BLACKS GETTING INTO THE ‘SPIRIT’ OF ST. PATRICK’S DAY WITH LIMITED EDITION SHAMROCK GIN

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BLACKS GETTING INTO ‘SPIRIT’ OF ST. PATRICK’S DAY

-Blacks Brewery & Distillery Release Limited Edition Shamrock Gin-

 

 

Forget gold, this St. Patrick’s Day there is Blacks at the end of the rainbow! As we once again face a St. Patrick’s Day in lockdown, Blacks, Ireland's first co-located brewery & distillery, are not letting this dampen their spirits.

 

With a reputation for pushing the boundaries of flavour when crafting their range of award-winning spirits, and escaping the mundane of the mass market by producing craft beers with passion, personality and lots of hops, Blacks launch a limited-edition Shamrock Gin.

 

This Blacks Shamrock Gin is a small batch distillery exclusive as part of their Blacks Experimental Series, which also includes a Peach Moonshine. This Paddy’s Day must-have is infused with Shamrock & Mint to give this gin a mouth-watering Irish twist.

 

To ensure the perfect serve, this limited-edition St. Patrick’s Day spirit comes with the essentials to make a Blacks Shamrock Shake - Blacks Shamrock Gin (70cl) and a bottle of Monin Frosted Mint Syrup (70cl). All you have to do is add ice, fresh lemon and Sláinte! (see below for full recipe)

 

This special offer is available exclusively through the Blacks online store and retails at €47. Order yours today at www.blacksbrewery.com/shop/. To stay up to date on new exclusives and offers follow Blacks on Facebook\BlacksBrewery&Distillery, Instagram\blacksbrewery and Twitter @BlacksBrewery

 

Blacks Shamrock Shake

 

Ingredients

60 ml Blacks Shamrock Gin

3 Wedges of Lemon

10ml Frosted Mint Syrup

10 ml Sugar Syrup ( 1:1 ratio of water: sugar)

Garnish

Fresh Shamrock

Instructions

1.    Muddle lemon wedges, mint syrup and sugar syrup in a long glass

2.    Add Blacks Shamrock Gin and top up with ice

3.    Stir the contents of the glass until chilled and diluted

4.    Top up with more ice and garnish with a lemon wedge and fresh shamrock

Cheers on Beers, Wine and Spirits. Lots of Tastings Coming Up. And More Packed in this Issue. Mothers Day. Patrick's Day.

 Cheers on Beers, Wine and Spirits. Lots of Tastings Coming Up. And So Much More Packed into this Issue.  #211003

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Clonakilty Distillery Mother's Day Gifts 

Celebrate the special woman in your life this Mother’s Day with gifts of love from Clonakilty Distillery that goes beyond the ordinary.

Whether they're a mum, step mum, mother-in-law or foster mum.

 We’ve got a gift to make every parents day, for every type of family, this 14th March.

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Greenes And Wines Direct

'Meet the winemaker' zoom wine tasting We are excited to announce our online event with

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Valencia in Spain including 2 wines, artisan cheese & charcuterie. The tasting will take place on Friday 19th March @ 8pm.

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Laurent Miquel Tasting Case

O'Briens Wine Host French Tasting Event

Join us for a virtual online wine tasting on Thursday, 8th April 2021 at 7pm

O’Briens Wine Director, Lynne Coyle MW will be joined by Vigneron and Winemaker Laurent Miguel along with his Irish wife Neasa from their beautiful home at Château Les Auzines, Corbières, in the South of France leading you on an expert tasting session you don’t want to miss. We will be tasting an Albariño, Sauvignon Blanc, Rosé and a velvety Languedoc red while Laurent and Neasa chat about their wines, vineyard stories and give us a taste of their South of France lifestyle.

Save your spot by buying your Laurent Miquel Online Tasting Case, limited spots available – don’t miss out!

