Liquor News 2

Great news for a top shelf whisky fans. There is a lot of positive things going on.

CROWN ROYAL XO
Crown Royal launches it's super new XO concept. This Uisge is is to be a greatest blend they have ever created. Made out of more than 50 of their finest whiskies with notable hints of vanilla and dried fruits with the smoothest finish and amber, topaz in color.
As it was originally created to commemorate the tour of Canada by King and Queen back in 1939, this spirits takes, in my own opinion even higher ground. Being a top shelf but still quite affordable amazingly smooth whisky it will sure be a top pick among the whisky sippers as well as a great product to be offered in one Bar, Club or a Restaurant.

Master Blender, Andrew MacKay underlines that this great 50 whiskies blend is finished by ageing in Cognac casks from the French Limousin forest and, which defines it and further enriches it's being. Company states that it will retail at recommended price of $50.

SVEDKA VODKA NEW FLAVORS
Svedka, in my views one of funkiest packed Vodka brands, now has new flavors among their infused vodka portfolio. These new ones are a new mixed flavor concepts, and it will be interesting to see how will they perform at the market. We are talking about Svedka Strawberry Lemonade and Svedka Mango Pineapple Vodka. If being asked, I think that the second one of these has a greater future ahead, taking in consider the bartenders point of view when mixing drinks, and I believer it will find it's niche to be Cocktail(Martini) and Tiki tropical sphere of Cocktail Mixology. Still, I wish them a great success. As a reminder, some of the others that they have in their portfolio are Svedka Colada, Svedka Strawberry Colada, Svedka Orange Cream(my favourite), and other, basic ones they have created such as Svedka Clementine, Raspberry, Vanilla, Citron and Cherry.

DIAGEO INVESTS CLYNELISH
Diageo is on their course to invest some thirtythousandpounds in the Clynelish Distilery. This being a part of their new agenda to invest some one billion pounds into their Scotch Whisky brands production facilities, so to increase production. Part of this action among other things will be to invest in new mashtun, 10 new washbacks and six new copper stills. Those who enjoy it know that Clynelish is highly prized distillery, and very impotrtant player in the Scotch Whiskey industry history. I say Cheers.

Flair Newspaper 13.1 Update

Here is an update od Flair 13. We have finally got videos from Flairmania competition in Riga, held just a few days ago. This great comp has been a real show in the flair world, first of the big ones this year. Take a peak on those videos and post a comment as we wanna know who had the best routine in your own opinion. 

You will find all the other videos on Flairmania Youtube channel as same as these.
Cheers!

Flair Newspaper 13

Dear All, beginning of the year in flair world is completely in shadowed over by a Flairmania competition, held in Riga, Latvia, it is the biggest comp in the Baltic region. As it was every time, this years lineup is really impressive and Flairmania lives up to it's name. It was held on 16th of January and hosted by Olympic Voodoo Casino in Riga. A great comp, and superb vibe, surely a great afterparty later. You could watch the livestreaming on Bartending.lv and see it for yourself.

Post by Flairmania.

This competition is now traditional comp to visit and it has grown to a great comp over last couple of years thanks to a great work and professionalism of colleague bartenders from Latvia. You can see the final results on the poster to the left. The lineup was some different in the qualifications today and the first 10 are listed on the poster to the right. We are now waiting for bartending.lv and Justflair TV to upload their videos to the web to see the performances

Before that happens enjoy this funky trailer they have made to tease all of us to pay attention to this year's edition of Olympic Casino Flairmania.

Another interesting competition that rises to the west is new brand, new concept that is being prepared in Holland, as the WFA site announces the "BARTT" Flair will have a max of 30 competitors and will sure place Holland into a Big competition flair map as they say on their site. This competition is at the WFA Grand Slam level and will be held in Assen in Holland on 10th and 11th Feb. 2014.
You can find out more about it on http://www.barttending.nl/

Adam and his JUST FLAIR TV Crew are announcing the biggest competition in Poland this year as they say.
It will be held in the city of Rzeszow, in south of Poland. Stage really looks great and they are expecting a big game over there.

It is scheduled to kick of in 13. of March 2014 and all are invited.
For any more than this You can contact Mr/ Adam on the email stated at the end of the video broadcast below. Cheers!

Bartenders flair. Flair basics.

There is one subject I have always wanted to discuss about. It is a thing of a great importance in my views. Overflairing is one thing that bothers me. There must be some common sense in performing a Cocktail creation in working flair. One must know that there are other ways to make an impression on a guest, and surely working flair that contains a one or at most two series of fast, interesting tricks, spins or stalls is a great thing to do. Even so in an empty bar.

You sure don't want to overflair in that manner to give an impression that you are super selfie and careless what people at the bar think about that or perhaps, what they might need at the moment.
Barman should not forget that a smile, talk, ease, a great sense ruling the space and controlling the vibe in the bar makes a great start for quick working flair when creating.

I would say, those two fellow bartenders got it all explained in this great video. Cool video.

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SCOTCH WHISKY

I have got some updates on liquor industry. According to the latest figures that are available scotch whisky industry has grown 87% by export in last 10 years. US being it's main market by now is to be matched in some figures by some rising markets in Asia, as expected in the next decade.

Whisky is certainly one of the most iconic products of UK and it looks like it is to continue to grow in production and export in next few decades, as the new markets continue to expand.

MILLBROOK DISTILLERY

Talking about Uisge, new edition of Bourbon is being introduced by the Millbrook Distillery in Kentucky - Millbrook Private Reserve 2013 Straight Bourbon Whiskey. It is a sophisticated and subtle Bourbon with hints of spice and honey. Adding to this they are also planning to launch it's "Barrel Strenght Straight Bourbon Whiskey" this January, as well as introducing a "Camp Fire Rye Whiskey" next year.
Check more on http://millbrookdistillery.com/

BEEFEATER GIN

An interesting news is that London Distillery of Beefeater is to open it's doors to public. Great move in my opinion as it will bring their philosophy closer to the consumers.

MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN COCKTAIL

Liquor.com informs that the Museum of the American Cocktail will open in its great, new, larger building, as they closed in 2012 for relocation. This new space offers a lot more, and there are special rooms for exhibits, lectures, tastings etc. They plan taking their mixology seminars to LA coming year.

RICHLAND RUM LAUNCHED

This new, upmarket brand is made of sugar cane syrup, not molasses, grown in the same region as distilled. Being made only of two ingredients, sugar cane syrup and water from the Georgia Aquifer, bottled in original bottles with a super premium concept it would be great to have one of these in your bar. As much as I know, available only in US for now. Richland Distillery's founder Erik Vonk, reminds that Rum was first to America, before Bourbon or Whiskey came along and that he is thrilled to see a Rum Renaissance continues evolving in the last years. They are among a few Distilleries in America fully dedicated to hand crafting domestic, authentic Rum, savored by Whisky & Bourbon fans, Cognac and Brandy connoisseurs.

You can find out more on their website: 

http://www.richlandrum.com/