

42BELOW CWC Winners Announced

The 8 teams from across the globe including London, Ireland and Belfast were greeted in Queenstown, New Zealand in the only way 42BELOW knows – by throwing them off a bridge.

Looking sharp Nick...

Karlsson’s Coming to Get You

The taste is best described as drinking tomatoey fire through a jumper worn by someone standing too close to a barbeque. While this might not sound like a glowing endorsement, they tasted bloody marvellous.

The Penderyn Range

It’s Whisky from Wales

Whisky from Wales – Much better than Whisky from whales, and less likely to get you in trouble with Greenpeace.

It's apples Gin but not as we know it

Chase Distillery launches two new products

First up is Naked Chase which as well as being a game I played at primary school is now a vodka made from organic cider apples

Hey look its a bottle

He’s FAIR gone and got me in the GOJI’s

Every now and then people in the world try and do something right for the planet and for those less fortunate than ourselves, whilst commendable the outcome is all to often like a chemical toilet – a nice idea which no-one wants. Not so in the case of FAIR….

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