What you’ll get:
1x Laurent Miquel La Gaupine Sauvignon Blanc usual RRP €14.95
1x Les Auzines Alaina Rosé usual RRP €16.95
1x Les Auzines Alaina Albariño usual RRP €16.95
1x Les Auzines Hautes Terres Rouges usual RRP €14.95
1x Tasting Sheet
1x Exclusive access to the Wine Tasting via Zoom
Offer Price including delivery €60

Order before Friday 19th March to ensure delivery of your wines! Your tasting pack will be dispatched from the 24th March onwards (please allow between 3-5 days for delivery).

On Monday 5th April your link to the Zoom tasting will be sent to the email address you provide when placing your order. Please note this pack is not available for sale in our stores.

If you have any questions please contact online@obrienswine.ie

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NEW BEER ALERT!!

From Galway Hooker

15 Year Anniversary Double IPA   This Double IPA will be hitting shelves in Mid March to celebrate our 15 year anniversary. We're really excited for this release! ShopShop   ********* Lough Gill Brewery presents... ☘️☘️☘️ KELSEY GRAMMER ☘️☘️☘️ Faith American Brewing Co. With no pubs or parades this St Patrick's Day, what better way to celebrate the day than by brewing a very special collab beer with New York's Faith American Brewing Company. The brewing collaboration will be carried out virtually on March 17th with brewery founder and famous Hollywood actor, Kelsey Grammer. Tune in to our instagram on the St Patrick's Day where we will be going live with Kelsey on the day to announce details of the collaboration. Don't miss it!  VISIT OUR INSTAGRAM

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LIVE Virtual Tasting Friday March 26^th 7pm

Wines Of The World

We are really looking forward to our Virtual Tasting via ZOOM with Casa Silva.

This will be a live interactive virtual tasting with our wine expert Kate Barry and Stephen Ludlam from Casa Silva.

Casa Silva is Chiles most awarded winery of the 21th Century – outstanding wines of great quality and fantastic value.

Viña Casa Silva has the oldest wine cellar in the Colchagua Valley. Beneath its traditional and historic facade, however, is one of Chile’s most modern wine facilities.

More here.

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St Patrick's Hamper of all Hampers from Blacks.

This St Patricks day looks like another party at home situation so why not mix it up a bit and finally get the cocktail bar you have always wanted. This mega pack includes everything you need to make over 100 cocktails at home (except the ice). For a bargain price of only €600.00 That`s 60 cents a drink Tom? "sure is, Show Me The Money".

Don`t be a basket case this year at Paddies, get the hamper of all hampers and Boss the day. Be the cocktail supremo, be the Tom Cruise off the gaff. Wow the crowds ( or just the wife and kids) with your bottle twizzzling skills as you bang out a whiskey sour, a dirty colado and a good Ol` fashioned. Only a limited number of hamper of all hampers are available. Hit the button below to transform your Paddies at home.

Click below for all the details, including discount! Send me the Hamper of all Hampers ********* Sheridans and eight degrees CHEESE & CRAFT BEER TASTING MARCH 19TH €60.00 A VIRTUAL CHEESE & CRAFT BEER EVENING MARCH 19TH 2021 Kevin Sheridan & Caroline Hennessy of Eight Degrees Brewery will host a beer & cheese evening on Friday March 19th 8pm to 9.30pm A selection of Irish Farmhouse cheeses and crackers along with three specially selected beers will be sent to the participants before the event. Participants can then log on to the event where Kevin & Caroline will chat through the beers and cheeses as well as answering all your questions on the fascinating worlds of Irish Artisan Cheeses and Craft Beers. The atmosphere will be fun and educational. A single ticket is suitable for one or two people in the same household. Details here. ********* St Mel's Brewery Introduce Monthly Subscription Boxes  We know so many of you love having our brilliant beers delivered to your door on a monthly basis, after all, who wants to run out of beer?!  So we've created something we think you're all going to love.....introducing our monthly subscription boxes. All you have to do is pick your beer option once and every month you'll have your choice of brilliant beer delivered from our doors to yours!  Start shopping anseo.

