8 Spirits to Add to your Summer Lineup

If you’ve got a penchant for spirits and cocktails, there is definitely no shortage of gins, rums, vodkas et al to add to your drinks trolley but if you’re after some new names to add to your line up, check out our pick of 8 of the best below:


Brockman’s Orange Kiss Gin

Orange Kiss blends together the flavours of Triple sec and fresh Valencia orange with traditional gin botanicals. Perfect for sipping neat, enjoying as a G&T, elevating classic gin cocktails or as a sumptuous long serve Spritz.


El Cabron Mezcal

Rich, smokey and smooth. A taste achieved by using traditional artisanal methods, by roasting 100% agave espadín in the conical hole with rocks & distilling twice in copper still pots. this premium agave spirit is hand-crafted from start to finish in Oaxaca and is the embodiment of a classic mezcal artesanal.


Sly Dog Spiced Rum

SLY DOG Spiced Rum is crafted with the brand’s ferociously guarded blend of spices. The combination of their secret tropical spices with fiery Caribbean rum delivers a smooth, warming and exquisite taste with a soft sweetness that is seriously delicious.


8 Rivers Spiced Rum

An authentic blend of Caribbean rum infused with all natural spices with enticing bursts of vanilla. Beautifully smooth – Try neat, on the rocks or with your favourite mixer.


Six Towns Triple Distilled Vodka

Made from the finest winter wheat and pure spring water, Six Town’s vodka undergoes an intricate distillation process. It is distilled three times and triple-filtered through an impressive 33 HETP shelves of a rectification column, a method that ensures every drop is free from impurities. The result is clear, crisp, and clean vodka that sets a new standard for purity and taste.


Elephant London Dry Gin

The gin’s nose yields a juniper aroma with an undertone of mountain pine and other herbaceous notes. The taste is complex but strikingly smooth including floral, fruity and spicy flavours which can be enjoyed both straight and in a cocktail. Each bottle is custom-made, adorned with hand-written labels and embossed with a crest. Each batch is named after past great tuskers and elephants that Elephant Gin’s partner elephant conservation foundations currently help to protect. Elephant Gin donates 15% of the bottle profits to elephant conservation charities.


Nosotros Tequila

Nosotros Reposado is an excellent choice for people who love aged spirits and enjoy sipping them neat or on the rocks. It can also be used to craft spirit forward cocktails like a Reposado Old Fashioned. Nosotros Reposado won its very own Gold Medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, considered to be the premiere indicator of Tequila quality.


Boxer Gin

Named after gin-loving boxer Tom King, the first Heavyweight Champion of the World.  Hard as nails, he fought bare-knuckle and famously knocked back a tot of gin before every bout for good luck.  Boxer Gin was created for just such moments – a gin for champions.


Leo Davie