Cheers 210111 -Wine, Beer, Spirits- Rascals, Supervalu, O'Briens Wine, Clonakilty Distillery, Blacks Brewery and Distillery

Cheers 210111

Wine, Beer, Spirits

Rascals, Supervalu, O'Briens Wine, Clonakilty Distillery, Local Enterprise Office, Blacks Brewery and Distillery, Wines of the World, Klaas de Jong

RASCALS: YOU BUY THE BEER, WE’LL MAKE THE DONATION

 

For every webshop order in January we’re donating €1 to The Irish Blue Cross. 

Less than a hundred feet from us here in Goldenbridge Estate, Inchicore, is the headquarters for The Irish Blue Cross. Pets need their help and they need your help! Due to COVID-19 government restrictions, their operations have changed significantly. The Irish Blue Cross is already extremely stretched due to the global pandemic and they are working around the clock to treat the tens of thousands of patients already on their files.

The Irish Blue Cross is an animal welfare charity with a practical and caring approach at the heart of their clinical work. The veterinary team provide information, support and education on how to be a responsible pet owner and ensure precious pets have a happy and healthy life.

More info here

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Supervalu's Current Wine Offers Focus on Organic and Vegan, also on Alcohol Free

Supervalu's first wine offer of the year focuses on a selection of Vegan wines plus a range of Low Alcohol wines for January. It is up and running and due to end on January 20th after which another tempting offer will kick in. Just remember that, just like O'Briens below, Loyalty points will not be earned on the purchase of alcohol products.

The WINE OF THE MONTH is GIGONDAS REMY FERBRAS 75cl at only €12, was €19.66. This excellent wine from the Lower Rhone grows on a rocky argillaceous limestone terroir, to allow the best expression of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. The classic vinification preserves the authenticity and elegance of this wine. To be served with roast lamb, game and casseroles, also perfect with mature cheese.

Rioja, with two from Finca Labarca and one by plus the La Maldita Garnacha, is well worth a try. I have my eye on the Abellio Albarino (now at €10.00 instead of 13.76). Made entirely from hand-harvested Albarino grapes, this Spanish wine, from the Rias Baixas area, has a mid-gold colour. Quite rich aromas of white fruit, apple and pear, and also peach. There is a striking refreshing minerality on the palate where the same fruit flavours shine through fresh and crisp.

The Albarino grape is a distinctive Northern Spanish variety. Its refreshing characteristics make it very versatile with fish and particularly with seafood. Often recommended for Asian also.

On the dry for January? Then help is at hand from two well-known producers. Torres feature with Naturo Muscat and Syrah while Freixenet have a Cava on offer, all non alcoholic.

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More info here

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Tour Experience Temporarily Closed   After a very different kind of Christmas to previous ones, we have entered in to 2021 with wishful thoughts and high hopes for a great new year.   Due to the most recent government guidelines we have temporarily closed our Visitor Experience, and distillery shop.   Our online shop still remains open, to purchase any gift vouchers or products.   We appreciate all your support and understanding during these uncertain times. We are looking forward to reopening again soon and welcoming you back.   Wishing you a happy and safe new year! ****** From: Local Enterprise Office South Cork Register here ****** Hopefully this post isn't too long for you guys, a hell of a lot happened in 2020! We also have a special offer on Spirits so im  going to put that in here first as these deals always sell out super fast. Once you have yours you can read this Annual wrap up at your leisure! All the news from Blacks + January specials here  ******

Happy New Year from Wines of the World!

 Wishing you all the best for 2021.

Two New Organic Wines by Michel Lynch.

 

We have two new organic wines available on Wines Of The World from the Bordeaux region of France supplied by our top French winery. The Michel Lynch Organic White and the Michel Lynch Organic Red. Click here for more details.

NEW! Complete Season WineMasters Spain now available!

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by Klaas de Jong. See free trailer here

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